|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
08-19-2018, 10:33 AM | #1 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 80
Karma: 2178856
Join Date: Oct 2013
Device: Kobo Clara HD
|
smart glasses as ebook reader - intelligente Brillen als ebookreader
Everything is great, but ... eventually comes the point where you are sick of it, while reading the reader to hold in your hand. Yes, I know, there are several holders. But everything is pretty backward. Why is there no ebook reader in the form of smart glasses (smart glasses, google glass, sony glass etc.). Unfortunately, the development in this area seems to have stagnated for years. But I am convinced that reading ebooks with smart glasses is the only true thing.
Why no one has come to this is a mystery to me. Apparently, manufacturers and retailers of ebook readers and smart glasses actually read very little themselves. Therefore, the problem was not recognized at all and for the solution to be grasped by smart glasses (intelligent data glasses) one was simply blind. Or does someone know an intelligent data glasses, with which one could comfortably read lying on the couch his ebook? Sorry that I'm putting this on. But perhaps it is taken as a suggestion to think about this opportunity, so far overlooked by the developers, and to push the industry in the right direction for something to progress. in german - auf deutsch: Alles toll, aber ... irgendwann kommt der Punkt, wo man es satt hat, beim lesen den reader in der Hand zu halten. Ja, ich weiß, es gibt diverse Halter. Aber ist doch eigentlich alles ziemlich rückständig. Warum gibt es keine ebookreader in Form einer Datenbrille (smart glassen, google glass, sony glasse etc.). Leider stagniert anscheinend seit Jahren die Entwicklung auf diesem Gebiet. Aber ich bin davon überzeugt, das Lesen von ebooks mittels intelligenten Brillen ist das einzig Wahre. Warum darauf noch keiner gekommen ist, ist mir völlig schleierhaft. Anscheinend lesen die Hersteller und Händler von ebook readern und von smart glasses in Wirklichkeit selber nur sehr wenig. Deshalb wurde das Problem erst garnicht erkannt und für die mit Händen zu greifende Lösung durch smart glasses (intelligente Datenbrillen) war man einfach blind. Oder kennt jemand eine intelligente Datenbrille, mit der man bequem auf der Couch liegend sein ebook lesen könnte? Sorry, dass ich das hier anbringe. Aber vielleicht wird es als Anregung genommen, über diese, bislang von den Entwicklern übersehen Chance, mal nachzudenken und die Branche in die richtige Richtung zu schubsen, damit etwas vorangeht. |
08-19-2018, 11:40 AM | #2 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,548
Karma: 67891011
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
|
Excellent idea. I probably wouldn't buy one until I read a bunch of positive reviews first.
Some practical questions... Is the display technology there yet? I'm used to 300dpi, is this doable? Page turning? Remote device, or could it track eye movement reliably? Battery life? I would want at least 5 hours battery life, longer if it doesn't have quick wireless charging. Last edited by John F; 08-19-2018 at 04:51 PM. |
Advert | |
|
08-19-2018, 04:06 PM | #3 |
Addict
Posts: 276
Karma: 3600000
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: France
Device: Kobo Aura H2o; reMarkable; Onyx Max 2 Pro
|
What a horrible idea. "Smart glasses" in themselves are already something that I'd positively hate, but using such a device just to read without having the page at normal distance... ugh!
|
08-19-2018, 06:57 PM | #4 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,684
Karma: 43102409
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Ohio
Device: iPhone 7+, iPad mini, 2021 iPad Pro 12.9",Paperwhite 6.8"
|
My glasses lens sit less than an inch from my eyes. I don't see how that would work at all. You could only see a word or two at a time.
|
08-20-2018, 05:35 AM | #5 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 80
Karma: 2178856
Join Date: Oct 2013
Device: Kobo Clara HD
|
I have put together a few links on the subject of smart glasses. I hope everyone has quick access to the topic. As I understand it, it should already be possible today to look at pictures, maybe even videos. If this is already done, then the way to read the ebook is probably quite short, at least not as far in the distant future, as we all still believe.
english wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartglasses german wiki: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartglasses interview with Thad Starner on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mBrgEs9RM hope that can help and push it. |
Advert | |
|
08-20-2018, 02:05 PM | #6 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,548
Karma: 67891011
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
|
Quote:
I wonder how the background works: can you set it to a solid background, or is the text always transparent? |
|
08-20-2018, 02:57 PM | #7 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,684
Karma: 43102409
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Ohio
Device: iPhone 7+, iPad mini, 2021 iPad Pro 12.9",Paperwhite 6.8"
|
That doesn't change my opinion. I've worn glasses since I was 5 or 6, and am legally blind without them. Contacts do not work for me anymore. I depend on my glasses, and am grounded without them. They aren't gadgets for me, they are as much a part of me as my skin.
|
08-20-2018, 03:35 PM | #8 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,548
Karma: 67891011
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
|
Quote:
|
|
01-21-2019, 11:48 PM | #9 |
Member
Posts: 12
Karma: 2874
Join Date: Jun 2008
Device: 505
|
I am 4 months late to this thread.
