High Tech Glasses Project Movies Right in Front of Your Eyes

High Tech Glasses Project Movies Right in Front of Your Eyes

By PSFK on Mashable
PSFK is a Mashable publishing partner that reports on ideas and trends in creative business, design, gadgets, and technology. This article is reprinted with the publisher's permission.

What may look like a pair of post-surgery sunglasses is actually the Epson Moverio BT-100 that is essentially a wearable micro-projector. The glasses can project movies, images and even websites to each eye, making the projected image size appear like an 80-inch display viewed from 5 meters away. The shades are also see-through, so you can still view your surrounding without being obstructed by the projected image.

The Moverio comes with 1GB of built-in memory and supports micro SDHC memory cards that allows for up to 32GB of storage. In addition, the glasses can connect to an Android device and includes a Wi-Fi enabled controller that is compatible with various file formats, multimedia, browsers, and even 3D content.

The great news about the a title=”Epson Moverio BT-100″ href=”http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Moverio/Home.do” target=”_blank”>Epson Moverio is that you don’t have to wait long if you’re interested in purchasing it. The futuristic gadget is available now and retails for $699.

This article originally published at PSFK here.