Monday, October 6, 2014

Mitsumi Laser Eyewear (retinal scan)

At Ubergizmo

[CEATEC 2014] When it comes to wearable eyewear, there are quite a number of players out there in the market, but it does look as though Google Glass is well ahead of the game – partly because of the company’s presence in countries all over the world, not to mention their branding that has done a pretty good job on Google’s behalf that made the Google Glass “cool”. Having said that, this does not mean that other companies are going to sit back and watch the Google Glass bandwagon go by – the likes of Mitsumi has stepped up to the plate, delivering this prototype laser eyewear that is a wearable focus-free display.
This particular wearable focus-free display is a retina scanning type display that will rely on RGB laser as well as MEMS mirror. This particular product has been specially developed alongside the University of TokyoQD Laser Inc. and Mitsumi, where it will rely on Mitsumi’s MEMS mirror and image projection circuit which is mounted on the side of the glass to get the job done.
Using such technology, this pair of wearable glasses delivers a wide viewing angle, a high level of brightness as well as decent color reproducibility, and not only that, it is see through so that you won’t walk around while bumping your head into the wall. Even better yet would be the product being focus-free, which means it functions equally well for both far sighted as well as the near sighted regardless of one’s eyesight.
Mitsumi claims that the laser output used has no effect (negatively speaking, of course) on the human body as the laser used is in accordance to JIS/IEC standard Class 1. What’s the battery life on this thing, and just how much will it cost if it ever hits the mass consumer market? That remains to be seen, so hopefully more details on future development will be revealed in due time.

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