Mobile Video Service Uses Video Eyewear

This fall Orange SA (France Telecom's wireless business) customers will be able to buy these cool MicroOptical video eyewear glasses with patented optics that enable mobile users to see around the screen, so you won't bump into a wall while watching TV or a movie.

The eyewear has two Kopin full-color, QVGA (320 x 240) CyberDisplay 230K (0.24-inch diagonal) microdisplays, and is ultra-light at just 2.5 oz. It enables mobile phone users to privately view movies, watch TV or even surf the Web equivalent to a 12-inch screen as it is viewed three feet away.

Mobile video revolution "The mobile video revolution is unfolding in the cellular phone market as we speak," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's president and CEO. "Consumers want to be able to watch movies, music videos and TV, browse the Web and check their e-mail on their cell phones on the go. But the phone's small screen has inhibited widespread consumer adoption. MicroOptical's innovative video eyewear is enabling the big screen capabilities that consumers demand, and yet is very lightweight and similar to eyeglasses."

The MicroOptical binocular video eyewear will be bundled with Samsung's SGH-D600 cell phone as part of its new "Orange World" wireless multimedia service.

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