May 10th, 2008 by
Filed under: Displays, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables
Surely you remember that Solo Plus HMD that Myvu aimed at iPod owners late last year? Wait, what? You purged that from your memory as soon as you saw it? Ah well, looks like you’ll be on yet another blotting mission after peeking this, as the aforesaid outfit has delivered yet another option for those looking to check out iPod clips on their own personal theater and destroy any chance at garnering friends. The Shades 301 iPod Edition, which is set to cost two Benjamins, actually looks quite different (and dare we say, a smidgen better) than the Solo Plus, and reportedly comes bundled with a pair of Ultimate Ears earbuds, detachable Dock Connector cable, remote, integrated battery and a two-piece cable manager for its neck cabling. If you’re inexplicably overcome with an urge to see more, you can check out a brief hands-on by following the read link below.
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April 11th, 2008 by
Filed under: Wearables
While it’s yet to be seen if eyeglass-mountable displays will become as commonly used as, say, Bluetooth headsets anytime soon, Brother Industries at least looks to be making some steady progress at shrinking ‘em down to a reasonable size, and it’s got a few other tricks up its sleeve to boot. That latter bit comes from its use of a retina-scanning system as opposed to a simple LCD mounted in front of your eye, which effectively uses your retina as a screen to make it appear like images are actually floating in space in front of you. What’s more, while the eyepiece currently needs to be wired to a rather sizable contraption in order to pump out those free-floating images, the company says it expects to be able to switch to a wireless system and shrink things down to a decidedly more wearable size by 2010.
[Thanks, Tom]
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November 26th, 2007 by
Filed under: Displays, Wearables
Although you may not be familiar with YelloMosquito, chances are you’re totally aware of the business that 22Moo is in. Turns out, the former is simply a division of the latter, which is busy boasting about the Qingbar Gp300. ‘Course, we’ve known that completely wireless head-mounted displays were in the works, but YM is claiming that these unsightly things are the world’s first cordless LCOS video glasses to feature a built-in media player complete with DivX support. Reportedly, users can enjoy getting mocked while watching a 50-inch virtual screen, and they can load up their files via the built-in miniSD slot. If you just can’t resist the urge to relive your Virtual Boy glory days, you can pre-order the December-bound unit now for $299 — otherwise, you’ll be laying down a Benjamin more (or smartly saving a mint) when it ships en masse.
[Image courtesy of YelloMosquito]
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November 14th, 2007 by
Filed under: Wearables
While it’s typically far too easy to bash on a new head-mounted display due to its unsightly design, we’ll restrain ourselves when talking about the LV920. Vuzix, which veterans may remember as Icuiti, has introduced a new HMD that is tailored specifically for individuals with macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and other low vision problems. Apparently, preclinical trials have shown promising results, and the firm is aiming to ship ‘em out en masse sometime this quarter. Vuzix claims that the eyewear will improve vision when reading and boost color perception, but we’d be tempted to wait for a third party confirmation (or denial) before throwing down on something like this.
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September 25th, 2007 by
Filed under: Displays, Portable Video
Just in case you were worried during “The Beat Goes On” that the new iPods wouldn’t work with the current generation of head-mounted displays (which they apparently won’t), myvu has come to the rescue with a new model that — besides a shared distaste for capitalization — also features an Apple authorization chip for guaranteed compatibility. The solo plus follows the nearly-identical solo that we saw earlier in the year, sporting a low-profile design, wired remote, and integrated, noise-canceling, earbud headphones, while playing nice with the touch, classic, and 3G nano. Also like the solo, the solo plus will retail for $200 when it hits stores in October, so start filling out those return slips if you happened to have purchased an original unit recently.
[Via iLounge]
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