- Personal subtitle glasses from Sony may get trial run in UK next year
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard any news about those spiffy specs that put private subtitles in your field of view. It looks like they’re finally inching closer to reality though, with some help from Sony’s UK arm. The BBC recently took hard-of-hearing Brit Charlie Swinbourne to the theater and let him give the glasses a go. Rather than displaying subtitles on screen the eye-wear projects text on the lenses where only that particular user can see them. Going to see a French film in an American cinema, but your first language is Spanish? One day you could pick your language, in addition to keeping the captions out of other movie goers way. Sony hopes to trial the glasses in UK theaters next year. Check out the source link for the full report.
Personal subtitle glasses from Sony may get trial run in UK next year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BBC | Email this | Comments - Fossil’s Meta Watch passes the FCC, your magic wristwatch fantasies are about to come true
Fossil’s Meta Watch has been beset with delays and defective parts but finally there’s good news — the watches have passed the FCC. The two models (analog and digital) can sync with your Android smartphone or tablet via a Texas Instruments CC2560 Bluetooth controller and are being sold as a “development platform” until enough apps are built to take advantage of the technology. T.I.’s website lists the watches as being available since August 22nd, although we’re not entirely sure what to make of that — it still looks like a pre-order situation to us. In any case, the devices should hopefully start reaching app developers pretty soon. Hey, how about using the internal gyroscopes to bring some genuine wrist-flapping action to Angry Birds?Update: TI’s website is now listing the watch with a September 29th availability date.
[Thanks, Imdad]
Fossil’s Meta Watch passes the FCC, your magic wristwatch fantasies are about to come true originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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FCC (Digital WDS 112), FCC (Analog WDS 111) | Email this | Comments - HTC Sense 3.5 beta screenshots leak, bring tears of joy to weather widget lovers
Now that you’ve seen high-quality images of the HTC Bliss with the screen turned off, are you curious to see what it looks like when it’s on? The same folks at XDA.cn who got hands-on time with the Bliss have now come forth with possible screenshots showing the phone is indeed running on a beta version of Sense UI 3.5. What’s new here? Even though the lock screen uses the same ring-style unlocking feature as its predecessor, it appears that the new UI will feature two dedicated buttons at the bottom of the home panel — for the app tray on the left and phone on the right — and refreshed widgets (including a larger weather panel), among other minor changes. Word also has it that HTC is removing hardware requirements that restricted version 3.0 to the company’s highest-end devices, which gives hope to millions of Sense users still on an older, more streamlined UI. More screenshots can be found at the source link.HTC Sense 3.5 beta screenshots leak, bring tears of joy to weather widget lovers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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