From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 17 19:07:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6238A16A401 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:07:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brucem@mail.cruzio.com) Received: from cruzio.com (dsl-63-249-85-132.cruzio.com [63.249.85.132]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F4D613C483 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:07:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brucem@mail.cruzio.com) Received: from mail.cruzio.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cruzio.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2HJvBxQ000464 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:57:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brucem@mail.cruzio.com) Received: (from brucem@localhost) by mail.cruzio.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id l2HJvBbh000463 for freebsd-small@freebsd.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:57:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brucem) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:57:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Bruce R. Montague" Message-Id: <200703171957.l2HJvBbh000463@mail.cruzio.com> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Wearable heads-up displays? X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:07:36 -0000 Hi... has anyone used FreeBSD with any sort of generally-available wearable heads-up display? Perhaps in conjunction with something along the lines of a mobile or "wearable" computer? I'm thinking along the lines of things like these: http://www.engadget.com/2004/03/23/the-second-sight-wearable-display/ ("Second Sight M2100") or what this fellow is doing, at least for the display: http://www.openmosixview.com/wearable/ ("Olympus Eye Trek FMD-200") Has anyone has done things similar to that mentioned in the above? (somebody must be buying these): "I decided to use video-glasses from Olympus (bought from ebay for a few bucks). Those glasses offers a high quality video-output with which one actually are able to work with a regular X-desktop. I am using a "Grandtec hand view" VGA-to-PAL converter which displays my Gnome desktop in a 640x480 pixel resolution which I set virtual to 1024x768. This makes it very comfortable to use with regular applications..." etc.. Any advice? Do these really work? Any downside? Do your eyes start to hurt after 20 minutes? What if you wear glasses? If on a vehicle, I imagine the completely enclosed systems, with no view of the background, rapidly induce motion sickness. - bruce