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. (more…)

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Remember the previous LOMO camera we mentioned? It was the FishEye in case you forgot, the animal named device is able to add special effects to a photo, more exactly give the look of a distorted image with a 170 degree view.

The Oktomat 8 Lens Camera comes from the same family (LOMO) but doesn’t add any special effects, instead it can shoot 8 photos (in succession) in 2.5 seconds. I consider this a good and fun alternative to replace the expensive high-tech digital cameras.

Uses standard 35mm film. Plastic camera with no flash. Measures 4.25″x3″x1.25″.

Price: $35

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In order to get a fish eye effect on a photo you have two options:

1. Use Photoshop or any other average image software to edit the picture
2. Get a LOMO Fish Eye Camera that does all the work

The strange camera needs 1AA battery to work and surprisingly it has an electronic
flash feature. As you can see by the image on the right that is what a photo looks like when shooting with the LOMO Fish Eye.

Price: $50

PS: Fish eye effect equals a distorted image with a 170 degree view.

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