6 Glasses With Integrated Displays Available Today
I was introduced to this concept through William Gibson's Virtual Light. The McGuffin in the story is a pair of sunglasses that have similar capabilities as the most recent entry into the heads-up lenses.
"While Google’s augmented-reality glasses are receiving immense attention — and scrutiny — they’re certainly not the first pieces of eyewear to include an integrated display.
A company called Vuzix released its first pair of augmented-reality glasses, the iWear VR920, in 2009. The glasses contain two LCD displays that mimic a 62-inch screen sitting nine feet away. An add-on camera routes real-time footage of the real world to the LCDs, overlaying augmented-reality elements powered by LinceoVR software.
The Vuzix glasses were perhaps the first low-cost integrated-display glasses on the market that didn’t outright suck. Nonetheless, that distinction hasn’t translated into mass-market appeal and sales."
Read the full article at Wired:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/6-glasses-with-integrated-displays-that-you-can-buy-today/
posted by Guy at 6:25 PM
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Augmented reality has been a hot topic, as there are more and more companies getting into the smartglasses industry recently. This kind of wearable technology devices can also help people who are visually impaired. Hopefully, these gadgets will be helpful to people who experience visual disability. Imagine a tiny camera attachment, which can identify and store objects and people in its memory, can tell this information via speakers. This smartglasses can help especially students with visual impairments.
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