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Next Generation Xybernaut Wearable

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fashion-trends-I-can-get-behind dept.

shanenewsom sent in linkage to a story running on the BBC which talks about the new Xybernaut Poma. A little light on the specs, although the headmounted screen is 640x480 and it runs WinCE. But it really does look like the first practical wearable. It should be available in March. Update: 01/21 18:52 GMT by T : Reader Eureses points out that the display is actually 800x600 rather than 640x480.

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  1. 640x480? by umm+qasr · · Score: 0, Redundant
    According to this is runs a 800x600 SVGA display, not a 640x480 one. Either way it just looks like a PDA with a headmount display, rather than a typical LCD.

    Besides, until these things get to this size, and have decent current PC type specs, they'll never become mainstream anyway.

  2. Little picky.. but it says 800x600 by lukegalea1234 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The article states that the lcd can display 800x600.. not 640x480..

  3. not 640x480 by Ioldanach · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Someone not read the page very well? The /. story says the headmounted screen is 640x480 but the website says The one-inch full color 800 x 600 SVGA viewing screen...


    800x600 is pretty cool. Though I don't see anything about linux here, so it looks like its stuck with winCE for now.

  4. this may have been good if ... by kipperDude · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this may have been good if it was smaller had a blue tooth interface so we could use it as a display to any device
    PC.
    Good palm device
    mobile phone
    video record
    etc...
    Now that would be worth N grand kipperDude