Monday, December 23, 2002
A Display in Your Glasses
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 09:00 AM
"Head-mounted displays, which project miragelike computing screens, have yet to be runaway hits. That's partly because they make you look like a telemarketer wearing a helmet about as inconspicuous as a pair of fake antlers. Massachusetts-based MicroOptical Corp. is taking a new approach, fitting projectable-display technology into standard eyeglass frames...A tiny LCD in one temple generates high-resolution, 24-bit text, graphics, and video, viewed through optics hidden in the lenses. The display is projected in front of users, right in the middle of their surroundings, as if they were watching television."
Cool! HUD displays without the major geek factor! This makes me wonder though - how many of us wear glasses? Or even if you didn't need glasses, would you wear a device like this for the functionality and use plain glass or plastic for the lenses?
Cool! HUD displays without the major geek factor! This makes me wonder though - how many of us wear glasses? Or even if you didn't need glasses, would you wear a device like this for the functionality and use plain glass or plastic for the lenses?
