If you’re one of the few people who’s always thought that the main reason HMD’s never took off was because they were expensive, then you might want to pay attention to a new product coming out of Optinvent.
France’s Optinvent (a spin-off of Thomson S.A.) … is now promising to deliver a full-fledged HMD for less than $200 by the end of next year. In addition to their trend-setting good looks (to be further refined in the final version), the company’s so-called Clear Vu goggles make use of a reflection system that displays images in the wearer’s field of vision rather than completely obstructing it, which the company says opens to the door a whole host of augmented reality possibilities — like heads-up GPS directions, for instance.
Detailed specs are MIA so far, but they claim to be equivalent to a 71-inch screen at 2.5m away.
via Optinvent promises to offer Clear Vu HMD for less than $200.