By Joe Osborne
At CES 2018, we’ve learned that we’re closer than ever to the type of augmented reality (AR) that we’ve long dreamed of since the dawn of sci-fi and, more recently, Google Glass. It’s all thanks to the Vuzix Blade AR sunglasses, which debuted at the show in Las Vegas.
Vuzix Blade is a culmination of Vuzix’s 20 years of work in the AR field for professionals married with Amazon’s first baby, Alexa. The two come together to deliver an AR platform – and product – that’s both fun and useful as well as awfully close to the ultimate AR dream: Terminator Vision (i.e. data about what’s right in front of our faces presented directly to our eyeballs).
Price and availability
Vuzix hasn’t revealed the final consumer-ready price and release date for the Blade, but we do know that a developer kit (what we tested on the show floor) costs a huge $1,997 (about £1,479, AU$2,539), including a deposit of $495. Developer kits ship early 2018.
Vuzix has said that it wants to target a $1,000 (about £739, AU$1,499) price point and get the final version of the product out before early next year.
Unfortunately, that price is going to keep …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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