Yes, THIS is what I was talking about. [transparent video glasses]
http://gizmodo.com/393124/sony-video-glasses-will-turn-everyone-star-trek-chic
Answering Mark’s prayers and bringing us all one step closer to looking like Geordi La Forge, Sony has unveiled eyeglasses that can show full-color video images. The prototype supports a QVGA resolution, weighs 120g, is 3mm thick at the lens, and has a contrast ratio of 50:1.
The glasses use a proprietary holographic waveguide and an optical engine made up of a LED light source and a transparent LCD panel. Video coming from the optical engine is reflected by a film in the holographic waveguide. It then bounces off a glass plate and is diffracted to the eyes by a second holographic film.
Before it brings the glasses to market, Sony is trying to slim the prototype down to 80g and make the lenses transmissive enough to be used in dark places. The company says it’s hoping to commercialize the produce by 2010.
I love the phrase in the second picture in the article: “A simple waveguide with a conjugate reflective volume hologram pair is our solution.”
It just makes me think of, “What do you think a secret phase conjugate tracking system is for? A big mirror makes a big beam.”
Anyway, when they get it to 80 grams, I’ll be totally geeked. QVGA is 1280×960 – that’s big enough for some reasonably hi-def movies. match that with a camera the size of the one in the lids of laptops, and a gps system, and you’ve got the nift-o-matic “turn your head toward Red Lobster and see the address and daily discounts on your display” awesomeness.
QVGA is 320*240, which is sligtly smaller than youtube video. i’m sure they will get up the resolution over time.
also, i friended you.
Oh, funny that’s what I thought, but I did a google search for qvga. it failed me!