8 Most augmented reality type head wear equipment set

AR augmented reality is becoming more and more popular and gradually turning to portable head-wearing devices such as glasses, such as the hottest Google glasses. However, its design inspiration actually comes from a lot of competitor's similar product, they all can through the mixed network connection, the GPS localization as well as with the smart phone integration form, brings the enhancement reality use experience.

Foreign science and Technology Web site TechRadar recently selected 8 of the best augmented reality class head wear equipment, perhaps these products are still imperfect, but are quite representative, may be the future of similar products have more positive impact, together to understand.

A. Google Glasses Explorer Edition

Reference price: About 1500 USD (about 9264 RMB)

Although still in the testing phase, but Google Glasses is undoubtedly the hottest and most avantgarde technology equipment, Google also said that the final version will be officially listed in 2013, I believe many people most expect Christmas gifts are not it.

Google glasses provide a very cool use of the form, it can be a common myopia mirror or sunglasses, but the built-in camera allows you to use voice commands to take photos or camera operation, it sounds more interesting than to take out the phone, the way to open the camera. In addition, you can view maps, emails via miniature projectors on Google glasses and support connections to Android and iOS devices using 3G networks.

In addition, Google is also actively working with glasses manufacturers, software developers to cooperate, the future is expected to launch a more stylish design, software features more styles. Therefore, perhaps in a period of time, Google glasses will be the most easy to use, but also the closest to the daily use of the form of augmented reality class equipment.

Two. Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses

Reference price: USD 999 (approx. 6170 RMB)

The Vuzix M100 smart glasses, which was on display at CES 2013, is a smart-glasses product to be launched in the coming year. To be honest, compared with Google glasses, it may look more strange shape, more like a Bluetooth headset, you may not be able to like Google glasses in some ordinary occasions to wear.

Configuration, Vuzix M100 smart glasses using the Android 4.0 system, the device contains a virtual display eyepiece, resolution of 400*240 pixels, this is a fixed design screen, and Google Glasses miniature projection principle is not the same. But visually, the screen is 14 inches from the user's eye, which is actually equivalent to the size of the 4-inch smartphone display under normal reading distance, plus the extra high brightness, which is completely out of the question when used in outdoor glare. Although, it looks more like a "second screen", rather than Google glasses that really will show into the design of the glasses.

In addition, the Vuzix M100 smart glasses built-in Android 4.0 system is specially customized, hardware configuration uses 1Ghz OMAP4430 processor, 1GB RAM memory and 4GB of built-in storage space, but also support WiFi, Bluetooth and 720P camera. function, you can telephone, photo, web browsing, text messaging and other operations, manufacturers will also open the SDK to the software vendors, there will be more dedicated applications in the future.

Three. Oculus Rift head wear monitor

Reference price: About 300 USD (about 1852 RMB)

Oculus Rift is not as wide as the use of smart glasses, but for game enthusiasts, it's definitely an immersive and inexpensive solution, and it's an official debut at CES this year, attracting a lot of people's attention.

The head-worn display has two eyepiece, each eyepiece resolution is 600*800 pixel, the binocular vision merges then can realize 1200*800 high resolution, is enough suitable for the current mainstream PC game. In addition, with the help of the internal gyroscope, we can track and respond to the user's head movement so as to intelligently adjust the visual angle, and effectively solve the "vertigo" problem of the head-wearing display. This is a great feature, and maybe you feel a little uncomfortable when you start using it, but Oculus Rift will adjust quickly, and then you'll feel the change in perspective is natural. Of course, the frame rate of the game is also a certain requirement. At the same time, because of the use of a diagonal 110 degrees, horizontal angle of view 90 degrees of wide vision coverage, wearing equipment will not have the feeling of small screen in the dark, to achieve a truly immersive experience, which is also Oculus Rift head wear display is an important reason for recognition.

At present, Oculus Rift display has begun to ship to developers, development kits will be released in May, and the retail version will also be listed later. Among them, game makers, including Epic Games, will develop optimized versions of the game for them.

Four. Oakley Airwave head wears the display ski mirror

Reference Price: £ 500 (about 4708 RMB)

Oakley Airwave Ski Mirror is also an impressive smart glasses products, and first listed on Google glasses. Unlike the semi-finished-product Google Glasses, Oakley Airwave really integrates optical performance into smart devices, but the use of the scene is somewhat limited and is a ski-lover's goggles product.

