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

I'm sorry, but I don't understand exactly what you mean. Can you be more
specific as to what requires "high power"?
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Adrian David Cheok wrote:

: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).
:
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: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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