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Epson Tries to One-up Google Glass with Moverio-Goggles (Video)

Posted by timothy on from the it's-stereo-so-you-can-see-everything-twice dept.

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.

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  1. I own these.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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

  2. != google glasses by krelvin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lets see, no camera, no motion sensors, HUGE and heavy... don't see where anyone would be comparing this to Google Glass.

  3. "news"?! by nazsco · · Score: 4, Informative

    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

  4. Epson? Oh, I know the deal. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact