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Glasses Could Help the Blind See like Geordi La Forge in ‘Star Trek’

The Monash Vision Group is working on a pair of ordinary-looking glasses outfitted with two digital cameras that will let the wearer "see" whatever the glasses are pointed at.

Project Glass: Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses Take Hands-Free Computing to the Extreme

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Google has confirmed that it is working on augmented reality glasses which one day might let you send instant messages, get directions, snap photos and more from a clear display over your eye.

Sony Refuses to Pay for 3D Glasses: Will You?

Sure, you’ll happily go and watch 3D movies in theaters now, but would you be as eager to do so if you had to pay for the special stereoscopic glasses each time you went? That’s now a possibility, following news that Sony will stop paying for the glasses, necessary to view their 3D releases, starting in [...]

Sony’s New 3D Head-Mounted Display Probably Hipper than Viewmaster

So Sony’s launching a new 3D head-mounted display, which looks like a pair of goggles you could sit a couple action figures in and take for a pretend Jetson-style spin. Ugly? Check. Cumbersome? Check. Potentially deadly if worn while ambling across the room to pluck an adult beverage from the fridge? Check.

Wherein Japan Stuffs a GPS System Into a Pair of Eyeglasses

The Nakajima Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan has developed a prototype pair of GPS-enabled glasses that use LED lights built into the frame to keep you moving in the right direction.