Originally published February 19 2006
iPod headset simulates big screen experience
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Emagin has developed a headset named "Eyebud" for the video iPod, which reportedly uses optical technology to make the viewer feel like he or she is watching a big screen.
A Bellevue, Wash.-based company plans to release a new headset this year that makes it seem like you're watching the video iPod on a big-screen TV, according to a story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
eMagin's "EyeBud" displays video from the iPod in front of one eye, using optical technology designed to make the picture appear larger and with a higher resolution than the iPod's screen, according to the story.
The company's CEO likened the headset, expected to retail for as much as $599, to watching a 105-inch display from 12 feet away, the story said.
Others, however, are likening the EyeBud's appearance to that of a "Star Trek" borg and wondering whether the gadget takes away from the iPod's inherent's coolness.
Engadget's Ryan Block, for example, says, "You, too, can rock a 105-inch 'sized' screen in your field of vision while managing to look merely like some bizarre technomad, a marked improvement from previously straight up creepifying HUDs."
eMagin is one of many companies showcasing new products at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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