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Ora-S AR Eyewear takes smartframes further

2014-01-07
hey everyone I'm Jessica's all squirt from CNN here at CES 2014 which is very quickly becoming the show about wearables I'm wearing on my face a pair of Korra s a are I where I know that sounds like a bit of a vowel you tongue twister but these glasses unlike Google glass are really focused on augmented reality so does a lot of the same things that Google glass will do notifications directions there's actually Android built-in runs independently so when they release the SDK to developers a lot of different apps will be able to work with this you can do a lot of different things augmented reality however is really where this thing will shine now you've got here a pivot of a screen that's kind of neat because it means that you can either look at the head-up display which is in the center of the lens either below a little bit so you're looking down and it's peripheral or you can flip it up so it's right in the center of your eye this is a 25 degree display to my eye if I'm looking at it looks like it takes up about two inches so it is a little bit bigger than Google glass during the demo I saw a lot of information projected on the screen you can see anything you can see it erections you know also see augmented reality browsers for example it's gonna launch with the Wikitude browser this is a mock-up device that I'm wearing but the final version will come with a camera that can also shoot video that'll be 5 megapixels now there will be a touchpad just like Google glass so you can use your finger and all sorts of gestures to navigate though there is a dual-core processor in here and hundred milliamp hour battery it's also all the usual Bluetooth connections compass sensor accelerometer and the gyroscope those pair of glasses is really blocking on my face the final version will be much slimmer but it's still not fashion accessory glassware this is something right now for developers and for people who are interested in the AR capabilities developers can get their hands on the aura s in March for about nine hundred fifty dollars I will include the SDK consumers who are interested should see it show up around q3 for probably about three hundred and fifty dollars I'm Jessica ball court for C net here at CES can cut all of our coverage at cnet.com
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