Private eye-to-eye communications with wearable heads up display

A method of generating and transmitting private messages between a first user wearing a first head-mounted display device and a second user wearing a second head-mounted display device, comprising:

• prior to displaying message information to the first user, authenticating, by the first head-mounted display, that the first user is authorized to view the message information;
• in response to the authentication indicating that the user is authorized to view the message information, displaying, by the first head-mounted display device, the message information to at least one eye of the first user at a discernable distance and orientation for the first user;
• receiving, by a receiver of the first head-mounted display, at least one input signal from the first user indicative of a user selection action by the first user to select at least a portion of the message information;
• generating, by the first head-mounted display, a message based on the selected portion of the message information;
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• transmitting, from the first head-mounted display to a second head-mounted display, the message to be displayed to at least one eye of the second user by the second head-mounted device.

A system that enables communication between head-mounted displays, the system comprising:

• a first wireless portable interface device with a form factor to be carried by a first user, the first wireless portable interface device including at least one actuator that, when activated by the first user, causes the first wireless portable interface device to wirelessly transmit at least one signal;
• a first head-mounted display device that is physically separate from the first wireless portable interface device, the first head-mounted display device including:
• a first display device to display message information to at least one eye of the first user when the first head-mounted display device is worn on a head of the first user, wherein the message information is discernable to the at least one eye of the first user at a specified distance and orientation for the first user;
• a first wireless receiver to wirelessly receive the at least one signal from the first wireless portable interface device;
• a first processor communicatively coupled to the first display device and the first wireless receiver of the first head-mounted display device;
• a first non-transitory processor-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the first processor, wherein the first non-transitory processor-readable storage medium stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:
• prior to the first display device displaying the message information to the at least one eye of the first user, authenticate that the first user is authorized to view the information;
• in response to the authentication indicating that the first user is authorized to view the message information, cause the first display device to display the message information to the at least one eye of the first user;
• receive the at least one signal from the first wireless portable interface device via the first wireless receiver;
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• generate a message that includes message information being displayed by the first display device when the first user activates the at least one actuator to generate the at least one signal;
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• a first wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the first processor to wirelessly transmit the message to a second head-mounted display device of a second user.