On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, David Troesch wrote: > I'm another new to wearables person. I'm wondering if any of the afore > mentioned are viewers that are fairly transparent. What I mean by that, is > do I look like the borg that have arrived, or is it a semi-normal looking > pair of glasses, with a ghost image being displayed on one eye. > > I'm having a bad feeling that this transparent viewer is a holy grail that > hasn't been found yet. Is it true, or not? Can I have a wearable, and not > OBVIOUSLY be wearing a wearable? > We had a demonstration of the MicroOptical displays at our last user group meeting a couple weeks ago. If I recall correctly, the 640x480 clip-on model is expected to be available in about six months, and will probably cost around $2500 for a single unit. The model that's embedded in the lens will probably cost around $7000 when it's avaliable. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email:/ URL: http://www.blu.org ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Working with NT is like trying to tune a watch wearing oven mitts. You can't get your fingers inside like you can with UNIX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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