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Is That a Computer You're Wearing on Your Head??

Motorola announced that it will develop a hands-free wireless computing headset with micro-display specialists at Kopin -- a move reminiscent of previous attempts to create wearable computers and communications devices.

The device will offer voice, audio and PC capabilities on a virtual reality-style 15-inch monitor that will also support simulation software and streaming video.

"We believe this computer headset will be a game-changing solution for mobile workforces," said Motorola emerging business director Tom Bianculli in a prepared statement.

Golden Eye

From cellphones to car stereos, hands-free operation has been all the rage for years. However, widespread adoption -- where virtual computers are concerned -- has been elusive.
"Historically, users haven't liked the end product," Enderle Group principal technology analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld.
Code-named the "Golden-i platform," the Kopin/Motorola offering hopes to change history with Bluetooth and WiFi enabled gesture- and voice-recognition technology.
Golden-i's micro display appears as a virtual 15-inch, 24-bit color monitor built around Microsoft  Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 operating system and Texas Instruments OMAP 3530 mobile dual processor.
"Golden-i provides a full 128-bit encrypted link to your PC, so you instantly see your own PC screen, full size, 18 inches from your eyes," Golden-i program manager Jeff Jacobsen told TechNewsWorld. "You can use every application and open any document on your PC remotely."


Mission Possible?
Hyped with inevitable comparisons to Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible sunglasses, Motorola in 2005 announced wearable communication device partnerships with sunglass maker Oakley and snow gear maker Burton.Touted as promising "evolutionary and innovative products for consumers who want hands-free, un-tethered operation of their electronic devices," the partnerships have yet to deliver much more than standard fare.Motorola, however, expressed higher ambitions: a seamless cloud perched atop a user's head that would link cellphones, PDAs, and computers without additional devices. Users would never be out of touch, never be unconnected, and never have to flip a switch.The reality, Enderle explained, has been more impossible mission than mission possible."With few exceptions, these hands-free computers look geeky and have been very expensive," he explained. "The medical community has used them successfully for some types of remote operations, but for the rest of us, they've proven mostly a costly headache."


Golden-i promises a different experience, Jacobsen emphasized. "The Oakley device was simply a Bluetooth interface for speech," he said. "Golden-i is more than your PC notebook and your cellphone combined." 

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