May 1, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:The myvu (Myvu Corporation, $299.95) is a sleek visor that jacks into a video iPod (and only a video iPod) to project video into a virtual, in-visor screen. According to the company, it uses a proprietary technology called SolidOptex that's based on "refractive optical polymers." I admit that I'm not sure what that means. To test the device, I borrowed my friend's iPod and queued up several episodes of The State. That turned out to be an unfortunate choice. Laughing can be dangerous while wearing the myvu, since bobbing your head with this thing attached can cause motion sickness. Thus, I'd primarily recommend the myvu for programs that elicit no emotional reaction whatsoever, like Inside the Actors Studio.Posted by Jane Galt at May 1, 2007 4:26 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links
I'm waiting for one that has higher resolution than 320x240.
Then I'll replace my laptop screen with one. :-)
Clearly he missed the IAS where Robin Williams ran over the poor host - that was a riot. (Robin Williams has no dimmer dial...)
Wait a second, this isn't possible. Somebody, somewhere, is claiming there's a show that's less funny than The State?
Is "refractive optical polymers" just a fancy way of saying "liquid crystal"?
My dentist had one of those things for patients undergoing long procedures. He had a stack of videos from which they could choose. One was "Marathon Man". When I changed health plans, I wasn't sad that I had to switch dentists.
Sheeeesh. All this neat stuff, and I can't afford any of it. I couldn't even afford any of it before I got laid off, much less now that I'm on unemployment. All I was able to afford was a cheap rip-off of a third-hand copy of a 1gB River, and even that cost me almost as much in shipping as it did on eBay.
I really need to stop reading about these things. It only depresses my gadget-junky soul.
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