Printer and projector giant Epson has announced the launch of smart glasses with an Android operating system. In doing so, the company bypasses Google - which has not yet announced a launch date for its glasses - and becomes the first company to launch smart glasses.
Epson's glasses, called Moverio BT-200 SmartGlasses, cost $700, less than half of Google's - but it seems that this is where the difference just begins.
Epson's glasses are primarily aimed at the business market. They look very bad, even compared to Google's. The glasses come with two screens, one for each eye, the resolution is higher than Beglass (960×540), the screens are located in the center of the eye, so that the image "dresses" on reality, which creates the 'augmented' reality, electronic layers on top of our familiar reality.
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The glasses come with an Android 4-based operating system, support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and many other sensors. According to the company, the glasses have a battery life of about six hours. The glasses come with a front camera and a memory slot.
The use of the glasses is their Achilles' heel. The glasses are connected by a wire to a 'touchpad', a special touch surface, through which the glasses are operated, unlike Google, of course, where they are operated by the eyes.
