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Re:Lenovo’s Glasses T1 let you bring a private big screen di... by toast0 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @12:16PM (#32703309)
> It is an obvious idea. AR/VR is hard. Dumb displays are not. I think we should have had similar products a decade ago, and if I'm not mistaken, these exist in cheaper SD versions from noname manufacturers.

These products have existed for decades. I can't find the one I remember seeing ads for during the 2000s, but Sony had one in 2011 called the HMZ-T1, they had a much earlier model called the Visortron. I think the widely advertised ones were maybe iTV goggles, but I can't find any history on them. Typically advertised as equivelent to a large screen tv farther away.

If you want a demo of a real product, call around to children's dental offices. Many of them have (or have had) these to help distract kids during exams and procedures, although mounting a tv above the exam chair is also popular (a lot easier with a lightweight lcd or oled than a crt or plasma)

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Re:Lenovo’s Glasses T1 let you bring a private big screen di... by Someone on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:05PM (#32703820)
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasstron) says the lineage is Visortron (????), Glasstron (1996), HMZ-T1 and HMZ-T2 (2011), HMZ-T3 (????, maybe also 2911)

https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/the-first-playstatio... claims the Visortron was never released commercially.

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Re:Lenovo’s Glasses T1 let you bring a private big screen di... by NonNefarious on Saturday September 03, 2022 @05:44PM (#32706414)
There is already a current product that is essentially this: https://moverio.epson.com

I bought a pair for experimentation as a viewfinder (about $1000). They proved the potential of that application, but suffered from some fit-adjustability issues and too small of an image. They could have been very good, however.

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Re:Lenovo’s Glasses T1 let you bring a private big screen di... by 13of40 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:09PM (#32703858)
I had a Sony Glasstron in 1999 that was basically the same idea but TV-resolution instead of 1080p. It was fine for playing games and watching movies. A little bit alienating to anyone else in the room, though.
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