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Intel Unveils "Vaunt" Smartglasses

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

takyon writes:

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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• Re:What I saw Re:What I saw (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday February 05 2018, @10:24PM (2 children)

  by wonkey_monkey (279) on Monday February 05 2018, @10:24PM (#633488) Homepage

  I've remembered the example I meant to give earlier, but couldn't think of - it's like the speckle pattern you see when you point a laser pointer into your eye (don't do this!) - it's always "in focus", such as it is, regardless of your prescription.

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• Re:What I saw Re:What I saw (Score: 2) by Geotti on Tuesday February 06 2018, @01:13PM (1 child)

  by Geotti (1146) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @01:13PM (#633792) Journal

  it's always "in focus", such as it is, regardless of your prescription, until you turn blind.

  FTFY.

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  • Re:What I saw (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:27PM (#634074)

    can blue lasers make a blue screen the last thing you ever see?

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