[Wear-Hard] Yet another Sony UX based Wearable

Sat Jun 13 06:32:23 EDT 2009

@ Steve:
Nope! I want as little wires as possible! I've discovered that when removing
the system due to social situations and whatnot, the restriction of wires
makes things awkward and clumsy. Even my HMD that has only one wire that
goes from my backpack to glasses is cumbersome! If my system is going to get
daily use, it needs to be easily put on and taken off at a moments notice.
The input devices need to work together just as smoothly, which is why
bluetooth is my wireless protocal of choice!

While that touchpad remote is quite intriuging it's much too large for me to
consider for my system. Good idea though! Before I discovered the issue with
the wires, I was going to have a belt mounted hub going to all my systems,
and possibly wire up a pair of jeans or cargo pants with USB and use an
extremely effective (no bezel), tiny USB touchpad. More and more though, I'm
starting to like my mouse gloves idea though. I don't want to have to pick
up another device just to use my system. If I were to do that, why not just
use a G1 like you mentioned in your reply!!!

@ tetsu:
Hehe, metal is wayyy too heavy for my application. I'm going with the simple
non-lens-scratching lightweight approach taken by Micro Optical Corp before
they went under. I based my mounting system and arm design off of the DOF
and pictures I could source from the net of their monocular HMD systems.

Also: Yes they do!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33789572&l=23d1b218fd&id=19509171
Entire system

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33789573&l=c3e3aa4b44&id=19509171
Wiring bits

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33789575&l=faa4f92719&id=19509171
UX, Ext Batt, GPS/net phone all part way inside the pack to show placement
and layout

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33789576&l=febbe07d71&id=19509171
Entire system laid out without the bag. Seeing as you've added me on
facebook you should be able to see all the tags I made and identify all the
devices in the picture.

I agree with the cumbersome backpack! Which is why I'm working on a lighter,
smaller, less obtrusive belt mounted system that, hopefully, won't resemble
a terrorist's IED. While the strength of metal is ideal, I'm really stuck on
keeping the system light, so I'm going to have to go with plexiglass. Or
better yet, if anyone knows if polycarbonate is flexible and knows where to
get sheets of it from, it'd be greatly appreciated XD

I REALLY like the idea of the passive processes! Thanks! I can't believe I
never thought about that!!! My next day of school shall have my GPS and
netstumbler up and running mapping out all the access points on campus! If
only I could think of another interesting application like that!

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM, tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought it was some simple metal working. There are light sheet
> metals you can buy that are pretty easy to bend. You can buy the metal
> sheers at most AutoParts stores or HomeDepots. Not sure where to buy
> sheet metal. It might be heavier than I imagine, but it looked like a
> practical, sturdy mount. I might try it now.
>
> None of your pictures have your UX, or how you mount it!  I was
> planning on using this Eee PC, thinking it was slim enough to fit in a
> backpack, but so far I've found using a backpack everywhere is a
> little cumbersome.
>
> Try running some passive computer processes and walking around with
> your wearable, until you have an input device. Walk around scanning
> for wifi, if you can get gps sensors or something. Context relevant
> information is just as cool for your wearable experience as what a
> keyboard or pointer input could give you.
>
> I used to walk around with a little underpowered Jornada 720
> connecting to open access points and just streaming network traffic
> everywhere I went. It was a good experience seeing the streams of
> information  coarsing through our bodies everywhere we go.
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Brian Kuriyama <yosh.five7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks! But something like that is definitely out of my current budget!
> D:
> > I've been looking around and found a similar, but much cheaper
> alternative:
> > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16685
> >
> > 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/
> > Should yield very usable hands, with accurate cursor movenent and text
> entry while walking or talking to someone.
> >
> > Using a large (even cell phone sized) dedicated device for text input
> seems to defeat the purpose of a wearable computer making it more obtrusive
> than it's less powerful cousins. My ultimate goal is something that I can be
> wearing, and using while still carrying on a normal conversation with
> friends, without making it look like I'm playing a gameboy or something
> while talking to them.
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Steve Barr <barr8888 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Brian Kuriyama<yosh.five7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > 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:
> >> >
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2125778&id=19509171&l=9d54d93f91
> >>
> >> It's great to see another wearable come alive!
> >>
> >> Have you looked at the diNovo Mini for input?
> >>
> http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3848&cl=US,EN
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
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