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Designer Glasses With Microdisplay Unveiled
An anonymous reader writes to tell us about an Israeli company, Lumus-Optical, and their nicely designed eyeglasses featuring twin microdisplays and mini projectors. They will be demoed at CES in January. From the article: "The firm's latest prototype boasts dual 640 x 480 resolution displays as well as two wee projectors on each arm; the Lumus glasses can accept video inputs via an undisclosed connection, and projects an image akin to a '60-inch screen from 10 feet away.' Its Light-guide Optical Element technology allows the imagery to be reflected back on to the lenses so users can view them, all while being transparent enough to allow you to focus on the humans, trees, road block, or board room presentation ahead of you."
...they do something!
A way to watch porn 'in public' without being hassled by 'the man'. Better yet, can you imagine driving at 75 mph while your favorite 'artist' performs her special talent. Seriously, we'll look back to the 'good old days' when people were just distracted by their cell phones, and not email, porn, and shopping. Hopefully cars will drive themselves before 'Joe SUV' gets his hands on 'this'.
The force that blew the Big Bang continues to accelerate.
Yet another way for people to get into car accidents, fall down stairs, and walk into poles!
/whisper/ Thanks for the candy!
Lets get some higher resolution in these things and start doing some augmented reality! I can finally store a face next to a name, recall it in a subtle form through my glasses, and never have an awkward moment at a cocktail party every again!
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
How freakin' dorky do those "designer" glasses look? What's so hard here, integrate your displays into a normal looking pair of sunglasses and make them no more bulky while doing so. Yes, that means you are going to have to do something revolutionary and hide that revolutionary technology in something that looks normal. Cause that's what people want when they are out in public; to look like everyone else; and that's where this product will be used.
How we know is more important than what we know.
when I can go buy a 60" widescreen plasma tv and sit 2 feet away from it?
In order for a hud to be viewable on the windshield in daylight the windshield must be special, which translates into expensive. People lose windshields to rocks falling off of semis and the like every day. That is why this is a stupid idea.
Note that the HUD in a military aircraft does not display on the canopy. It displays on a transparent screen in front of the pilot, such as in fighter jets, or on goggles, such as in the Apache assault heli.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
It's a really nice design, but how does it function? Their website (www.lumus-optical.com) doesn't specify beyond potential application. Does it allow you to clip onto existing glasses, or do you have to use their display as well? It has a clean display in comparison to the My Vu specs (www.myvu.com), but there doesn't seem to be a lot more to it. Does it have built in audio, does it have a bulky adapter/controller? I for one would like to see more information on the website.
Assuming these questions are answered to my satisfaction, I'd be happy to look into it in conjunction with a decent video playing PDA/cell phone. Integrate the bluetooth keyboard, and you have a real mobile computer.
Undisclosed? What, does the input jack require lube or something?
"...So you see, the electrical impulses are carried along the central nervous system then back out through the epidural layer near the magnet on the glasses... "
"Look, I don't care how it works that is Not an entrance!"
[badum-ching]
A Human Right
link to home page: http://www.lumusvision.com/ They have a technology section displaying an overview of the refraction elements used to display the image. They also seem to have developed (and brought to market) an earlier model of these glasses. I admit they do look shiny, but if i bought VR goggles i'd primarily use them at home. It's a cool toy, but would lug around something like that for everyday use?
...they do something!
Can I get a date by wearing the goggles? Or can I get a girl to date me by her wearing them? Or can I date the girl in the picture? How do they work exactly??
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
What are the implications of using something like this on a regular basis? It's pretty well documented that people experience eye strain from staying focused at a fixed focal depth for too long (ie. when looking at a monitor). I've had my own vision deteriorate pretty significantly since I have started using computers despite genetics to the opposite (ie. my mom and dad both have great vision and they are in their late 50s). I shudder to think about the implications of remaining focused at a depth of less than inch from the eye for extended periods of time.
http://www.bradleyrhodes.com/Papers/thad-glasses-h alf.jpg
Thad Starner, formerly of MIT and now at Georgia Tech has been using a wearable computer with a display built into his glasses for YEARS. This is NOT a new idea. It wasn't a new idea a month ago when slashdot posted an article from another company doing the same thing, and it won't be a new idea a month from now when they post an article about ANOTHER company developing the same thing. Problem is, none of these things ever actually comes to market, so you get a bunch of people reinventing the wheel and no one actually mass producing it.
"They" can. It would just be very expensive. Lexan, for example, is used in race cars.
I can't wait to see people hanging out at the grocery store or at the local mall, just walking around with those hideously ugly glasses, completely oblivious to their surroundings and watching some tv show. I can see how it can be useful in some situations, but to the folks that I'm sure I'll see walking about in crowded shopping areas, I ask what the point of all that is, other than to simply show off?
In order for a hud to be viewable on the windshield in daylight the windshield must be special, which translates into expensive. People lose windshields to rocks falling off of semis and the like every day. That is why this is a stupid idea.
It isn't really as bad as you make it out to be.
The "specialness" is really just a coating to prevent double-reflections (one from the front of the glass and one from the back of the glass). You can purchase a user-applicable version of this coating yourself. Various cars already come with a HUD, like the Corvette which has had it as an option for probably over a decade now.
Enlightenment is easy.
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I was going to say that, at least with this type of display, you won't get any idiots chucking their Wii controllers at their 60" plasmas... But then I thought that, if you're stupid enough to do that, you'll be stupid enough to swing the nun chuck around and smack the crap out of your face and the glasses.