Vuzix Wrap 310 video eyewear actually isn’t the ugliest thing of all time

Could it be? Could it really be? Has Vuzix actually deployed a video eyewear solution that isn’t completely unsightly in every imaginable way? Our eyes may be deceiving us, but we’re going with “yes, amazingly” for the time being. Unlike the company’s iWear line — which looks pretty much exactly like the specs worn by Geordi La Forge — the unpriced Wrap 310 resembles a set of sunglasses. Now, these aren’t apt to be mistaken for Aviators or those patented Kayne joints, but at least you’d look halfway civilized if caught in public with these on your face. Packing a pair of video displays and promising a virtual 55-inch image, these get juiced by just two AA cells and can play nice with pretty much any video source, iPod and iPhone included. There’s also an expansion port that’ll give it VGA / component outputs in the near future, and if you subscribe to science fiction, it could also be used to read minds in around a score.

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