Hands-on review: Sony SmartEyeglass Attach

By Gareth Beavis

The Sony SmartEyeglass Attach is a new idea from Sony (surprisingly) to bring augemented reality to your run.

Well, in theory the piece can attach to any pair of glasses and could be used to improve any activity with info near your pupil, but the first iteration is designed for sport and running seems to be the main use.

The idea is simple and very like Google Glass: a supplementary clips onto the side of the specs (currently only the official ones used in the prototype, but could be developed to snap onto any pair) and then instantly imbues them with a small OLED screen and camera.

The project, which is open source and means that the developer community can start to find ways to use it as well, is designed primarily to help runners with navigation in new cities, allowing them to find and trot around new routes without having to stop and pull out their phone every time an unexpected street appears.

The little screen is only 0.5cm high, which means it’s really unobtrusive when viewed. It can take a little while to get the fit right, but when you do any direction of head tilt …read more

Source: techradar.com – Gadgets