I use to think like you but now im not so sure, i will gladly pay 1000usd for a realy good HMD, something you could use all day long, and not need new eayballs each mornig .. for us living offshore, we usually pay extra taxes over USA price, for example a HMD of 1000usd tag price USA will cost 1800usd here (Montevideo / Uruguay), and that is a lot of money to have hanging in front of your face :) a wearable should be replaceable.. becouse it is subject to many risks .. andres Steve Barr wrote: >> I still predict that once an HMD is made commercially that doesn't >> look too bad, has QVGA or better, a standard connection such as >> USB, BT, or VGA, and can be bought under $200, the wearable >> market will pick up... >> > > I used to hope people would consider the entire cost of the system > (HMD + Twiddler 2 + used laptop) and decide $2500 wasn't a > bad price for a wearable. That doesn't seem to be the case. > > Perhaps now that phones (in Korea, at least) are starting to > support TV reception, the combination earbud/TV > monocular will appear and mass production will decrease > prices. > > _______________________________________________ > Wear-Hard mailing list >> http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard > > > > _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing list
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