News, Site Updates, Technology — Saturday, November 20, 2010 20:15
The Apple of Your Eye: Smart Phones As Doctors, Retailers, Reality
5 Cool Eyeglasses Innovations on the Horizon
Thursday, November 11, 2010 22:22
By: Tracy Hall After not changing much at all since the 19th century, the process of vision correction using eyeglasses has been progressing in leaps and bounds in recent years. Check out these exciting concepts, available very soon or even right now! 1. No More Reading Glasses or Bifocals Until now, an inevitable and dreaded [...]
A World Without Eye Doctors is Sooner Than You Think
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 15:18
It’s true, a simple eye exam, in addition to the many other features of smart phones, will soon be available for your DROID phone and others. Those at the MIT Media Lab have been working on technology that will allow your phone to recreate the exam optometrists administer for a fraction of the cost. The [...]
An Optical Enigma No More: How It’s Made Video About Glasses
Thursday, October 28, 2010 15:23
This wonderful, concise video explains how glasses are made helping us appreciate the long journey of our specs and enabling us with information to impress friends, co-workers, and dates.
So how exactly does Nintendo’s 3D Glasses-less display work?
Friday, August 13, 2010 10:23
Kombo’s Jeff Grub explains how it all works: Read our recent round-up of the coverage regarding the 3DS. More: The 3DS’s glasses-free 3D explained via Joystiq Nintendo 3DS Stereoscopic 3D Gameplay and Glasses-Free Technology Explained via PlaySwitch
Nintendo’s 3D Glasses-Less Game System: Its Fans . . . and Its Foe
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 16:56
The Nintendo corporation continues to be a forerunner in the world of gaming technology. The company pioneered gaming with touch screen capability when introducing the Nintendo DS in 2004, and later marveled consumers wtih the introduction of the motion activated Wii in 2006. Once again, the company is stunning consumers with a portable 3D gaming [...]
Pixel Optics’ Electrical Spectacles: The Future is (Almost) Here
Friday, April 30, 2010 9:00
After having spent over a decade in development, the line of electronic eyewear from Roanoke, VA-based PixelOptics is about to be released. The line of smart eyewear, emPower!, looks identical to regular glasses but comes equipped with state of the art technology. PixelOptics is owned by optometrist and entrepreneur Ron Blum, and the line of [...]
iSpecs: Apple’s New iPhone Glasses Discovered in Patent Filing
Thursday, April 22, 2010 19:17
Rumors about a new potential product from Apple are running wild. A patent for 3D iPhone glasses was released in August of 2008, but the idea was considered so absurd that when the company published it in April, it was first dismissed as an April Fool’s Day prank. Nicknamed “iSpecs” by Apple tech fans, the [...]
3D Game Sans Glasses
Friday, March 5, 2010 9:00
Soon, Nintendo will launch a super cool, 3D-inspired (without the glasses!) DSi game Rittai Kakushi E Attakoreda. Check out the clip below (props to Joseph Hayden’s post at True / Slant for pointing it out):