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RE: Where is the Apple II of wearables?

If you need the sound, use MP3 files.  12:1 compression certainly saves
on flash requirements.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Lenigan [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, April 27, 1998 5:19 PM
To: 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Where is the Apple II of wearables?

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, wargames wrote:

> that's what a cdrom drive and lots of flash memory are for. blast the
cd into
> flash and play out of that to save batteries.
> 
That's pretty pricey, don't CDs and CD-ROMs have ~650 Meg on them.  That

much flash ram could easily double or triple the price of your wearable.

> as an example if i'm driving, i want to hook this into my car's
systems and
> display my speed, temperature, gas and odometer. without having to
look away
> from the road. i want to have a map on command, but a countdown to the
proper
> exit will do, along with an arrow to tell me where to turn. for foul
weather
> driving a system that will overlay the road lines and edges for me
would be
> much appreciated. however, it would be nice to allow the cpu to
display on any
> convenient terminal... xterm, streams of gifs, ntsc, vga. maybe even a
mounted
> HUD (a la fighter aircraft) on your vehicle windows...
> 
Mounted HUD would be a better idea.  Keep in mind that the trade-off for

augmented reality is that you lose depth perception by covering one eye 
with the display.  Also, you lose all of your peripheral vision on that 
side.  Essentially you'd have one heck of a blind spot on one whole side

of the car.  Bad idea.  

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