Oakley airwave display ski mirror using HUD (heads-up Display) Intelligent display technology, the built-in micro-prism screen allows users to achieve a similar 14-inch display effect, and built-in GPS chip, can be displayed on the screen glide speed, altitude, time , battery, and so on, and even the time and length of your prance in the air, it sounds like 007 of the latest gear.

In addition, the Oakley Airwave ski Mirror also supports iOS and Android systems, which can be connected via a Bluetooth smartphone and can change music tracks (if you like outdoor sports but don't like the sounds of the outdoors), or locate and track other friends (for security reasons, Not to track the lives of others.

However, it is not ideal to get incoming calls and text messages from smartphones by Oakley Airwave, which requires a dedicated wireless remote to receive, and you need to wear it on your wrist or ski mirror instead of an all-in-one experience like Google glasses, There is also a lack of intelligent forms of operation such as voice and dictation.

Five. Sony HMZ-T1 head-wear type 3D display

Reference price: £ 700 (about 6585 RMB)

Sony HMZ-T1 3D Monitor can be said to be the current consumer market, the best head-wearing display, the use of high resolution OLED panel, to achieve the immersive 3D effect. The fuselage uses the HDMI interface, can obtain the picture and the sound effect simultaneously, you can conveniently connect it with the Blu-ray player, the television box and so on many kinds of devices, thus obtains the rich video content, serves as the television or the projector replacement.

The Sony HMZ-T1 3D Monitor is built with two high-resolution oeld screens of 0.7-inch 1280*720 pixels, viewed from this distance, which is the equivalent of viewing a 750-inch screen at 20 metres and simulating the surface effect of the movie screen, and the overall visual experience is comparable to IMAX. In addition, Sony HMZ-T1 head 3D display can completely eliminate the interference of external light, get clear picture effect, OLED screen can also achieve 0.01 milliseconds ultra-high refresh rate, no blur or 3D crosstalk phenomenon. At the same time, it also integrates the 5.1-channel output function, the sound is also very shocking.

Six. eyeborg Eyecam 3.0

Reference Price: Undecided

Eyecam (eye camera) from eyeborg company sounds more like a technology than a real product, but it may provide some reference for the future development of smart glasses. It's actually a prosthetic eye with a wireless camera device, or a real "digital eye" that can send a photo video to a smartphone or computer. So, it gets the content of the angle is very similar to Google glasses, but the limitations are greater because the average user does not install a righteous eye that may glow red at night, but it is not very practical for people with disabilities, but may be useful in some particular areas.

Seven. Zeal Optics GPS Ski Mirror

Reference Price: £ 300 (about 2822 RMB)

The GPS ski mirror, produced by zeal Optics, is one of the first products to combine traditional optical glasses with High-tech technology. It uses the color-changing lens which can adjust the intensity of light to reduce glare. At the same time, the inside of the lens also has a liquid crystal display, can display the traveling distance, the speed, the altitude, the temperature and so on information, and records in the flash memory. Through the large button on the right side of the mirror, you can also browse the recorded information without removing the gloves.

In addition, the fuselage also has a USB interface, you can transfer data to the computer. In future products, will also include smart glasses feature display features and 4G network, showing the Glide road information, similar to a ski scene navigator, to prevent users from bumping into other people or obstacles.

Eight. Epson Moverio BT-100

Reference price: £ 700 (about 6585 RMB)

Similar to the Sony HMZ-T1 3D display, Epson has also made a new attempt in the field of head-wearing display by Moverio BT-100. It is characterized by a combination of Android players and head-and-wear display features, the display part of the use of a unique half-through design, the screen after reflection will be projected to the user, to allow users to gain 5 meters outside the view of the 80-inch screen.

In addition, the Epson Moverio BT-100 is equipped with a touch controller based on the Android system, built-in 1GB storage space and support SD card slots, support WiFi connection, can through touch to the internet, games, watch online video and other operations. The interface in the glasses display effect is also transparent, looks very avantgarde. Its disadvantage is the lack of noise-reducing effect of the quality of output, the endurance of 6 hours of power.