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DIY Wearable Pi With Near-Eye Video Glasses
coop0030 (263345) writes "Noe & Pedro Ruiz at Adafruit have created a pair of open source near-eye video glasses combined with a Raspberry Pi. Their 3D Printed design turns a pair of 'private display glasses' into a "google glass"-like form factor. It easily clips to your prescription glasses, and can display any kind of device with Composite Video like a Raspberry Pi. They have a video demonstrating the glasses, a tutorial on how to build them, along with the 3d files required to print it out."
I don't always tolerate glassholes, but when I do, I prefer open glassholes.
...before you see Google Glasses copies with Android from China, it won't look like your average Google glasses - but it will resemble those spy-glasses (video recorders) you can purchase already on eBay. I have several of these toys myself, and I'm amazed how high quality they are (not the eye-wear itself, they reek of cheap plastic, but hey...they're cheap!).
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
pi-goggles $ apt-get photo-app
pi-goggles $ photo-app -c "Take photo of approaching fist" -s "facebook.com" -a "Blow, Joseph"
*** CRUNCH! ***
You mean "Pi holes".
Hmmm, pi.
Wrong. The objections to glass are that there's a camera on them with no indication they're recording. I didn't watch the video (did we as a society just collectively say "fuck it, why type something out when you can talk into a camera?") but it doesn't look like there's a camera on there.
The privacy concerns are one thing. If you're just objecting to someone having a video display on their face, then you're simply being a Luddite, and this isn't the place for you.
If anything, you should be cheering this on: this is a competitor to google glass without the privacy issues.
Ask and ye shall receive.
TL;DR: There are risks associated with all HUDs, but the likelihood of developing problems stems from having the eyes compete. A monocular display (or well-aligned binocular) should be fine, as long as the display is sufficiently different from the background view that the brain knows it's seeing something different.
You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
I don't mind people using HMDs.
I mind people using HMDs with cameras attached that don't tell me that they're recording me.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Building it is part of the fun!
Hand in your geek card on your way out...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
If you're just objecting to someone having a video display on their face, then you're simply being a Luddite, and this isn't the place for you.
I object to having a conversation with someone who hasn't the courtesy to maintain eye contact and to focus on what is being said but rather with what is on screen.
The screen is "in my face" never just "on his face."
I object to tech that encourages its users to become more insular and self-absorbed. If that makes me a Luddite so be it.