Having finished its production tooling and having cleared regulatory hurdles (and we'd love to hear more about that), Vuzix announced today that it's starting commercial shipment of its M100 industrial smart glasses. Developers and back-orders are first in line; everyone else will get them in two to four weeks. The company's website claims that the M100 is "the world's first … [Read more...]
CIO on MobileCon Panel
CIO Magazine's Al Sacco -- a talented and reliable reporter -- has a nice piece on a wearables panel at the MobileCon show this week. There are a bunch of good takeaways, so the whole article is worth your time. Most notable: Reliance on smartphones will take a few years to get over. "It doesn't always make sense to replicate the sensors in phones," said an exec at Basis … [Read more...]
OmniVision Releases Glasses Reference Platform
Google's not the only company chasing the eyewear category, and it may be facing a lot more competition in the mid-term future. OmniVision is a pretty well-known component company in the display and phone-camera markets; it released this week a platform for what it's calling "the world's smallest 720p LCOS display." Essentially, it's a low-power high-def liquid-crystal … [Read more...]
Some Glass owners allowed to invite three BFFs to join them
Own a Google Glass? Tired of of being the only one in your crowd who looks like a dork? FastCompany reports that some Glass owners are being allowed to invite as many as three friends to buy a set. If you're still not among the select and you have $1,500 burning a hole in your pocket, remember that Glass is expected to go on sale to the public by the end of this year. Even … [Read more...]