[Wear-Hard] Potential new HMD?

[Daniel Parrott Ashbrook]

That's a MicroOptical with the "MicroOptical" logo taken off.
MicroOptical several years ago had a text-only, bluetooth-based
display, so looks like they got their hands on that.


dan


On 4/18/07, Brian Chabot <brian at datasquire.net> wrote:
> Looks like the folks at Madrid's Carlos III University are working on an
> HMD to display subtitles for the hearing impaired.
>
> The device is an HMD mounted on eyeglasses with an internal battery and
> wireless receiver with a 50 meter range. (Sounds like Bluetooth.)
>
> The design looks sound.  I wonder what they will cost and if there might
> be an option to use one as a wearable display.  Even if it is text only,
> it would be good IMO.  And even if the display is not conductive to a
> wearable, it is a move in the right direction, IMO.  I just hope the
> cost is low enough to be affordable.
>
> Gizmodo article:
> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/subtitle+reading-glasses-make-cinema+going-for-the-hard-of-hearing-less-um-hard-253215.php
> http://tinyurl.com/2rx2gt
>
> Original Article (Spanish):
> http://navegante2.elmundo.es/navegante/2007/04/18/gadgetoblog/1176854075.html
> http://tinyurl.com/2l7mbd
>
> Original Article (Google Translation):
> http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnavegante2.elmundo.es%2Fnavegante%2F2007%2F04%2F18%2Fgadgetoblog%2F1176854075.html&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
> http://tinyurl.com/2m3s7e
>
> Brian
>
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