
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.