Liquid Image has recently announced a whole line of camera equipped head gear for winter and water sports. The new line of products will feature camera-equipped ski masks, swimming goggles and scuba masks. Liquid Image is revealing the new products at this years CES 2010.
The Liquid Image Summit Series is the world’s first snow goggle with an integrated digital camera. The Summit Series Snow Camera Goggle 335 integrates a 5 megapixel still camera / video camera capable of shooting 720 x 480 resolution video at 30 frames a second with audio. The camera has 16MB of built-in flash memory which is expandable to 16GB via a microSD / SDHC slot. The snow goggles include large side buttons which are easy to press while wearing ski-gloves. The snow goggles also include ..read more
Posted in: Camera, Eyewear, Liquid Image, Wearable Tech
Recon Instruments is planning to put a heads up display inside ski-goggles. We’ve been waiting for eyewear display’s for quite some time now. It’s about time this long-time video game feature is finally going to make its way into real world products. The system works by integrating a GPS-linked heads-up display system(HUD), and ski goggles.
Recon Instruments is reportedly developing the technology right now, and if they can stay on track, a heads-up-display set of goggles will be be on sale next fall between $350 to $450. The device will be able to tap into your cellphone via bluetooth, and if your phone has a GPS chip, you’ll be able to see where you’re at on a small map, and where your fellow snow pals are and where you’re ..read more
Posted in: Display, Eyewear, Eyewear Display, GPS, HUD, Recon Instruments, Sports, Wearable Tech
Brother might be know for printing and other office related products, but watch out. Brother is working on a retinal display that projects a 800 x 600 resolution image directly into your retina that’ll appear as a 10-centimeter wide image floating about one meter ahead of you. Brother has fully functional prototypes and is looking to bring this to market by next year. Sweet.
Posted in: Brother, Concept Design, Display, Eyewear, Eyewear Display, Intelligent Clothes, Techno Fashion, Wearable Computing
Mobile devices and wireless networks have evolved to offer consumers visually rich content, multimedia applications, and responsive high speed data networks. However, the value consumers receive from their mobile devices is still limited by the tiny viewing experience provided by their LCD screens. Microvision and its business partners are working to change this by collaborating on the initial development of mobile device eyewear that extends the viewing experience beyond the tiny screen to fashionable see-through, full color eyewear.
Mobile Device Eyewear Overview
Mobile device eyewear, currently in the initial development phase, would combine Microvision’s ultraminiature PicoP display engine with special optics that are embedded into fashionable or protective eyeglasses. The information being displayed in the eyewear optics would originate in the mobile device and arrive at the eyeglasses through a ..read more
Posted in: Display, Eyewear, Eyewear Display, Microvision
Australian Researchers from Flinders University have developed special LED light-glasses designed to re-calibrate our biological clocks and overcome problems such as insomnia and jet lag. The product of 15 years research into the use of bright light to treat problems with body clocks, the glasses release a safe blue light directly into the eyes of the wearer that helps reset the body clock to the appropriate time.
The portable, light-weight glasses run on a 9V battery meaning the treatment can take place while a person performs normal daily tasks, a distinct advantage over other light therapies that require mains power and bulky, immobile light-boxes. The body clock (or circadian rhythm) is our biological response to the cycles of the sun, moon and seasons – it’s what makes us alert ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Eyewear, LED
Escape in your own personal viewing environment with the Myvu Wearable Display
By connecting the small, ultra-light “binocular” eyewear viewer to an iPod, users can watch their favorite music videos, video podcasts and TV shows with a large image right in front of their eyes. Since the Myvu viewer works indoors and outdoors, users can experience portable video anywhere, anytime. Because the display and audio systems are built into the eyewear, myvu can be worn in any position — reclining on an airplane, sitting on a park bench and even lying down on a couch.
The glasses come with extra ear pads and nose pads and you can even buy prescription lenses for them. You will look funny with them on — that’s the price you have to pay for ..read more
Posted in: Eyewear, Eyewear Display, Myvu
