Lumus Video Eyeglasses - Private theater on your nose

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By Super Admin

Thursday, June 23, 2011, 17:55

W hen I came across this gadget on the net, I read it twice and when I showed it to my friends they awed and responded, 'impossible'. Well the technology is in hype. The unbelievable is achieved and made available to almost every commoner. Lumus developers (an Israeli optics company) have made a productive insight in the field of mobile entertainment with their new product that looks like spectacles based on a see through technology. Wearing on these optical the user can relish a spectacular display of high resolution of 60-inch or longer screen from 10 feet away. It is nothing but a miniature video projector that turns regular eyeglasses into a private theater. This is the real mimic of technology that has already been seen in movies like Mission: Impossible.

Lumus ultra-thin optics projects a wide screen video image that is unnoticeable to anyone other than the bespectacled individual. It is a small and light weight frame less designed optical that is very fashionable to wear. It offers twin micro display and mini projectors. The image quality boasts dual 640 x 480 resolution displays with a tiny projector on the arm. It can accept video inputs with the help of an undisclosed connection. Its Light-guide Optical Element (LOE) technology allows the imagery to be reflected back on to the lenses so users can view them all while being transparent enough to allow the user to focus on the nearby objects. Or rather the display does not blocks the sight of the viewer.

Today's market is mainly based on entertainment and information. No wonder we have the Internet, movie clipping and all the possible entertainers in our hand that can be viewed with just a click. However the small screen made the user to sneak in to the device to view small pictures. Lumus video glasses will surely lit the flame among all age bars.

How does it work

• An LCD screen goes on the side of the frame.
• A projector beams the video image directly into the lens.
• Lens mirrors capture light from the projector and fill the viewer's field of vision.

Thanks to the inventor Dr. Yaakov Amitai of these video glasses who has made standard pair of glasses into a high tech display. The glasses are due to hit the market by 2008 for about 0, project video on the interior of their transparent lenses and weigh less than an ounce. The company is predicting to ship a couple million units in 2008.