Head mounted display device and system

A bifocal distributed imaging system, comprising

• at least one head mounted display (HMD) device comprising
• at least first and second imaging sensors,
• wherein the at least first imaging sensor is configured with a first focal value defining a first field of view for capturing first image data in realtime,
• wherein the at least second imaging sensor is configured with a second focal value defining a second field of view, for capturing second image data in realtime, and
• wherein the first and second focal values are different and wherein the second field of view is contained within the first field of view;
• display means, data processing means and data networking means operable to interface the HMD device with a network,
• wherein the data processing means is configured to output the simultaneously captured first image data and second image data to a first user interface displayed on the display means and to distribute the simultaneously captured image data to at least one remote terminal across the network;
• and
• one or more remote terminal addressable by the data networking means across the network, each having a display and configured to output the distributed image data to a second user interface displayed on the display thereof.

A method of distributing image data in a network, comprising the steps of

• providing at least one head mounted display (HMD) device comprising display means, data processing means, data networking means, at least first and second imaging sensors;
• wherein the first sensor has a first focal value defining a first field of view and the second sensor has a second focal value defining a second field of view, wherein the first and second focal values are different and wherein the second field of view is contained within the first field of view;
• interfacing the at least one HMD device with at least one remote data processing terminal across a network with the data networking means;
• simultaneously capturing first image data with the first imaging sensor and second image data with the second imaging sensor in realtime;
• outputting the simultaneously captured first image data and second image data to a first user interface displayed on the display means;
• distributing the captured first and/or second image data to the at least one remote terminal;
• and
• outputting the distributed image data to a second user interface displayed on a display of the at least one remote terminal.