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Google’s augmented reality Project Glass eyewear definitely captured the imagination of millions around the world when it was launched at the Google I/O Conference held earlier this year, but the price of the Project Glass has proved to be prohibitive – in fact, the developer version itself does not come cheap at $1,500 a pop, and it is said that consumers will be unable to wrap their fingers around it until 2014 happens. Well, video eyewear maker Vuzix claims to see a window of opportunity here, and has drawn up plans to roll out their “Smart Glasses M100″ by the middle of next year for a far more affordable $1,000 – and we are referring to consumer prices here instead of developer pricing.

It is said that Vuzix’s Smart Glasses M100 does look like a Bluetooth headset more than it does a pair of glasses, where you get a 16:9 WQVGA-resolution projector which will project a four-inch display as though you were sitting just 14-inches away from the “screen”. Not only that, an OMAP4430 1GHz processor runs proceedings, ably aided by 1GB RAM, 4GB of internal memory and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as the operating system of choice. It can record 720p HD video, while a myriad of hardware such as a gyroscope, an accelerometer and an integrated compass have been thrown into the mix for accurate head-tracking features. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity are standard, and so is a microSD memory card slot.

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Google’s Project Glass is certainly one consumer electronics idea that might just take off in a big way – assuming that the price is right, of course, and the use of it resonates among the masses. Well, here we are with a pair of futuristic looking glasses to boot – I’m referring to the OLED glasses that hail from the Fraunhofer Center for Organics, Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD). Scientists at COMEDD have managed to successfully develop glasses which enable the wearer to virtually flip pages on a digital document – without the need for the actual movement of one’s hands. Yes sir, non-physical manipulation of a digital book does sound like a decent idea, especially for mechanics referring to a highly technical manual while ensuring their greasy hands do not stain anything else, concentrating instead on loosening or tightening that one particular bolt.

This particular pair of glasses, however, is not intended just for mechanics alone, but also targets technicians, surgeons, and basically anyone else who require a hands-free document navigation experience. Within the lenses lie a combination of photodiodes and OLED pixels, where the former will function as a camera, helping register the direction of the wearer’s eye movements, while the OLED pixels will work together in order to form a display which is overlaid on the view via the glasses.

While you are busy occupied with a particular task at hand, you will still be able to read up on the next step without any worries. Assuming you look up “as if at the horizon,” your eyes will be greeted by the document which is displayed as though it is being projected at a size of about one meter (3.3 feet) right in front of you. Just to turn pages, all you need to do is just glance at an arrow within the display itself. This is different compared to the Project Glass from Google that require you to tilt your head to control the display. Not only that, the chip inside the Fraunhofer glasses lets you send and receive information simultaneously, in a wireless manner to boot.

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