Smart glasses, AR glasses, VR goggles — there are several types of gadgets for different purposes. TCL unveils its “display” points to use regardless of location.
The search for the next big “technology thing” will continue in 2021. What comes after mobile? It’s AR glasses, according to marketers of various startups? Or perhaps VR glasses, provided that the performance and form factor at some point reach the standard?
Besides well-known points such as the Oculus Quest 2, the Nreal Light glasses or a new Panasonic, TCL, the Chinese company specializing in consumer electronics, experimenting with portable displays.
Wearable display: movies and games on your nose
In 2020 the TCL showed a prototype portable display. At that time, glasses were sold under the name Project Archery. Two OLED display should be located so that the user has created the illusion of the silver screen.
Digital CES 2021, the company first introduced a formal version called Wearable Display. At the start of sales, the name had changed. Two mini OLED display with Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels), to create the impression of a screen diagonal of 3.5 meters (140 inches) from a distance of about four meters.
The device relies on an external player with USB C such as a smartphone, tablet or laptop. Points are also received from him the power. No wireless solution. In addition to films, may also play games.
According to TCL, wear a wearable display over your own glasses is no problem. The question remains, how convenient it is.
Wearable display TCL will be released to the U.S. market this year, but only in conjunction with a smartphone and a subscription service content. Price is not yet known. The restriction on the equipment should make the display glasses are much less interesting to consumers.
It is unknown whether there will be in the future the European version.
