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Sony To Release Google Glass Competitor

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. In Before... by jrmcferren · · Score: 2

    In Before the Jokes about UMD, Betamax, and Minidisc.

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  2. Re:Comes with DRM by NotDrWho · · Score: 2

    I hear it installs a rootkit in your eyes.

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  3. Making same mistakes by gurps_npc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They put the annoying camera on it. Bad idea, people hate that. It should be on the separate controller, so people will always know when you are photographing them rather than suspect it. At least it appears to be 3d, using two projectors.

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    1. Re:Making same mistakes by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  4. Glassholes weren't geeky looking enough... by monkeyzoo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So Sony added a wired controller?! Because, yeah, nothing is sexier than wearing something on your head with wires coming off it.

    1. Re:Glassholes weren't geeky looking enough... by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 2

      Because, yeah, nothing is sexier than wearing something on your head with wires coming off it.

      I know, right? When I first saw the girl in this photo I thought, I'd totally hook up with her. Then I saw that wire coming off of her headphones...

      Well, that and my wife and that I'm probably older than her father. But that wire was definitely the deciding factor for me.

  5. so... by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 2

    They are competing against a product that essentially never made it out of public beta?

    Maybe they will actually win this time.

    Maybe not.

    1. Re:so... by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2

      To be fair, nothing from Google ever makes it out of public beta.

  6. Technology is more important than implementation.. by SenatorPerry · · Score: 2

    The screen is projected directly on the lense: http://www.loadthegame.com/wp-...

    This is fundamentally different than Google Glass with the eyepiece. Although the implementation is not ideal (it only projects green/yellow), it is the technology behind this design that is important. The ability to project directly on the lenses means that there are no external components that identify the wearer as any different than anyone else. Given time to shrink down and to eliminate the puck you have a device that the public could stomach at the right price.

    So please don't sink the technology. Only the implementation. One day we will all be wearing something like this and happier for it.

  7. motorcycle HUD by severn2j · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The single reason I'm interested in this tech is as a HUD for when I'm on my motorcycle. Having a satnav displaying just above my fov would be perfect.. Does anyone know how well this works for this purpose?

  8. The Perfect Name! by DrSlinky · · Score: 3, Funny

    New in 2015! Sony presents: The SeeMan!