[Wear-Hard] Eee-PC as wearable?

[Brian Kuriyama]

Hehe, I agree, that's a great idea indeed. Because most of the system
is already there, it's not necessary to focus on hardware, I suggest
concentrating on the aesthetic, ergonomic and software side of things!
With the revolution of cheap small computing (i.e. netbooks) the
interest wearable computing may grow and advance our community!

What resolution are you trying to run your HMD with (and what model
are you using)? IIRC MicroOptical's 640x480 monocular with VGA input
was designed to take 800x600 and downscale it appropriately.

What exactly is the battery life of the EEE PC anyway? Can't you just
build a cheap regulated external battery pack? I use a small external
60wh pack with my Sony UX to get 5 extra hours of runtime.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Brian Short <brian.short at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's a great idea. It's small, cheap, and you could mod it down to a
> very packable size.
>
> Shouldn't a VGA signal be a VGA signal? Could you change the output
> resolution to just fit whatever the MicroOptical is expecting?
>
> Thanks,
> -Brian
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:49 PM,  <kpj at sics.se> wrote:
>> How about an Asus Eee-PC with USB keyboard and VGA screen?
>>
>> The box is small enough. Linux installed. No fans or disk
>> motors. Sound on-board. 802.11 wireless LAN support.  And
>> connector for external screen.
>>
>> Just add a HMD and a Twiddler.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I cannot make the MicroOptical recognize
>> the VGA signal of the Eee-PC. And the battery time is not
>> too impressive.
>>
>> BTW, the MicroOptical is hard to configure without good
>> hardware support. It appears as if they expect(ed) you to
>> use Microsoft Windows.
>>
>
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