We warned you. We gave you plenty of time to prepare. The time is now. Vuzix has officially made available their 1200vR video 3D glasses. You know what these do don’t you? They inject an immersive 3D image right into your eyeballs. The future is here!
The Wrap 1200VR glasses enable you to view a simulated 75-inch, 3D (or 2D, if you’d prefer) 16:9 display at ten feet away. These bad boys feature a single 852 x 480 monitor per eye and support input resolutions of up to 1280 x 720. The VR in the name comes from the included Wrap Tracker 6TC with compass, which enables head-tracking with three degrees of freedom. Pretty cool right?
They will set you back a bit. A pair of these futuristic monstrosities cost around $600. ..read more
Posted in: Eyewear, Eyewear Display, Vuzix
Slowly but surely, the world of at-home 3D displays are eschewing those cumbersome glasses. Glasses-free 3D has a major problem, though. You have to be in just the right spot to see it well. This means that roomfuls of guests will often be left out in the 3D-less cold. That is not good for Avatar-themed dinner parties. LG is on it, though. Don’t you worry your pretty little head.
Give a hearty g’day to LG’s 20-inch DX2000, an LED backlit glasses-free 3D display with an integrated webcam that tracks your eyes, so the 3D effects work from any angle. No more “sweet-spots” where the 3D needs to be viewed straight-on, like on the Nintendo 3DS. This is the wave of the future, folks. I know this tech is not actually “wearable” ..read more
Posted in: Eyewear, Eyewear Display, LG
The world of VR has certainly grown in leaps and bounds since the old days. Case in point? Crescent’s new Immersive Digital Entertainment VR system. This thing could be the future! Unfortunately, like most new tech, it may be the sorta faraway future.
Forget the Kinect! Forget the 3DS. Forget the Wii! This is the highest crest of gaming tech at the moment. This gadget gives gamers a full 360 degree space to interact in. It also features a ton of HD cameras that make virtual reality, well, um, less virtual.
Of course, it’s just a concept design for now. You can’t go in to your local Gamestop with a pitchfork and simply demand one. Although you could try it. That could be funny. We’ll let you know when this tech does ..read more
Posted in: Crescent, Eyewear Display, Wearable Tech
Fraunhofer IPMS have done what many companies in the past have tried and failed at, creating a Borg-like eye-tracking display. This bidirectional, eye-tracking OLED microdisplay does a lot of cool stuff. The transparent OLED display shows off a bevy of information, usually in the form of an overlay.
The unit also includes integrated photodetectors and special software to monitor the direction of where you are looking. This opens up a host of potential augmented reality applications. The unit is just a concept for now, but the creators see it being used, among other ways, for joggers to watch movies as they jog. Youch. Dangerous.
There’s also the notion you can spy on someone as you, well, spy on someone. This could be done by using the display to Google people you meet ..read more
Posted in: Eyewear Display, Fraunhofer IPMS
Since the Microsoft Kinect was released in November, hackers have been doing some amazing things with it. Until now, however, these hacks didn’t actually help people. This one does.
The hack in question is called NAVI (Navigational Aids for the Visually Impaired.) It was created by Michael Zöllner and Stephan Huber at the University of Konstanz. It helps the blind to see. Really.
Here is how it works. A Kinect is attached to a helmet and connected to a backpack-mounted Dell laptop. Also connected to the laptop is an Arduino controlled belt that has three separate regions of vibration and a Bluetooth headset. Then the walker is given instructions based on the visuals sent via the Kinect. Not bad. The system will even read signs to the walker, when necessary.
Posted in: Concept Design, Eyewear Display, Tactile Feedback
Ah, the ever-changing world of glasses innovation. Interactive Group has thrown their hat into the ring with their Active-i sunglasses. These glasses are being hailed as the planet’s smallest standalone video and audio recording / playback device. Lofty words, right? Let’s see what’s going on under the, um, hood.
Basically these are some 1980s looking sunglasses with some multimedia functionality. They come with a built-in video camera right along the bridge of the nose, placed there all stealthy like. The camera can capture two hours of low-res video. Perfect for you would by stalkers spies out there.
That’s not all. After you capture the video, you can then watch it back right in your glasses. Pretty cool. The system also allows for USB transport to a PC or other device. James Bond ..read more
Posted in: Camera, Eyewear, Eyewear Display, Wearable Tech
The world of head-mounted display systems is getting more crowded, isn’t it? Satoshi Nariai, of the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, is about to help it get even more crowded. His head-mounted Mobile Video Communication System is a conceptual work of wonder.
It features acceleration and position sensors built into a head-mounted display, with a remote camera that moves with your body. Mr. Nariai sees a potential use for the device in teleconferencing, where it would allow for eye-to-eye conservation. Of course, both of you will be wearing giant cyborg attachments right near your eyeballs but hey teleconferencing is due for an upgrade.
Wanna see a video of the device in action? Well you are in luck.
Posted in: Concept Design, Display, Eyewear Display
Sony has made a lot of cool stuff in their day, but this may just take the cake. The company has been showing off a really unique concept lately: Eye-tracking glasses that are designed for “lifelogging.”
What is logging one’s life, you ask? Well the eye-tracking glasses combine with an outward facing camera to literally log a life. Everything you do. Everywhere you go. Pretty much the opening salvo in cool “live another person’s life” technology. Cool!
It is just a concept for now, but the company plans to include even more bells and whistles, such as GPS capabilities. More on this as it develops.
Posted in: Concept Design, Eyewear Display, GPS, Sony
Any old scientist can make some cool eyewear. It takes a special breed, however, to make cool and innovative eyeballs. That is just what researchers at Bionic Vision Australia have created a working prototype of a bionic eyeball. The researchers teamed up with scientists at the University of New South Wales to undertake the task. It looks like their work is about to pay off.
The eye comes with a pair of advanced glasses that send and receive messages from the prototype eye. The results? Improved vision. Major improved vision. That comes with having a microchip in your eye, I guess.
Clinical trials are starting later this year and the scientists say that they hope to be ready to unroll units out around the year 2013. Let’s hope that Mayan thing doesn’t ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Eyewear, Eyewear Display
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
