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RE: Report from ICWC,Xybernaut MA V and Hitachi WIA

One area where high power / CG (the more the better) is required is
mixed/augmented reality for wearable computers. I think not too many people
seem to be considering this on this newgroup.

Adrian

-----Original Message-----
From: Russell Kohn [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, 4 June 2001 9:11 AM
To: Cliff Leong
Cc: Doug Sutherland; 
Subject: Re: Report from ICWC,Xybernaut MA V and Hitachi WIA

Has anyone used BeOS on a wearable? Someone was raving about it recently
to me and supposedly it can run very well on relatively slow (read 166MHZ)
processors (slow by today's standards).

--
Russell

On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Cliff Leong wrote:

:On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Doug Sutherland wrote:
:> This is why I won't be running 500Mhz on wearable any time soon.
:> As they say, programmers will use up any resources they are given.
:> And IMO most of today's mainstream PC software is way too fat and
:> full of eye candy and useless features. Most people only use 10%
:> of the features in office software like word processors and such.
:> I think its a mistake for wearables to jump on the 'fat pc' band
:> wagon (hardware and software wise). It's not a battle for more
:> (speed, features, etc) its a battle for less, but more focused
:> features, architected for accessibility (ie alternative IOs). I
:> think that a whole new thin platform of software needs to be
:> written for wearables, and it shouldn't need 500Mhz to run.
:
:I thought about Xybernaut a lot while at the conference and concluded that
Ed
:Newman is pushing his product towards his audience very well.  His audience
:consists of people that think big numbers like 500MHz is better than
166MHz.
:We know that we don't need that speed for what we do, but he thinks his
:audience wants it, so he's giving them what they want.  Actually, he said
this
:product was designed based on customer feedback, so the customers feel that
:they need 500MHz.  Whether they do or not, that's their issue.  Consumers
just
:tend to drool over faster processors for some reason and if people want
them,
:Ed Newman will gladly sell them.
:
:He's starting to branch out to the consumer market.  The Celeron that is
used
:is the 1.1V version, so it runs without need of a fan.  The outside of the
unit
:acts as a heatsink and yellow plastic mesh keeps the magnesium from melting
:anything.  From a consumer's point of view, the MA V is a nice looking
little
:computer.  I think he quoted $3995.  Don't know if that includes the M2.
:
:Cliff
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