Watch out technocrats, Sony has
filed a patent for a head mounted glass product. Now is this good
news or what. We already are eagerly awaiting the Google Glass to hit
the market, which is believed to happen within the year end, and now
the competition too joins the game with a similar product.
Sony’s various ventures on wearable technology
Sony has not jumped into this
technology domain suddenly. They have been silently working on
wearable technology for many years now. Their earlier products like
the Smartwatch and home entertainment devices such as HMZ-T2 are
testimony to this fact. In fact the Japanese electronics giant had
filed their first patent on eyeglass computing models as early as
2008, followed by a similar patent filing in 2009. This latest filing
by them is a continuation of their early patents and by the look of
things their RND team had been working on it for quite some time now
and the product might be in final stages.
What do we know of the technology?
Well there is not much data on
exactly what the final product is but from the information in hand we
could take an educated guess that it is similar to the Google Glass.
It is a prototype of an eye glass with both the lenses acting as
monitors to display data. It has ear buds embedded on its arms
obviously for audio output and has some adjustable display features
which would transfer information on to the lenses. This augmented
head mount computing system could soon be the next big thing in the
gadget market. It has already drawn comparison with the much hyped
Google Glass product.
Google Glass – An insight
Google Glass is another one of those
grand innovations from the Google house which never ceases to awe us.
Those folks in Mountain View have come up with a product which
transfers data into an eye-glass like computing system for the wearer
to view. Just imagine what it could mean for entertainment,
particularly in terms of gaming experience. It would swap the
traditional systems into your head mount gadget and the entire
screen, which in this case is the lens, would be devoted to the game.
They also come with a networking chip which means you could connect
with other networks too.
In terms of practical applications
to this product, the sky is the limit. Imagine you are walking on a
foreign soil desperately seeking directions. If you have a Google
translator incorporated in your device, all you have to do is view
the signboard through this glass and voila you are not lost anymore.
Like this one could imagine thousands of applications such modern
technology could be used for.
On the downside the Google Glass is
priced at $1500 and we do not expect the Sony model to be any
cheaper. Several places, including a bar in Seattle, have already
banned Google Glass and of course we would not be allowed to use them
in traffic. But as the technology gets older it might be priced a
little less and the rough corners might be fine tuned. So all we can
do now is to hope Sony, with its 50+ years of experience in
electronic products, will bring out a product which will take this
technology to another level.
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