This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0516498636== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0164_01C59522.0F8E5520" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0164_01C59522.0F8E5520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've been scouring the Web for thoughts on wearables lately, and of = course came across Steve Mann and the whole Eyetap concept. I even = found a link to a picture of one of Mann's designs on this forum. (For = those of you who missed it, = http://wearcam.org/dusting/dusting_with_stef/lensmid_wireframes/dsc541.jp= g). The elegance of that model is far superior to most of the HMDs on = the market, and I understand that versions of the WearComp were = completely covert as early as the mid-1990's. A couple of questions = therefore immediately spring to mind: DISClAIMER: I'm not an engineer or designer! Just a major geek with an = interest in wearables. So apologies in advance if I ask a question = that's obvious to the rest of you. 1. Can one or more of the Eyetap designs (primarily video from what I = understand) not be adaped for use as an HMD for a wearable PC? If not, = what are the constraints? 2. Given that Mann seemed to be fairly free with his designs at least = through 1997, why has the WearComp not had more influence? It seems = that people are still struggling with design problems that Mann would = certainly have had to overcome to get the kind of functionality he = did... Just trying to wrap my mind around all this, and there seems to be a = major disjunct between the level to which Mann has taken the technology = and other homebrewed models I've seen out there.=20 Best, Nathan ------=_NextPart_000_0164_01C59522.0F8E5520 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've been scouring the Web for thoughts = on=20 wearables lately, and of course came across Steve Mann and the whole = Eyetap=20 concept. I even found a link to a picture of one of Mann's designs = on this=20 forum. (For those of you who missed it, <A=20 href=3D"http://wearcam.org/dusting/dusting_with_stef/lensmid_wireframes/d= sc541.jpg">http://wearcam.org/dusting/dusting_with_stef/lensmid_wireframe= s/dsc541.jpg</A>). =20 The elegance of that model is far superior to most of the HMDs on the = market,=20 and I understand that versions of the WearComp were completely covert as = early=20 as the mid-1990's. A couple of questions therefore immediately = spring to=20 mind:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DISClAIMER: I'm not an engineer = or=20 designer! Just a major geek with an interest in wearables. = So=20 apologies in advance if I ask a question that's obvious to the rest of=20 you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Can one or more of the Eyetap = designs=20 (primarily video from what I understand) not be adaped for use as an HMD = for a=20 wearable PC? If not, what are the constraints?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Given that Mann seemed to be = fairly free=20 with his designs at least through 1997, why has the WearComp not had = more=20 influence? It seems that people are still struggling with design = problems=20 that Mann would certainly have had to overcome to get the kind of = functionality=20 he did...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just trying to wrap my mind around all = this, and=20 there seems to be a <EM>major</EM> disjunct between the level to which = Mann has=20 taken the technology and other homebrewed models I've seen out there.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Nathan</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0164_01C59522.0F8E5520-- --===============0516498636== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing listhttp://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard --===============0516498636==--
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