Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney predicts augmented reality will eliminate monitors and TVs

SHANGHAI — Tim Sweeney, chief executive of Epic Games and a graphics guru for the past 25 years, said in a speech at the ChinaJoy trade show that we may not need displays of any kind in about 10 years, if the promise of augmented reality achieves its full potential. If we can see the equivalent of a 40-feet screen on our glasses, as augmented reality promises, we won’t have any need to sit down in front of a TV and watch a big screen made out of big sheets of glass, he said.

“I believe that augmented reality will be the biggest technological revolution that happens in our lifetimes,” Sweeney said in his outstanding speech. “If we had this AR display, the deep thing to realize is this. Once you have an augmented reality display, you don’t need any other form of display. Your smart phone does not need a screen. You don’t need a tablet. You don’t need a TV. You just take the screen with you on your glasses wherever you go.”