AFP via Sify: Japan gets 'Teleglass' to watch movies on the go
MedGadget: Teleglass by ScalarTwo-and-a-half decades after the Walkman personal stereo livened up commuting, the Japanese will get to watch full-length movies on the subway with a tiny screen hooked on top of eyeglasses. The 'Teleglass', which goes on sale in June, comes with earphones and a box that connects to a portable DVD player. The wearer will see images as if watching a 14-inch television screen from a distance of one meter (yard), according to an official at Scalar Corp., the Tokyo microscope maker that developed the Teleglass...Scalar developed the Teleglass jointly with Arisawa Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a Tokyo display materials firm. The gadget is priced around 50,000 yen.
Teleglass has already been a hit with a select few Tokyo commuters who managed to get hold of early versions of the gadget. The first batch produced by Scalar was discreetly sold from its website - and sold out almost immediately...it is principally aimed at mobile-phone users. High-tech Japanese handsets now regularly feature a flash memory chip slot and have the ability to display MP4 files - a format that compresses films or television shows into a form that can be viewed on a small screen. The phone can sit in a pocket while the glasses project the film to the wearer's eyes
