Wait, sorry, do you mean you (personally) or you (Google)?
I'm aware of other microdisplay-based goggles like the Recon Instruments stuff - where a microdisplay approach makes more sense, but it's not covering your FOV.
Have you worked with HOEs at all? Or worn these glasses? It's true that you need to place the image carefully, but, for example, in the case of the Lumus display it appears about 10 feet out from you, which was alright for me on the showroom floor.
At CES 2012 Vuzix claimed they'd have $600 goggles in Q2 2013. This fall they are doing a monocle for $2500. No pricing at all from Lumus. Of course, I am appropriately skeptical about these claims, but HOEs are eminently manufacturable, pico projectors are cheap, and as you say, the renewed attention on this space is pretty rad. I'm optimistic. If the Google Device doesn't use the future looking stuff, I'll just buy the Vuzix set and develop on that.
ok, pronoun breakdown because apparently I did poorly.
We=Engineers in general
I = Me personally
you = potential designer of a wearable display, could be
replaced with "one"
If the displays work as well as you describe (I hope they do!) then they would be great for mass production in a product like this(a glasses based wearable) in 5-10 years or so when they are inexpensive.
I'm aware of other microdisplay-based goggles like the Recon Instruments stuff - where a microdisplay approach makes more sense, but it's not covering your FOV.
Have you worked with HOEs at all? Or worn these glasses? It's true that you need to place the image carefully, but, for example, in the case of the Lumus display it appears about 10 feet out from you, which was alright for me on the showroom floor.
At CES 2012 Vuzix claimed they'd have $600 goggles in Q2 2013. This fall they are doing a monocle for $2500. No pricing at all from Lumus. Of course, I am appropriately skeptical about these claims, but HOEs are eminently manufacturable, pico projectors are cheap, and as you say, the renewed attention on this space is pretty rad. I'm optimistic. If the Google Device doesn't use the future looking stuff, I'll just buy the Vuzix set and develop on that.