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Vida Chango — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:32:54 +0000

The processor is tagged as just a bit more recent model number but it and also the GPU are most likely the same pace since the 3GS. The old Touch using the same Processor and GPU since the 3G was faster. Besides getting the clock speed turned up higher the Contact has much less software to run because it is not a telephone. It should do more than any iPhone to day in overall performance.

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Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2009 « The Future Digital Life — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:42:03 +0000

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By: Thomas Wrobel

Thomas Wrobel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:41:04 +0000

“More importantly, you can send other data (like the cameras input) back over it too. ”

I meant to say *cant* send data back over a/v

By: Thomas Wrobel

Thomas Wrobel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:40:22 +0000

You dont want a standard video-out, as that wont support stero video. It also wont support the necessity for a custom-data format that will probably be required to get opacity. (RGBA ideally, although thats a few years away from being a hardware possibility on HMD).

More importantly, you can send other data (like the cameras input) back over it too. Augmented Reality wont work without data coming back to align stuff. (you could always mount your iPhone onto the HMD, but thats going to wreck any “sleak” design your going for).

(Vuzixs solution at the moment, remember, has a modular camera clipped to the top of the glass’s…data from that has to go back to the device).

So data *needs* to flow both ways.

Video dosnt have to be sent over a video port, you can send any data over usb, including video. Including stero-video. And phones already have mini usb ports. Or bluetooth in some cases (but of course, thats slower)

Of course, usb isnt perfect as it has data limits.
But I dought we will be pushing against them at current resolutions.

No, we need decent HMDs on the market.
Make them work with anything that has a usb port, then let people release software for them (ie, open APIs to access the screens).
Phone support will come by itself then.

By: June

June — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:01:03 +0000

Not sure what you are referring to, but I mean simple video out so whatever id on the screen can be seen in the glasses superimposed with the AR info. None of the Android handsets have it even for watching movies on eyewear, TV at home, Pico projectors, anything – Why?

iPhone has video out when watching video stored or streaming via the onboard player, but doesn’t allow the screen to be shipped out the same connection. Why, I don’t know. Promised for future s/w releases, but hasn’t happened yet. If apple turns this on, they will take the AR market by storm as people and Vuzix and others will rush their see-through products out pretty fast.

So the chicken and egg situation is the other way around. This feature is not just driven by AR! Apple, Nokia, LG, Samsung, HTC, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson and others all have TV/Video out capability and cables now for watching video and pictures.

Why none on Android? If it supports rich media, people will want to watch it anywhere anytime on the biggest screen they can find. Just like music and earbuds, speakers or big stereo rigs from a tiny nano!

By: Darkflame

Darkflame — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:43:31 +0000

You wont get any applications supporting hardware untill the hardware is out.
The hardware needs to come first. Vuzix simply needs to create a standard API that developers will support.
Since they (could) have been the first major HMD AR system, it would have easily got the support too. Theres a lot of major companys, tourist attractions, engineers and universitys all using custom/self-built HMD hardware. Theres a massive market for mass produced AR even before it gets to the “average joe” market.

They shouldnt need more then miniusb hardware wise at current resolutions anyway, so the hardware is no limitation there.
(allthough, obviously, Apple might well be a pain if they have it all closed as restricted).