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Would You Wear Video Glasses?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the future's-so-bright dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to EE Times, an Israeli company has developed a personal video display device that looks like a simple pair of glasses. You can use these glasses with various sources, such as a portable media player or your cell phone. This technology promises to eliminate the dizziness phenomenon usually associated with this kind of display. And with these glasses weighing only about 40 grams, you'll feel that you're viewing a 40-inch screen from a distance of 7 feet." Video screens embedded into eyewear isn't that new, but the footprint of these is smaller than what I've seen before, making them cooler to wear on the subway.

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  1. Wear them on the subway? by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Much better to wear them while you're driving. At least more exciting.

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    1. Re:Wear them on the subway? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Uh oh. The last thing we need is a HUD IRL. Someone'll inevitably confuse "mph" with "score".

  2. Only if it has games and porn... by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    no technology can survive without games and porn.

  3. Re:I'd use them by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, ideal for eating dinner at a Japanese restaurant, once the rice comes down a bit.

    FTFA:

    Mirage claims its NanoPrism technology will alter the rice/performance of personal displays while solving the problems plaguing traditional personal displays, which include unacceptably large weight and form factor.

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  4. Re:HD version of this would be nice. by Txiasaeia · · Score: 2, Funny
    "If any manufacturers are listening... I want a set that has large image size, and high resolution. 1280x1024 is barely acceptable, and 1920x1280 would be good. Then you can watch HD, and have enough real estate for a bunch of terminal windows. And yeah, that would be expensive, but surely not nearly as expensive as a 50 inch physical display using LCD, plasma, OLED, or whatever."

    Don't you think that, if it was technologically possible, it would have been done already, and tiny school children in Korea would be mailing in cereal box UPCs for them as a prize?

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  5. The new cheating by iosmart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kids would go crazy over this! Put on their "glasses" and cheat straight through the test.

  6. No thanks. by edunbar93 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I learned from personal experience a long, long time ago that big, weird-looking glasses make you look like a total dork.

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