Wearable LCD Display

fenimor writes "PhysOrg reports, that Mitsubishi is going to introduce next year a headset with a small liquid-crystal display screen which is positioned in front, slightly below eye level so as not to obstruct normal vision. Designed for users who need to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, this tiny wearable heads-up display is expected to cost only US $400."

Re:Wow.

[Pingular]

I'm beginning to think that John Titor wasn't so wrong.
For those that don't know: John Titor [johntitor.com].

The R-Zone Returns?

[HideEverFree]

Tiger (maker of cheapo LCD games) put out the R-zone game machine in the '90s. One form of the R-Zone was a headset with a controller attached. A clear piece of plastic flipped out over the player's left eye.

Re:Spectacles

[Anonymous Coward]

It should not be a problem.
In the picture, the display is around four inches from the face. There is enough room to wear glasses as well.

Optics in camera viewfinders etc are still useable with glasses, so this should be too.

Re:Could be a big thing

[Saeger]

Even better than a LCD HUD is a Retinal Scanning Display (RSD) [washington.edu], but the tech isn't as mature yet. RSD's have a long list of advantages over LCDs and CRTs [mvis.com].

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Re:vga input?

[Skadet]

the article sugguests no such thing.

SCOPO can be attached to any device that can feed video like cell phone, laptop, PDA, DVD-player, etc.

It implies that it may take an RCA (composite) output. No big deal, right? Shoot, my Viper v550 have composite-out.

Re:How do I use it with glasses?

[FrenZon]

How do I use it with glasses?

When headset manufacturers say things like 'equivalent to a 90" screen at 7 feet!!', it's not just fancy marketing talk - the distance is usually the focal distance of the display. I found out this out with my i-glasses, which were specced as a massive screen at 8' or so - I worked out the ratio and said "that's like a 19" screen at 3', cool." unfortunately, while I can easily read a 19" screen at 3', I can't read the equivalently large screen at 8' due to short sightedness. Wearing normal glasses or contacts underneath helps, if you can get them to fit.

Some headsets include adjustable focal length, which I think is a necessity.

Specs?

[Anonymous Writer]

What resolution can these things display? The linked article and video doesn't mention anything. MicroOptical [microopticalcorp.com] already makes things like these. They have a number of different versions [microopticalcorp.com] and can display at VGA (640x480) resolution. They have binocular [microopticalcorp.com] versions, and there's even one [microopticalcorp.com] in which the display is a reflective portion of a transparent eyeglass lens that looks like a bifocal. Why wait until next year for this one from Mitsubishi when MicroOptical already has a whole range of different kinds now?

Re:Spectacles

[Ziak]

that was always a myth here take a look http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021230.html [yahoo.com]