Filed under: Accessories, Audio, iPod Family, Video
Mr. LaForge, your iPod video is ready
Introduced at
last week's Macworld expo, the MyVu Personal Media Player by MicroOptical looks
like...well...Geordi's visor. When connected to a fifth generation iPod, it allows you to watch stored video displayed,
quite literally, right before your eyes. Attached earbuds provide the sound. From the press release:"By connecting the small, ultra-light 'binocular' eyewear viewer to an iPod, users can watch their favorite music videos, video podcasts and TV shows with a large image right in front of their eyes...Because the display and audio systems are built into the eyewear, myvu can be worn in any position -- reclining on an airplane, sitting on a park bench and even lying down on a couch."
It provides a virtual field of view at approximately 13.5 degrees horizontal and 16.8 degrees diagonal on a 25" (virtual) screen at 2 meters. It reminds me of all of the "virtual reality" hubbub we had to endure in the early 90's.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MrBlank said 5:13PM on 1-18-2006
Is that the chick from Freaks and Geeks?
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Dave Caolo said 5:26PM on 1-18-2006
MrBlank: Yes, it totally does. Isn't she on ER now? Either way, she's REALLY excited to be using the MyVu.
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Apple-Discounts.com said 5:47PM on 1-18-2006
Great idea -- I love the concept. The glasses look too goofy though -- makes me think the manufacture targetted 15-year olds (or... the Jettsons).
I'd like to see them come out with a more traditional-looking sunglass design.
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Mark Ross said 7:23PM on 1-18-2006
Tried them on at Macworld -- quite nice. The best part was the price... but I cannot for the life of me remember how much they were. I just remember hearing a figure significantly less than what I expected. I remember seeing something similar from some big names a while back and it was pretty expensive.
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Brady J. Frey said 12:09PM on 1-19-2006
They were about $200 - $250 I thought.
I actually didn't like them, though -- the quality didn't seem crisp, and it just looked like a small screen far away. I wasn't impressed.
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jtnt said 12:46PM on 1-19-2006
Based on her expression, I could make a lewd comment on what is going on in the video she's watching. :-)
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brian said 3:17PM on 1-19-2006
Anyone here ever own Sony Glasstrons?
http://images.google.com/images?q=glasstron
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Dan said 1:08AM on 1-20-2006
Tested these and I think the implementation is terrible.
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