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Bluetooth SIG Completes First Active 3D Glasses Standard

With all the CES 2012 hubbub, we initially missed the latest announcement of the Bluetooth special interest group (SIG), but the currents of the world wide web are not so easily curbed. What the Bluetooth SIG made a point of spreading word about was the release of the first specification for its wireless active 3D ...

19 January 2012
03:27 GMT

3D Glasses Finally Stop Looking Bad, LG Makes it Happen

There have been attempts to make 3D glasses less painful to look at, but LG may have just bested them all with its latest announcement. 3D glasses are the only means by which 3D films can be watched on a big or small screen, unless one owns one of those rare, glasses-free models (which aren't perfect). Alas, ...

27 December 2011
04:00 GMT

NVIDIA Launches New 3D Vision Products, 3D LightBoost technology

NVIDIA decided it was a good time to move its 3D platform forward, so it revealed both new hardware and software for people who want 3D Vision. NVIDIA's 3D Vision platform is a package made up of software and glasses for when users want to see a movie or play a game in 3D. As it happens, the Santa Clara, Cal...

15 October 2011
05:18 GMT

SteelSeries and Gunnar Optiks Create Gaming Glasses

If there is any gizmo that qualifies as unusual, the new pair of glasses that SteelSeries and Gunnar made are probably it, being a special pair for non-3D screens. People probably haven't heard about many tech glasses that aren't meant for 3D, but SteelSeries and GUNNAR just collaborated on making a pair....

13 October 2011
19:31 GMT

SEGA Announces Anaglyphic 3D for House of the Dead: Overkill

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that House of the Dead: Overkill is set to feature an anaglyphic three dimensional mode for all those gamers who are looking to get a gameplay experience that is closer to the feel of the grindhouse B-movies launched during the '70's.On release day those who pick up t...

28 September 2011
04:26 GMT

SMI Glasses Know What You're Looking At

Eye tracking isn't something that is done very well nowadays, not yet anyhow, but SensoMotoric Instruments definitely wants this to change, as made clear by its newest invention. Eye tracking can be a good means of testing a variety of things, like brand awareness at the point of sale, user experience on mob...

19 September 2011
09:21 GMT

Vuzix Thrives on Video Eyewear Sales

Vuzix recently revealed its newest video eyewear products and, for those that might be skeptical about their success, the company's recent financial results speak for themselves.One thing that can shed some light on whether a certain product type is selling well or not are financial results of companies involve...

13 August 2011
07:02 GMT

Vuzix 3D Glasses Display Their Own Images

3D glasses usually carry out the relatively simple task of synchronizing two sets of images relayed by a display, but Vuzix deals in something more than that, namely eyewear with built-in display capabilities.The 3D display mode has advanced substantially this year, with models even experimenting with glasses-free d...

13 August 2011
05:48 GMT

XPAND 3D Offers New Pair of 3D Glasses

While display makers are trying to deliver eyewear-free monitors, companies that sell said sort of glasses are still determined to serve owners of more standard solutions, leading to new and improved pairs.There is little doubt as to whether or not makers of monitors and HDTVs want to do away with the need for 3D gl...

12 July 2011
10:29 GMT

3D Active-Shutter Glasses Get Standard from Panasonic and XPAND 3D

The problems with all sorts of 3D displays is that they rely on special glasses, and it looks like some makers of such solutions have had enough of the general lack of cross-compatibility between such eyewear. 3D panels, recorders, cameras and any other electronic devices have been steadily gaining traction ever ...

29 March 2011
02:45 GMT

CEA Researches Active 3D Glasses Standard

Consumers that would like to enjoy a nice 3D movie or game will likely know of that somewhat annoying element known as incompatible 3D glasses, caused by there being two types of them, but it seems CEA wants to remove this limitation once and for all.The 3D display mode is not at all a new invention, but it didn...

10 March 2011
10:00 GMT

Superfocus Glasses Help Astronauts See Better

NASA has just sent a new type of technology to the International Space Station that, if successfully tested, could become part of our daily lives here on Earth. The Superfocus glasses are meant to help aging astronauts see better at close distance, and they could help millions in the same condition.At this point, the...

