Lumus Video Glasses: Watch Anything Anywhere

Named as one of the top 100 tech companies by Red Herring magazine, Lumus has patented a revolutionary pair of video glasses using Light-guide Optical Element (LOE) technology.

Lumus' recently released PD-20 series offers tasteful eyewear for video viewing that is as comfortable and convenient as wearing everyday glasses.

Now you don't have to bear the burden of those old, bulky, vision-blocking video glasses that gave you that bad midnight sci-fi movie look you'd never wanted. Ultra-thin and lighter than one ounce, the lenses provide for clear peripheral vision, sharp distance viewing, and eye-safe illumination. The video comes from a not-too-obstructive eye-motion box on the left, which distributes a large full-color, high-resolution, distortion-free field of view. The optical image is guided along the LOE, expanded, and coupled with a set of partial reflectors for viewing upon the transparent lenses. The LOE then creates a distant screen-like experience in which you see an enlarged, distant image with a large field of view.



Basically, an LCD screen goes on the side of the frame instead of in front of your eyes. The video image is beamed directly to the lens, and the lens mirrors capture light from the projector to fill your viewing range.

Lumus is an Israeli technology startup that plans to ship about 2 million pairs of video glasses to the market in 2008 priced at $400 a pair. Most interestingly, the video glasses can be used to enlarge images from video iPods and cell phones to allow for a full range of viewing pleasure. There are at least six companies, including MicroOptical and Icuiti, planning similar products with different technologies.

For more information, visit
lumus-optical.com.