Sony has started taking pre-orders for its Google Glass competitor. The Sony SmartEyeglass Developer Edition SED-E1 will ship in March, with pre-orders already open in the UK and Germany. It sells for 670 Euros, 520 pounds, or $840, depending on one market you’re in, and it should be available in 10 countries including the US, […]
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Sony SmartEyeglass hits the FCC
Sony introduced a SmartEyeglass software developer kit a few months ago. Now it looks like the company could have hardware to go with the software kit soon. A listing for Sony SmartEyeglass just showed up at the FCC, which suggests that the company plans to begin distributing its wearable computer soon. SmartEyeglass works a bit […]
Firefox OS coming to wearables
Mozilla’s Firefox OS is an operating system designed around the same technology used in the Firefox web browser. It’s based on open source software and designed to make it easy for anyone to create third-party apps using web tools such as HTML5. Initially Firefox OS was positioned as an operating system for smartphones and tablets. […]
Sony’s latest gadget makes ordinary glasses smart
Google Glass-style smart glass products may not exactly be mainstream yet. But Google’s not the only company working on wearable, head-up displays. Lenovo, Toshiba, and Sony, all have their own models under development. Now Sony is unveiling a new product that’s designed to turn a normal pair of glasses into a smartglass product. The new […]
Lenovo unveils prototype Smart Glasses
Lenovo’s answer to Google Glass may be on the way. The company introduced a prototype of a wearable device that you wear like a pair of glasses this week and the company is also partnering with Vuzix to bring that company’s smart glasses to China. The move is part of Lenovo’s new NBD initiative to […]
Rockchip wearable concepts include a smartwatch, smart glasses
Chip maker Rockchip is showing off a few concepts for wearable devices featuring its low-power ARM-based chips. Unsurprisingly, one device is a smartwatch — just about every electronics company on earth is showing one at CES this year. The other is a bit more unexpected: a smart glass product that looks like a Google Glass […]