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Video Eyewear For Cell Phones
Vuzix (formerly Icuiti) video eyewear for cell phones provides more proof that consumers are rapidly adopting mobile phones as a new medium for watching news, sports, music video and other video clips - anywhere, anytime. Promising to enhance mobile TV, Vuzix video eyewear provide a private virtual 44-inch digital quality screen, as if the viewer was nine feet away, complete with integrated headphones. With lightweight design and low-power requirements, the eyewear plugs into the mobile phone's AV port without the need for external controllers or bulky battery attachments. The Vuzix video eyewear for cell phones work with digital media broadcasts worldwide and support three-dimensional viewing. Said Vuzix CEO Paul Travers: "Our video eyewear solves the fundamental problems associated with the mobile phone's small direct view displays and, at the same time, offers a home theatre experience that fits in your pocket or purse."
MicroOptical's myvu video eyewear connects a small, ultra-light "binocular" eyewear viewer to cell phones, allowing users to watch their favorite music videos, video podcasts and TV shows as a large image right in front of their eyes. The myvu video eyewear for cell phones also comes as a personal media viewer for the video iPod. French Telecom's Orange SA offers a wireless multimedia service that bundles Samsung's SGH-D600 cell phone with MicroOptical's myvu video eyewear powered by Kopin CyberDisplays. The Orange World mobile video service lets cell phone subscribers view TV, movies, photos and broadband Internet content with a big-screen viewing effect. "The mobile video revolution is unfolding in the cellular phone market as we speak," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's president and CEO. "Consumers want to be able to watch movies, music videos and TV, browse the Web and check their e-mail on their cell phones on the go. But the phone's small screen has inhibited widespread consumer adoption. MicroOptical's innovative video eyewear is enabling the big-screen capabilities that consumers demand, and yet is very lightweight and similar to eyeglasses."
The Teleglass video eyewear for cell phones projects images in either the left or right eye, enabling the wearer to privately watch movies or mobile TV, read text or view pictures without obstructing the other eye. "The pictures projected into the Teleglass are surprisingly clear and eyes do not have to strain to watch them over an extended period," writes The Times of London. The device weighs just five grams, easily attaches to ordinary eyeglasses, and is relatively inconspicuous compared to earlier generation video eyewear. "Teleglass is a big breakthrough in video eyewear," said Masao Yamamoto, president of Scalar, the Tokyo-based manufacturer. Scalar's Teleglass uses microdisplay technology by Kopin, a U.S. manufacturer. "Scalar has used a unique approach to solve the key problem hindering mass consumer adoption of video-on-the-go; namely, providing a big-screen video experience for small screen devices in a discrete, fashionable product," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, CEO of Kopin.
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