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nutbastard
09/15/09

In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
"the Wrap 310 also features true 16x9 widescreen, twin high resolution displays"

HOW high resolution?

"428 x 240"

EDIT: apparently they're 640x480. it's still:

a bunch of horse shit.

i've mentioned it before, i've got prototype glasses by inviso (formerly siliscape) from 2001 running 800 x 600 that were set to retail for $250. in 2002. 1024x768 was a mere 6 months to a year of R&D away. you can guess why the money got pulled out. 2001. ahem. you can run Windows through them and not have any problems seeing what you're doing. colors are great, no flicker, great contrast.

so why? why, 8 years later, why the f*$% hasn't the technology been matched? what's the holdup?
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jdale
09/15/09

In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
"The Wrap 310 will feature twin high-resolution video displays, project a 55-inch screen and include removable noise isolating earphones."

Obviously it doesn't "project" anything and the display isn't "55-inch". I'm not sure why they can get away with saying that when what they mean is just that the display is equivalent in size or angular extent to a 55 inch display viewed at a distance of... what exactly? 55 inches at ten feet would not be very impressive.
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Forsakenchild
09/15/09

@jdale: So say you are sitting on an airplane. Pull out these glasses and start watching a movie from your ipod whatever. The screen appears equivalent to a 55" screen from ten feet away. So its not impressive to get that experience sitting on a plane of all places? Now replace that with sitting in a car, or train, or where ever. Sure it may not seem that impressive if you are sitting at home, but for a personal viewing in places that it is not logical to have a 55" screen... its pretty damn impressive to me.
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jdale
09/15/09

@Forsakenchild: My point is really that it is a meaningless measurement. If it feels better imagine I said 55" at 100 feet. Would you pay for that? No, it would be worthless. You'd be better off watching video on the tiny screen of your iPod Nano. But since they haven't specified a distance in their press release who knows?

55" at 10' is about 22 degrees of view. At 5' it would be 43 degrees of awesome, at 15' it would be 15 degrees of lame.
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nutbastard
09/15/09

meh.
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XuanDawkins
09/15/09

In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
I hate how they always lie and say "high resolution". High resolution for what? An alarm clock? (640x480)
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FrankenPC
09/15/09

@XuanDawkins: LOL@640x480. That's LAME. Why even bother.
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madog
09/15/09

@XuanDawkins: Any screen looks huge when it's a quarter of an inch away from your eyeballs.
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kylenalepa
09/15/09

@madog: Size ≠ Resolution. It's going to look like 55-inch screen at a resolution of 640x480. Big, yes, but not pretty.

I'd be interested in something like this if they could get the resolution up to at least 720p, though.
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PaddyDugan
09/15/09

In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
These would be great to relieve the boredom of driving. Would they keep the sun out of my eyes at the same time?
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slater
09/15/09

In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
They still look like the sunglasses my grandpa wears over his normal glasses.
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Barry99705
09/15/09

@slater: That's better than the competition. At least these don't go with the star trek uniform in the closet...
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RainyDayInterns
09/15/09

@Barry99705: and the problem with our Star Trek uniform is what ....exactly? Don't make us go all Vulcan-nerve pinch on your ass!
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RainyDayInterns
07/11/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
We had a hard time leaving the office with either version of these "enhanced" sunglassess...we are just not cool enough to pull it off.

Here is the Brando $99 version:

http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2006/RDMHomeAug2006.htm#Brando

Here is the Oakley $30 version:

http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2006/GearNGadgets/July2006/O_ROKR/RDMGG_O_ROKRFirstLook.htm
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fusedinertia
07/11/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
Finally a way to sneak in a USB drive into the client site!
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RainyDayInterns
07/10/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
They are right up there with the MP3 player/sunglasses...
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newtype2011
07/10/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
I like where their head's at-
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bosskev
07/10/09

@newtype2011: Right there alongside the butt plug trunk in the next Giz story? Curious why they'd want sunglasses where there ain't no sunshine...
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newtype2011
07/11/09

@bosskev:

Designers make me laugh and sad at the same time...

...and, uh, wtf was LV thinking? Wait, don't tell me.
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Rob
07/10/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
Too bad they look like something straight out of a Family Dollar in 1986.

What does that sweet retro style combined with the "designer" price tag upgrade your douchebaggery to?
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bosskev
07/10/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
So, take a set of essentially $30 sunglasses, incorporate a $10 thumb drive, and slap a "designer" (*gag me*) name on it--then give it a 500% markup. Yeah, whoever among you falls for this deserves to be fleeced.

Oh, yeah, forgot to say that that ear piece is pretty butt ugly.
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SysRq
07/11/09

@bosskev: Wow, thanks for pointing that out. That earpiece is unforgivable. That reminds me, I need to thank whoever pointed out to me that Megan Fox has toe thumbs. THANK HIM WITH A KNIFE THAT IS.
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Izzy Gardon
07/10/09

In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
These would be great except that Calvin Klein's design team seems to forget that people lose their sunglasses constantly.
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Con Seannery
07/10/09

@Izzy Gardon: And the year 1982 has come and passed.
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Purple Dave
03/03/09

In reply to In the Future, No One Will Have Eyebrows
"What is the worst product idea you've ever heard?"

Mr. Garrison's gyroscoping wheel-thingie. I think this runs a close second, though.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03/03/09

In reply to In the Future, No One Will Have Eyebrows
I just made a pair of my own with a piece of 2" wide clear tape and a black sharpie marker....
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Kaiser-Machead
03/03/09

In reply to In the Future, No One Will Have Eyebrows
Who would've thought that Whoopi Goldberg was ahead of us all.
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