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Sony To Release Google Glass Competitor

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @04:07AM from the year-of-linux-on-the-facetop dept.

jfruh writes: With Google retooling its Glass offering, Sony appears to have jumped into the breach to offer an Android-compatible wearable face-computer. The developer edition of SmartEyeglass will be available in March for $840, with a commercial release planned for 2016. The device must be manipulated with a separate, wired controller unit that houses a microphone, speakers and an NFC module.

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Re:Making same mistakes by Anonymous Coward · 2015-02-18 05:23 · Score: 2, Informative

You need a camera to identify what the user is looking at! Image recognition is sort key for any form of useful augmented reality. Otherwise you are just showing notifications from your phone and a stupid floating HUD.