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Epson Tries to One-up Google Glass with Moverio-Goggles (Video)
In the world of head-worn displays, Google Glass seems to lately get most of the praise as well as most of the dirty looks, though it's far from alone. At this year's DroidCon in London, I talked with Epson Europe product manager Marc-Antoine Godfroid about a very different kind of head-worn display: the Moverio BT-100. Epson's display is running a Google operating system, but it isn't competing with Glass, at least not directly. The hardware in this case is a relatively high-definition stereo display meant for immersion (whether that means information overlays or watching recorded video) hooked to an external control unit running Android, rather than the sparer, information-dashboard, all-in-one approach of Glass. One other big difference: Epson's stereo, full-color headset is cheaper than Glass, and available now. Hit the link below to see what it looks like.
we don't say oculus rift is competing with glass, why would we say this is?
fucking Zoomies
The maker of mediocre printers and scanners? Suddenly has a competitive product and infrastructure to Google Glass?
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
But no HTML5 video tag.
Now I can look like Stevie Wonder while exercising with a bulky walled garden device.
Don't worry, you're not missing much. Geordi's visor from Star Trek was less goofy looking than these.
Picture, well, picture you never getting laid again. Now imagine it being for want of a black rectangle you put over you eyes. That's what these look like.
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They are not that great.
1. They are heavy. They feel light when holding them in your hand. One your face they are quite heavy.
2. They don't work well with glasses. They can balance on glasses. Which works OK for a bit, but the weight distribution causes them to be uncomfortable.
3. They run Android 2.3.
4. Did I mention they were heavy?
5. WHAT IS ON YOUR FACE? AUGH
Wearing stuffs like this that distract the wearers from the reality around them is dangerous.
Not only they could walk into walls, they also could be distracted enough (like this Epson thingy which actually plays movie) to walk into the middle of a very busy thoroughfare !
As if we haven't had enough of drivers distracted by their phones, now we are equipping the pedestrians with glasses which actually blind them from what is going on around them.
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The IBM ad that could not be skipped was longer than the Epson ad. I gave up. No more video from timothy.
The IBM cloud commercial before this video was almost 2 minutes long.
That's fucking ridiculous, 15-30 seconds for a well-made ad is okay-ish; but 2 goddamn minutes of blabbering about "the cloud" with no purpose is dumb as fuck.
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Lets see, no camera, no motion sensors, HUGE and heavy... don't see where anyone would be comparing this to Google Glass.
i know the level here is low recently... but an old product is news? with an hour long commercial introduction before the no-infomation video?!?!
here is the fucking product page link http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Moverio/Home.do (with no information such as file type, etc)
and here is the $500 amazon page selling it with fucking reviews http://www.amazon.com/Epson-V11H423020-Moverio-See-Through-Wearable/dp/B007ORN0LS
The Epson version of glass would come in with a teasingly low price, but it will include only a nominal "cartridge" and replacement cartridges would be priced somewhere north of 7999$. But you would get a c 10$ off coupon if you have Office Depot card.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
The pheromones are a smell to behold, I hear.
HMDs are nothing new, this tech has been around the block for decades. If the resolution is nice enough and it's occulus compatible, it might not be a bad idea. Otherwise, it will be sunk just like all HMD tech.
I'll pass too. Too immersed in Joni Mitchell to be watching some steenkin' video.
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Now picture how much better your girl will look using these.
Talk about killing Beer Goggles market share.
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Unlike Google, at least this product was made available to the general public on its release, not to a select few.
Then again, has Google ever not applied the Stanford snobbery of the invite system on a product?
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Please provide a link for downloading your video content, so that we don't have to suffer under this Flash player.
All they need is sort of position sensor, and it'll be better than Oculus or Google glasses for argumentation of the reality (assuming there is already 3D model of surrounding). Because it's transparent and has 3D in front of your eyes. I can definitely see the real life application for such a device. They can even mount it on helmet and add stereo cameras for real time 3d scanning in dynamic environment, and double the price. Imagine you repairing a car and "see" the internals, for example. You look at the part you are going to use and see all the parameters. It was recognized and parameters were fetched from the database. The place were it is supposed to be installed marked in 3D, so you know were to look even before opening the hood. My guess we'll see something like this soon.
will be Tekwar?
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
This is really a VR headset for watching movies, playing games, etc. It's not designed for the same applications Google Glass is designed for. If anything, this is a competitor to devices such as Oculus Rift, not Google Glass.
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Since this is a Slashdot video, what would be really nice is if we could have some screen captures interspersed throughout the transcript.
The sending of this message pretty much inconveniences everyone involved.
While it is bulkier I think I'd prefer it to Google Glass.
I don't want to talk to myself like a crazy person to control it, nor do I want people kicking me out of places because they don't want to be filmed.
Touche, though I'd probably need to get her a pair too.
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I want to personally slip cyanide into all of their fancy coffee cups and THEN watch the video.
When is it going to be upgraded to KitKat :P
So now it can produce videos as it extracted from the rectum of the sociopathic narcissist who would wear this sort of thing.
I guess its a good thing the videos don't seem to appear on my phone....
00:19 via the light guides ... s/doesn’t fit your/doesn't feature/
03:20 standard version
04:20 s/while variable displays and variable technology/while wearable displays and wearable technology now took up
05:02 at DroidCon (guessing)
06:43 view that you just want, so, a
s/we are the only company in the world/we are the only currently in the world/
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This is nothing like Google Glass, or the Oculus Rift. But it is a direct competitor for Sony's HMZ head-mounted personal displays, only a little cheaper & crappier.
Why would anyone engrave "Elbereth"?
Yet another HMD with a really crappy resolution (960x540).
Why is 1920x1080 (per eye) still apparently too much to expect these days?
yes, for sale on amazon for $466,
http://www.amazon.com/Epson-V11H423020-Moverio-See-Through-Wearable/dp/B007ORN0LS
2 stars from 5 reviews.
these are nothing like google glass. this is like saying "i know you wanted a new bicycle, but this fruit cup is for sale NOW and at a lower cost!"
I think the oculus rift will be far more successful than google glass or this epson thing.
I tried the product on the NAB show 2012. It felt rather gimicky at the time and gave the sensation of staring down a blurry corridor. Even without having moving imagery on the device, it was very much a distraction and something that should be used only in safe surroundings (don't walk in traffic with them). It is a very different beast from Google Glass, but I can see some industrial applications where it would work and where Glass would not. It might also be good for watching movies while safely strapped into an airplane.
Salts.
The good news is that these will only cost $70.
The bad news is that the lenses are used up after 2 months, and cost $65 to replace.
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They're huge for one. They need to figure out how to scale them down a bit. Second, those flimsy cords are going to be an issue over time. With limited regular use I can see them breaking requiring a service interval.