Kopin's Golden-i wearable microdisplay demoed, Francisco Scaramanga unavailable for comment
By Tim Stevens 
posted September 24th 2009 9:26AM
posted September 24th 2009 9:26AM
posted September 24th 2009 9:26AM
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Yeah... I think you meant to make a joke about a character from GoldenEye, not The Man With The Golden Gun.
@Fred
You obviously never played Goldeneye 007 on the N64.
sign me up! freakin sweet...id either look like a complete nerd or someone out of star wars. either way, win
OMG thats my zune profile picture!
Man I thought those blue tooth handsfree earpieces were bad enough. Can't wait to see some tool in the grocery check out with one of these.
What does the scouter say about his power level?
haha :D
over...nine thousand!!!!!!!!
impossible!
inconceivable!
I should have seen that one coming...
His Power levels are off the charts!!
'device shatters off of face'
plus 1 internets
When does the Android version ship?
Yet it just makes you last.
While interesting, are there any actual pictures of this thing anywhere or just fake 3D renderings on real backgrounds? With something like this, you think they'd at least have a prototype to show off like crazy.
This thing's nowhere near good enough to be aping the name of such a classic game or film.
Bad render for the win!
I'm not too sure how I feel about that thing. I'd rather have the computer in my pocket with a smaller headset I think. Whatever, I guess it's a cool idea if your walking around naked and need to check out spread sheets.
Agreed. Personally, i support the idea of the ugly device that attaches to a remote display (watch, glasses) and remote audio (normal earpiece or headphones). That way the device can be completely performance and utility, the support structure is the interface. That or nokia's Morph thought experiment.
THE RULE OF THUMB:
"No new technology shall have mass appeal if, no matter how useful, it makes the user look like an idiot..."
I am sure the point of this device is "augmented reality", but this borg-like contraption will never see commercial success because you would look like a major geek wearing it and women would most likely never speak to you.
Augmented reality will work when they can take a simple pair of glasses and, using OLED, have one of the lenses be a video screen, visible only to the user. That or contact lenses which do the same (the ultimate solution).
Like the Segway (great idea, looks stupid), products like this are good for "proof-of-concept", but that's about it.
You are wrong in your rule. My proof?
D.D.R.
Sounds like you are all overly sensitive about wearing the item on or around your head and the form factor. Would you consider or comment about same technology packaged in a smaller handheld version? Checkout www.myWiPC.com will you now complain from the other side it is not hands free!
Ahem, /looks at Wii sales numbers
You sir, are mistaken.
I can see this being useful if they add a camera to the front of the eye-projection part of the unit.
Then it can re-display what's in front of the user's face with captions like the AUGMENTED REALITY through Yelp App on the iPhone (http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/iphones-augmented-reality-apps-coming-with-september-os-3-1-lau/)
And combined with another story from today about eye replacement (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/mit-researchers-tout-progress-with-retinal-implant-yes-it-com/)
It can get very interesting from there... if the military is using it in the battlefield then the soldiers can pretend they're back in their momma's living room playing Xbox360 and just look for the HUD AR indicators with the highest kill points.
...if it's coming to hospitals and the surgeons are using it then it can come with zoom functions and HUD AR that shows "slice here dummy." In fact, it can be branded by IDG Books as "The Surgeon for Dummies HUD" book series.
ok, now that your tongue has been placed firmly in cheek. I think there is some grain of "reality" to the scenarios I just described.
can't wait to see... :-)
Apart from consumer use, there are many commercial applications. Anyone with a heads up, hands free job, who needs info is a possible user. - for example, soldier, police man, a telephone lineman, someone debugging circuit boards. Lots of companies have been chasing this market, none too successfully.
I tried one of these out at Microsoft Tech Ed. It worked great, including the best voice command recognition I have ever seen (spoken to?).
That night at the hotel I put in buy orders for 10,000 shares of KOPN. Have not looked back.
Lawrence Ricci
www.EmbeddedInsider.com
This is one step away from having a Whitfield Code Laucher
Tried it out yesterday at ESC and it was really amazing :)
i like the segway though...
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
I am reminded of that old NES game where you had to talk to shoot.
Does it come with an extra nipple for true Scaramanga action?
If it includes a video camera and can do augmented reality displays this would be interesting.
But still no use I can think of other than a "gadget". Certainly couldn't use it while driving for heads-up GPS.
Perhaps someone will come up with a use but until then it will be an intriguing toy.
The plus side here being, you can turn it upside down, step into it, and it acts as a portable urinal.
Whats up with the scaramanga jokes? he was a good man....he introduced solar power to the islands.....lol
Lobot would be proud.
"Navigation is performed with head movements..."
I wonder what double-clicking will look like?
It's got a much better display than the glasses...
I think Master Shake's, E-Helmet is coming closer to reality
Rock On! What do they call carpal tunnel of the neck?
Paralysis...