{"id":92392,"date":"2015-02-18T06:38:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T06:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=92392"},"modified":"2015-02-18T06:41:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T06:41:59","slug":"sony-takes-orders-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/02\/sony-takes-orders-smart-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony takes orders for smart glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"
A developer edition of Sony’s augmented reality smart glasses will go on sale in ten countries next month, the tech giant has announced.<\/p>\n
Pre-orders for the SmartEyeglass, costing $840 (\u00a3620), are now being taken in the UK and Germany, with Japan and the US to follow shortly.<\/p>\n
The black-framed glasses are compatible with recent Android operating systems.<\/p>\n
Last month Google announced that it was withdrawing its smart glasses for redevelopment.<\/p>\n
Sony’s initial model will come with a software development kit to encourage people to design apps for it, the company said.<\/p>\n
The glasses, which weigh 77g, contain an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, image and brightness sensors, 3-megapixel camera and a microphone.<\/p>\n
They also come with a controller, designed to be attached to clothing, which contains a speaker, touch sensor and the device’s battery.<\/p>\n
Text is displayed in front of the wearer in monochrome green.<\/p>\n
‘Intrusive’<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Apple chief executive Tim Cook has been open about his dislike of glasses as a wearable device.<\/p>\n “We always thought that glasses were not a smart move, from a point of view that people would not really want to wear them,” he told the New Yorker.<\/p>\n “They were intrusive, instead of pushing technology to the background, as we’ve always believed.”<\/p>\n Stuart Miles, founder of tech site Pocket-lint, said: “I think [Sony is] wasting their time, energy and effort.<\/p>\n “Google Glass obviously needed a complete rethink… I can’t see how something thick-rimmed and more invasive-looking than Google Glass is going to catch on.<\/p>\n “People are keen on wearables like fitness bands and watches, but they care about their faces. Wearing something on your head is a lot stronger than wearing something on your arm,” he added.<\/p>\n “The industry keeps pushing it but consumers just don’t want it.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A developer edition of Sony’s augmented reality smart glasses will go on sale in ten countries next month, the tech giant has announced. Pre-orders for the SmartEyeglass, costing $840 (\u00a3620), are now being taken in the UK and Germany, with Japan and the US to follow shortly. The black-framed glasses are compatible with recent Android […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[18],"yoast_head":"\n