Shimadzu DataGlass 3/A: the HMD for Cyclops

Another day, another fancy head mounted display vying for your hard-earned dollars. This time around it's Shimadzu, and rather than hanging the pirates and cycloptic individuals in the crowd out to dry, the DataGlass 3/A is designed to only interfere utilize one eye. Interestingly, this USB-powered iteration is also dust- and water-proof in case you're desperate to view a virtual screen whilst signing in the rain, and can also be connected to your PC or handheld device via a standard VGA cable. No word on price just yet, but be sure and check out the video listed in the read link to quell your excitement.

[Via I4U]

[MatthewSchwartz.us @ Jul 20th 2007 9:54AM]

Desperate to view a virtual screen whilst "signing in the rain," hmm? So this product is aimed at the deaf community?

[Jamie @ Jul 20th 2007 10:09AM]

Arr matey-model, prepare to be boarded!!!!

[Grey Acumen @ Jul 20th 2007 10:10AM]

Yet another piece of evidence that Pirates are better than Ninjas.

[Jamie @ Jul 20th 2007 10:10AM]

(The board stripped off my "end obligatory_model_comment" tag.)

[EDomain @ Jul 20th 2007 10:45AM]

I, for one, welcome our incredibly hot, Asian Supermodel Cyborg Overlords

[Mike Klein @ Jul 20th 2007 6:07PM]

Incredibly hot? Dude...you must be on a serious Asian-jonez.

She's cute...not hot.

[dilative @ Jul 20th 2007 11:16AM]

It must be sad working on these. They've been coming out with one a week for years and they never become more than a novelty.

[Bad Beaver @ Jul 20th 2007 11:16AM]

Very nice! I would expect it to be pretty pricy though due to the dust/water protection.

[Greg @ Jul 20th 2007 11:21AM]

Mei-Ling, that belongs to Snake.

[Emceay @ Jul 20th 2007 12:32PM]

Ah, you beat me to it!

[APOLAUF @ Jul 20th 2007 12:07PM]

The number of possible combinations should be 500 billion billion, not just 500 billion.

[Emceay @ Jul 20th 2007 12:30PM]

Put a web cam on the other side. Ta-duh! Now you too can have your own adventures pretending to be old man Solid Snake!

[Steve @ Jul 20th 2007 4:12PM]

Wait, wouldn't cyclops be blindfolded if they wore these?

[Wwhat @ Jul 20th 2007 4:57PM]

Nice to see they took the resolution serious making it 800x600, so many of these devices have something like 320x240 pixels which is only suitable to give to small kids.

[a @ Jul 23rd 2007 1:36AM]

imagine the usefulness to underwater welders and others dealing with complicated machinery in harsh/demanding environs.