[Wear-Hard] Yet another Sony UX based Wearable

[Brian Kuriyama]

Thanks! I made the mount out of an old Boost Mobile pre-paid cell phone
packaging, some screws and scotch tape XP It kinda sucks right now because
it's constantly out of focus by about 2 degrees of angle with reference to
the mount. I need to figure out something adjustable, cheap, and small. I
also need to rework the mount that goes on the glasses to something that
looks more professional and isn't falling appart, and also features a
bayonet style QD system.

The optic is taken straight out of a MyVu Crystal headset with the second
display desoldered from the connector.

As for potential inputs, there's a few pics of what I currently have
available (bluetooth keyboards, mice, headsets), but what I'm planning for
future use can be quoted from my previous email to the list

"In addition to that, I'm planning to modify one of those wireless finger
mice into a glove :3
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10153
A modified version of this, combined with that last link I posted configured
for text entry
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/04/peregrine-wires-you-into-a-keyboard-we-go-hands-in/
"

For a video example of what I plan to program the glove keyboard with can be
found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1kqL08uj4

And if I failed hard with my glove mouse project, I've seen those presenter
mice used in power point presentations on ebay for about $30. They're
basically a small wireless trackpoint that has a few powerpoint hot keys.
While it doesn't provide text input, and it's not exactable wearable, it'd
be a good midle ground before I got anything more serious.

For now, I have a spare shoulder gun holster lying around that I may be able
to modify to take the frogpad for covert use with a jacket. I don't have
much for covert mouse input at the moment, but I'm working on that. A
standard "dumb" bluetooth connected cell phone with the right software
(currently using "phone remote control") will work for the most basic of
tasks, but is best suited for general remote control applications. I guess
my ideal accessory to this system would be a cell phone that'd be tethered
wirelessly (via multi session bluetooth?) to my computer for internet, and
it'd have a touch screen for touchpad style mouse input, and a qwerty
keyboard for text input. Something like the G1 with an internet plan would
be perfect!

For gaming (I know it's not the smartest idea), for First Person Shooter
(FPS) games at least, theres a bunch of tutorials on how to use a wiimote to
control everything. I figured that'd be a neat accessory for a wearable
computer. Especially for navigation. But since the current software relies
on the camera instead of accelerometer it wouldn't be a very portable use of
this application.

I'm also working on constructing a belt mounted case for the entire system
instead of the biking backpack it's usually toted around in at the moment.
I'm just looking for cheap supplies as I'm quite broke at the moment XD


On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM, tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am impressed!
>
> I like the simplicity of your mount. What is that optic you're using,
> and where did you get it?
>
> What have you considered as potential inputs? interfaces?
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Brian Kuriyama <yosh.five7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I FINALLY got a somewhat viable wearPC done, only to find that an
> almost identical thought process has already worked its way into fruition by
> Greg Priest-Dorman and his wearPC Herbert. The only key difference is mine
> is Windows base!
> >
> > For anyone that's interested, I don't have a proper web page up and
> running yet, but you can visit my public facebook gallery here:
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> >
> >
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