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posted by janrinok on Monday February 05 2018, @08:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the eye-see-what-you-did-there dept.

Intel is launching plain-looking smartglasses that beam a monochrome red image directly into your retina using a laser. There are no cameras on the device:

Intel has launched an impressively light, regular-looking set of smart glasses called Vaunt, confirming rumors from Bloomberg and others. Seen by The Verge, they have plastic frames and weigh under 50 grams, a bit more than regular eyeglasses but much less than Google Glass, for example. The electronics are crammed into the stems and control a very low-powered, class one laser that shines a red, monochrome 400 x 150 pixel image into your eye. Critically, the glasses contain no camera, eliminating the "big brother" vibe from Glass and other smart glasses.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @09:12PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @09:12PM (#633441)

    Just sayin'.

    I mean, IME aside, Linux basically Just Works with Intel's stuff.

  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @09:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @09:23PM (#633450)
    The IME is FOSS too.

    Thanks for putting a version of MINIX 3 inside the ME-11 management engine chip used on almost all recent desktop and laptop computers in the world. I guess that makes MINIX the most widely used computer operating system in the world, even more than Windo ws, Linux, or MacOS.

    --Andy Tanenbaum [soylentnews.org]

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Monday February 05 2018, @11:56PM

    by Arik (4543) on Monday February 05 2018, @11:56PM (#633542) Journal
    "I mean, IME aside, Linux basically Just Works with Intel's stuff."

    I mean, sure, it's built on a sandbar, but what a pretty house! Don't you love the trim?
    --
    If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?