2 March 2011
03:45 GMT

iPhone 4 Try-on Glasses App Uses Face Tracking Technology - Video

Total Immersion has announced the introduction of the first augmented reality m-Commerce application for the iPhone 4. Using an iPhone 4 or a fourth generation iPod touch, the app identifies a face and applies virtual glasses, allowing the user to move about, and see how the glasses fit. According to the makers of...

23 February 2011
12:31 GMT

Gamers Are Ready for 3D, Study Says

A new study from the U-Decide Initiative has found that a majority of gamers are willing to play video games and watch three dimensionally enabled Blu-ray based movies that require the use of specialized glasses, contradicting earlier reports that show that potential customers are not interested in using the new tech...

22 October 2010
04:23 GMT

Kaz Hirai Believes Handheld 3D Has Limitations

There are two companies that bet big on three-dimensional gaming at the recently finished E3 convention, Nintendo and Sony, although the two take decidedly different paths towards it. The latter is making the PlayStation 3 home console compatible with 3D and aims to deliver the experience using new television sets an...

21 June 2010
07:52 GMT

Millions Worldwide Can't See but Don't Have Glasses

Australian researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, published a new scientific study in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology, saying that the number of people suffering from presbyopia – a stiffening of the eye lenses or of the muscle operating these lenses – will drastically i...

9 December 2008
03:23 GMT

The RbG Glasses Spell Cool, Anytime and Anywhere

Eye glasses are – beyond any shadow of a doubt – a fashion item and there are a lot of people who are really careful when it comes to matching the clothing style needed for a certain situation with a specific pair of glasses, accentuating a desired visual effect. Now, it would be ridiculous to have a dres...

17 October 2008
04:00 GMT

It Pays to Be a Geek – Start with Your Glasses

Geek chic is back and it’s causing havoc. Of course, this trend is not new and even remotely pretending it is would denote complete ignorance of the all-too mediated ways of fashion. The point is, the old days when being labeled a nerd, geek or square was the worst thing that could happen to anyone are long for...

12 September 2008
02:51 GMT

Vision-Correcting Overnight Lenses

The World Health Organization estimates that between 800 million and 2.3 billion people worldwide suffer from refractive errors and need some sort of visual aid in order to see properly. For those of us lucky enough to live a busy, modern life in a civilized society, visual aids usually mean either glasses or contact...

24 June 2008
11:30 GMT

Smart Goggles Find Your Lost Things

If you have problems remembering where you lost your 45 million dollar laptop, you should probably consider buying a pair of these weird-looking glasses. The Smart Goggles have the ability to remember where you last saw a particular lost item. This way, you can behave like a borg, have the memory of a borg and look l...

14 March 2008
11:51 GMT

Cinema Reduced to A Pair of Super Glasses?!

There is nothing better than enjoying a movie seen on a cinema screen through a nice and trendy pair of glasses. The 22Moo subdivision, Yellow Mosquito, knows that, so they developed a revolutionary device, known as Quingbar GP300, which will enable its users to watch their favorite movies through a simple pair of gl...

27 November 2007
05:18 GMT

New Smart Sunglasses Can 'Tell' Sport Performances and Heart Rate

After smart fabrics, now we have smart sunglasses. These devices can display an athlete's performance and heart rate data in their peripheral vision and are a German-British product. The sunglasses, called "Informance", also visualize a stopwatch and heart rate at one edge. The components required to accomplish ...

19 October 2007
14:06 GMT

Subtitle Reading Glasses for the Deaf

A research team at the University Carlos III of Madrid has announced that they designed an upgrade for the problematic rear-window captioning system currently used by deaf people: a glasses-mounted subtitle screen. The device fixes onto a person's glasses to give them access to subtitles. Since cinema huge subt...

19 April 2007
08:12 GMT

Oakley Radar Glasses Come with Hydrophobic Lens Coating Technology

If you're the athlete type that loves to run with dark sunglasses, you'll probably hail the Oakley Radar glasses as the best since the Greeks opened the first Olympic Games. Weighing about 60 g, the Radar is a pair of shades with a difference: it features the new Hydrophobic lens coating technology. That wi...

18 April 2007
03:15 GMT


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