Video glasses are a type of technology that has never really taken off, because the technologies that are required have never really melded all that well. This latest product, the Qingbar GP300, from Yellow Mosquito, makes a damned fine attempt, but if you ask me, is a little off course. Sure it will give you a 50″ screen for a fraction of the cost and a lot less material than a beastly LCD or Plasma display, but it stops short of greatness because of some engineering shortcomings.
The trouble is, they have tried to pack everything into the glasses, including an earphone jack. Rather than do that, why not offload some of the hardware onto a remote unit. If you are going to have wires dangling off this thing, why not eliminate some more of the weight from the glasses and supply these functions via the base unit. Power, sound and memory access and USB could all be supplied from the base unit. The nose plates look uncomfortable. They would have done better to opt for a single piece bridge. Think interchangeable rather than adjustable.
I am a lifelong glasses wearer and I can tell you, the more weight the frames have, the harder they are going to pinch your nose. If you want something that can be worn for extended periods of time or for daily use, you want it to be as light as possible. The nose plates look uncomfortable. They would have done better to opt for a single piece bridge. Think interchangeable rather than adjustable.
Video glasses have the potential to be a real hit. Think of them as earphones for the eyes, but they are only going to hit when they become practical. Yellow Mosquito’s Qingbar GP300, is almost there, but not quite.
Price: $300
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Tags: glasses, video
2 responses
Dec 20, 2007 at 10:53 am
I want to know, with all this bluetooth wireless stuff, is why they can’t just put simple glasses together for sound and audio then wirelessly stream the video from a seperate device. Use that device to control volume level and navigation which would remain in your pocket. If bluetooth can’t handle the data stream fast enough for video, then that’s where the technology should be working.
Dec 20, 2007 at 10:54 am
er correction…”audio and video” on the glasses not “sound and audio”, that would be redundant….
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