Amidst all the technological innovations at the CES, the Vuzix Smart Glasses technology which claims to break all barriers between conventional optics and displays, will be exhibited. This technology will apparently be crammed into small form factors like conventional sunglasses, as its HD display engines and waveguide optics are compact enough to be incorporated into such eyewear.
So far, wearable displays were mostly restricted to head mounted gadgets, given the technology utilized in them. But the Smart glasses technology by Vuzix will allow these displays to fit into form factors along the lines of fashion eyewear, currently available in the market. It has been developed in association with Nokia Corporation.
The compact display engine utilized in this technology is high on contrast levels as well as brightness and that make these glasses apt for use in outdoor surroundings. The output travels via a 1.4mm thick plastic waveguide lens with input and output hologram structures. These structures on the surface force the light into the waveguide before creating a two dimensional image for the user. The company says that the image thus created is mixed into the real world.
Although it all sounds quite complicated, this process will take place in the temples and lenses of a pair of sunglasses. This wearable display is developed to be used in conjunction with smartphones and other devices which can be connected to the internet. These interactive glasses claim to combine the virtual information into the real world. Suitable to be used at night and in bright daylight, these will be created as monocular as well as binocular versions. Featuring multiple camera technologies, they also claim to be inclusive of the head tracking feature.
The Vuzix Smart Glasses technology is slated to be integrated in consumer products to be released in May of this year.
