Eyeglass-based systems for wearable computing

Abstract

This paper reports on progress in the area of hardware for wearable computing. Our specific interest is in reducing conventional head-mounted display systems to eyeglass scale. We report here the successful demonstration of an ergonomic eyeglasses-based display. We present some of the general considerations in the design of such eyeglasses and briefly review our approach and initial findings.

Augment-able reality: situated communication through physical and digital spaces

“…If the system relies on rustic beeps or pager vibration, we would be constantly interrupted by the system. Our current approach is to overlay information on a see-through headsup display; we expect this approach to be less obtrusive when the display is embedded in eyeglasses [14]. Another (and perhaps more handy) approach would be having a very simple notification indicator such as a combination of small LEDs on eyeglasses.…”

Dual-element off-axis eyeglass-based display

“…There has been several prototypes in the area of eyeglass-based displays. Example of previous designs include the work by Bettinger[1], Spitzer [2] and Kasai [3]. A comprehensive review of designs in the eyeglass formfactor is provided in [4].…”

ASTOR: an autostereoscopic optical see-through augmented reality system

“…While there have been significant advances in this research area, resulting in increasingly smaller head-worn-displays, such as the displays developed by Minolta [7] and MicroOptical [14], we believe that the area of projection-based AR is fairly unexplored and has great potential in terms of achieving AR with minimal intrusion. This paper presents a novel projection-based AR system with an optical see-through display where a holographic optical element (HOE) is used for autostereoscopy.…”