22Moo unveils HMD800 head mounted display

You'd think that wearable displays could've come a long way since the days of the Virtual Boy, but you'd be (mostly) wrong. Churning out yet another eyesore of a head mounted display is 22Moo -- the same Aussies who brought us the equally awkward VG-SD goggles -- whose $199 HMD800 touts the ability to provide a "30-inch virtual theater-like image with clear and exquisite pictures." The contraption also boasts a "2.1 Dolby surround sound experience," and compatibility with iPods, PMPs, gaming consoles, and practically anything with standard AV outputs. The device supports both NTSC and PAL, sports an 800 x 225 resolution, contrast / brightness controls, eight-hour Li-ion cell, and a comical "eye patch" in case you prefer a more one-sided viewpoint. Although the company claims it was designed by "renowned ergonomicists," we question its ability to remain comfortable (or leave our retinas unscathed) after enduring the Lord of the Rings trilogy (or bevy of Engadget commercials).

[Via MobileWhack]

[mike4561 @ Oct 24th 2006 11:24AM]

you think few more months someone will put a 1080p 2inch LCD
we already saw a 7.1-inch 1080p LCD by Sanyo-Epson.

we are close.

[Matt B @ Oct 24th 2006 12:36PM]

If it had motion sensing for games like counterstrike, I would buy it.

[HughJass @ Oct 24th 2006 1:41PM]

I don't remember the Virtual Boy being a wearable display... wasn't it rather heavy (hence the tripod)?

[BananaFish @ Oct 24th 2006 1:58PM]

"Display Size: 30 inches, 2m away"

Seriously? is that really any better than 12 inches, 2 feet away?
Guess i don't see the use or value.

[aws910 @ Oct 25th 2006 12:33PM]

Maybe it's in the name of lower prices(bc 199 is a steal) but the resolution just seems TOO low. Can 225 lines of resolution really look good?

[KL @ Nov 17th 2006 3:05PM]

I actually purchased one of these things directly from the source, it's horrible, really uncomfortable and horrible picture quality.

And since you see the plastic edges of the glasses when looking it really isn't like looking at a virtual 30" inch display, you are constantly aware you are looking at a small 2" display inside a pair of glasses.

For the price it's horrible, you can actually get a 27" LCD TV with HDMI for about 2.5 times the price of these glasses, considering that the pricing is way off, a reasonable price would have been $50.