Abstract: Technology is provided for a housing assembly with a membrane-covered frame for use with head mounted displays. The head mounted display includes a housing assembly having a frame. The frame includes a first loop structure, a second loop structure offset along a central axis from the first loop structure, and a plurality of beams extending between the first loop structure and the second loop structure. A flexible membrane extends around the frame to enclose the housing assembly and the components therein. One or more display devices are positioned within the housing assembly, and a strap assembly connects to the housing assembly for supporting the head mounted display on a user's head.

Abstract: One or more display elements of an apparatus provide light representative of distant objects and near objects and at least one optical element of the apparatus is responsive to the light representative of the near objects, for providing video images of the near objects at one or more near focal lengths, and is responsive to the light representative of distant objects, for providing video images of the distant objects at one or more far focal length and positioned for viewing at an elevation above the video images of the near objects.