Re: [iPAQ] wearable iPAQ?

> > > The "head" unit would have an occular(sp) display over one eye, earphone,
> > > microphone, smaller battery and a bluetooth module.
> >
> > And what about those of us, a majority I believe, who wear glasses? :-)
>
> Count me in as well. :)
>
> MicroOptical Corp:
>
> http://www.microopticalcorp.com/
>
> are "the standard" HMD in a lot of wearable projects. Their main
> product is a pair of eyeglasses (a little "extra-geeky" looking
> style...) with integrated display. They can make prescription lenses if
> you so wish.
>
> This product would be my primary option for doing this as the display is
> 320x240 by default and so would match perfectly the iPAQ's display
> characteristics. They currently work with a VGA/NTSC converter, but I
> wonder how complicated it would be to interface the iPAQ LCD output
> directly to the glasses' input.
>
> Add a serial Twiddler and this starts looking like a very do-able
> project for way less than the $5K pricetag for a base Xybernaut unit
> without HMD even.
>
>

Okay, I'm in..Not much of a developer. But I can aid in integration work,
testing and stuff...

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