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Linux-Based PMP Features Head-Up Display

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ripe-for-the-hacking dept.

nerdyH writes "A new Linux-based portable media player (PMP) features an eyeglass-like head-mounted display with 800 x 600 resolution. Dreamax's Indicube i-800 PMP provides an experience similar to sitting two meters away from a 54-inch screen, the vendor claims. It uses an 0.44-inch eMagin OLED display, claimed to offer the smallest pixel pitch in the industry."

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  1. Cool.... by The_Fire_Horse · · Score: 5, Funny

    porn on the train at last (and this time without angry guards and annoyed passengers)

    1. Re:Cool.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm pretty sure they'll still notice you jamming your fist into your crotch.

    2. Re:Cool.... by numbware · · Score: 5, Funny

      "jamming your fist into your crotch"

      I think you're doing it wrong.

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      I'm going to go create my own technology news site, with blackjack and hookers. You know what? Forget the news site.
  2. My Prediction by DannyO152 · · Score: 5, Funny

    2008 will be the year of the Linux Borg Headgear.

  3. This is excellent by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can look like a complete tool without using proprietary software.

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    If you haven't made a developer cry, you've wasted a day.
    1. Re:This is excellent by msuarezalvarez · · Score: 4, Funny

      There a great chances you already do... ;-)

  4. Target audience by Scutter · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How come these designers never realize that many of their target audience have poor eyesight? These types of things never fit right over glasses.

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    "Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
    1. Re:Target audience by russ1337 · · Score: 4, Funny

      OR the gizmo could acquire a small camera to provide the relevant image on the screen (of course the camera could be anywhere, such as behind you, ...... ,
      Sweet. I've always wanted to walk around in the third person.

  5. 54" screen is well and fine by Zerth · · Score: 5, Informative

    But can it give me the equivalent of 17" CRT at arms length?

    Whenever I see these, I think "yay, monitor replacement" until I find out that, like most of them, it is just as fuzzy for reading text as a regular TV.

  6. ... finest pixel pitch may not be good by dsojourner · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've worked on micro display projects before --- and you don't want the pixel pitch getting too close to the wavelength of light -- which will be around 1/2 micron. Pixels smaller than a micron or so will result in dispersion of the light that is generated, limiting the quality of the image.

  7. This opens up whole new possibilities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... as a guy who has a fair bit of difficulty scoring with attractive women, I am really looking forward to the possibility of banging ugly chicks while watching hot porn.

    Finally, technology that helps me in important ways.

  8. Re:Vapour-wearable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article says the thing is shipping in March, so not all that vapourware.

    Sadly, all the stores in my area are still in January, so it's not available and may never be.

  9. Linux-based PIMP?! by Bwana+Geek · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Give me my money, bitch!"
    "F*#% you!"
    "SUDO give my money, bitch!"