Sunday, 4 January 2015

The ODG augmented reality glasses are competing against Google Glass


This Google Glass competitor already has a foothold in the US military - said 
to be used to spesific tasks and not 24-hour use, what's holding it back?


Ralph Osterhout was responsible for creating underwater vehicles featured in
 two James Bond films, he's developed smaller and cheaper night vision
 goggles for the military, he has invented many children's toys throughout
 the 90's (Yak Bak, TalkBoy and Power Penz) and is now working with his 
company, Osterhout Design Group. on a Google Glass competitor - the ODC
 Smart Glasses.

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Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip, these glasses are described
as "basically a full Android Tablet you can wear on your head", giving users
 a transparent heads-up display instead of a touchable surface. The screen
is quoted to feel like a 55-inch 3D floating screen floating eight feet in front
of your eyes, provided by two 720p micro displays.

This product also features a five-megapixel camera and various different
sensors for application purposes. Theoretically you could use these glasses as
 your own personal 3D Cinema like the Sony HMZ headset, however no cords
are needed.

Besides the design not being exactly sleek, there hasn't been much developed
 for it yet - so we can't see it used to its full abilities. What we do have
 though are the specifications and features on hand. Coming in at $5000 and
 weighing 5.5oz, the R-6 glasses are already being used by the
 United States Department of Defense.

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