As an experiment, I have just installed FBreader on Google Glass (XE-C). I was surprised at how easy it was to read the words of a book on the small screen. Battery life on Google Glass is abysmal. A drains completely in an hour or two with the screen constantly on. I used a wireless keyboard to turn the pages of the book. Because of the battery life issue, Glass has to be plugged into a power source which makes the whole endeavour awkward. Google Glass also has only one screen directly in front of the right eye so you are ready with only one eyeball. I found it more comfortable reading with my left eye closed. I am nearsighted and wear prescription lenses, but even using G Glass without prescription frames, the text is easy to read for me which was surprising. |
02-19-2019, 09:26 PM | #10 |
Addict
Posts: 317
Karma: 511124
Join Date: Mar 2012
Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10" , Kindle Fire, Pixel 6"
|
This is a really cool idea. I feel it might be too much in my face and it might put a strain on my eyes. However, I would love to see a product like this.
What do you think about reading with virtual reality glasses? |
03-03-2019, 06:35 AM | #11 | |
Wizard
Posts: 1,481
Karma: 9010563
Join Date: Jul 2013
Device: none
|
Please see my post and thread,
Augmented Reality - Epson Moverio BT-300 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3816726 I found this thread while preliminarly searching for existing topics. But it seems I am probably the first one to actually introduce available AR products... Good. Quote:
No. The AR product I have and reviewed is to be used while moving in a natural environment. It would (does) look terrible in "slouchy mode". For a couch and hands-free experience, I would recommend a head mounted mechanical arm (not joking - if that's what you need...). But stability of the "glasses" for comfortable reading is given and proven, while to hold firmly in place arm and reader, the weighs may be clearly an issue. |
|
03-03-2019, 06:52 AM | #12 | |||
Wizard
Posts: 1,481
Karma: 9010563
Join Date: Jul 2013
Device: none
|
Quote:
Quote:
While the resolution remains important, the DPI notion is not fully relevant with twin screens an inch from your eyes. Quote:
You can already get more than 5hrs, with optimized setups. As written elsewhere, an external bank can help. |
|||
03-03-2019, 06:58 AM | #13 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,481
Karma: 9010563
Join Date: Jul 2013
Device: none
|
Philippe, freedom is an objectively progressive parameter, and you are too used to your beautiful cozy University ambients... On Friday I read very proficiently for many hours while discussing territorial matters with wild boars taming the drifts of spunky streams. Which I would normally do with boredom and the feeling of being wasting my time. So, it may not just a matter of "normal distance". It is a matter of having information available anytime, outside the library (it is not "mobile reading" if you do not at least jump and skip once in a while).
Last edited by mdp; 03-03-2019 at 02:50 PM. |
03-03-2019, 07:05 AM | #14 | |
Wizard
Posts: 1,481
Karma: 9010563
Join Date: Jul 2013
Device: none
|
Quote:
yes the reading is surprisingly doable and efficient. The Epson Moverio BT-300 have a 6hrs specs and 5+hrs in my tests. They do not need radio (though they have almost all of them, Wi-Fi to GPS). To connect a power bank to the BT-300 you would have the main cable coming from "bottom" and the power cable coming from the "right side", so it would not be optimal either. Nonetheless, as written, 5hrs/day of that kind of reading is probably enough. The BT-300 uses two displays, one per eye, with transparent background. |
|
03-03-2019, 07:09 AM | #15 | |
Wizard
Posts: 1,481
Karma: 9010563
Join Date: Jul 2013
Device: none
|
Quote:
As per the "in my face", the experience was actually beautiful, fulfilling, completing, "this is what I needed, this is what I longed for". |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Do you wear glasses with your reader..?? | Cpl Punishment | General Discussions | 122 | 02-16-2011 04:54 AM |
Archos 9 – Windows 7 Tablet als Ebookreader | FraPe | Andere Lesegeräte | 2 | 06-14-2010 04:03 AM |
Android Smartphone als eBook Reader | beam | Andere Lesegeräte | 14 | 01-07-2010 05:32 AM |
Txtr Reader als RSS Reader verwendbar? | SwordMaster | Andere Lesegeräte | 3 | 11-30-2009 03:50 AM |
Und noch ein Gerücht: Nintendo DSI Rentnerversion als Ebookreader | EbookHype | Andere Lesegeräte | 0 | 10-29-2009 04:41 PM |