Myvu Personal Media Viewer Solo Plus Edition review
In the myriad of the futuristic or at least futuristic-looking inventions and innovations of the 21st century, I’d probably say that video glasses can be one of the coolest, if not the most functional by situational capability. It sure does relive the old idea of having a screen mounted on your head, and with new design and crafting techniques, you’ll never be able to compare them to the old and bulky head-mounted displays ever again.
Myvu is now one of the pioneers of this wonderful concept, and with their release of the Myvu Personal Media Viewer Solo Plus Edition, I think I ought to have a look, create a video eyewear review and see for myself the experience of having to watch a movie at my eye’s discretion. Here it is folks, my own version of the Myvu Personal Media Viewer Solo Edition review.
Looking like a futuristic guy can be cool, or maybe not
The very first thing that you can notice while looking at the product is the sleek contours of the glasses. Not to say very stylish, but at least now you get to look like Star Trek’s Geordi LaForge and not some mind control psycho with a weird contraption around your head. The lightweight design is absolutely a perfect combination with the most iPods and iPhones out there, as these glasses are just about the size of your average pair of sunglasses. Be prepared to receive a bowlful of stares on an airoplane while wearing these though.
Eye and ear interfacing
Like all the other video glasses out there in the market, the Myvu Solo Plus Edition features a miniscule LCD screen at both sides that provides the general video output, and is fitted with lenses to create the distance effect to the eyes. The 320×240 screen would seem like a joke compared to the HDTV’s and LCD computer monitor’s resolutions, but that resolution is to be compared with other similar pocket gadgets anyway (plus it’s way near your eye), and with the a screen that moves along as you move your head, there won’t be much room for any part of your body to get stressed in the near future. The sound may be of a slight rip-off that its predecessors, but at least you get to have a nice looking and fairly comfortable set of earphones than before.
It is quite obvious that the main enhancement done on the Myvu Solo Plus Edition was the flexibility to where it can be used, because it can now be interfaced with most iPod and iPhone models around, and if you match the cables used in the Ultimate Edition, you can virtually use these glasses in any media that would require a video output.
While these video glasses might still be a far cry from the real futuristic video glasses, I can see that it’s a good start towards that road. In fact I am quite excited at how my view video glasses will fare after a few good developments. Who knows, they might even be able to replace conventional glasses in the near future!
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February 16th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
The resolution of these video glasses couldbe a bit better. VGA is the norm at the moment.