Las Vegas (NV) - Every year at CES, we find a concept that is really just on display for concept's sake, and something that blurs the line between reality and sci-fi.  That product this year was the Lumus glasses.
You may be familiar with those high-tech visors that bring up a virtual 72" screen right in front of your face.  Well, the Lumus can do that, but it can do much more.

It has the ability to connect to the Internet to allow users to check e-mail, watch live TV, and even browse the Web.  Also, are you strolling around the Las Vegas strip trying to find the CES convention?  These glasses can bring up a GPS overlay to give you visual directions while you're walking.  It's literally like "Minority Report" in real life.



They're not sunglasses.  In fact, they're not tinted at all so it is just like wearing normal glasses, except the working unit on display had a frame that's a bit thicker than you might be used to.



As mentioned, though, this is just a technology concept.  Right now to work it requires a physical link connection to a Web-enabled cell phone or computer.  Lumus is at CES trying to secure hardware, software, and distribution partners.  There's no word yet on when you'll be able to get your John Anderton on.

Something to drool over

Jan 13, 2008 19:48     

I want one, I so very much want one, I would love the ability to have a laptop in my backpack, lid closed, and use this to display whatever is going on, have a handheld trackball, and a headset for speech recognition, and sound, and I'd be set. Or better yet, cram the extra abilities into the glasses themselves, for sound input and output. Next thing that needs to be added would be retina tracking for pointing purposes, and this product would have its place in every tech-geek's heart. Imagine "war walking" (variation on wardriving), without ever taking your computer out of its bag, and having accurate GPS locations on them to boot. I want one of these !!!! :)

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This is what I want in mobile computing!

Jan 14, 2008 08:08     

not only cool features, but also that great bulkey '80s style! I love it!
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Too bad.............

Jan 14, 2008 08:39     

Too bad they look like 1982 reject glasses........
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More cool glasses

Jan 14, 2008 08:54     

If I remember correctly there was something similar one or two years ago... glasses that costed an insane amount of cash and that could insert 3D objects in realtime. Like looking at an (real) empty table, but seeing a (fake) cup of coffe standing on the table, the cup beeing "created" by the glasses. Ofcourse they weren't very mobile. And sorry I have no source.
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