Sony’s SmartEyeglass ready to be launched!

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Sony has introduced the SmartEyeglass SDK (Developer Preview) in support of the light-weight SmartEyeglass transparent lens eyewear to give developers an opportunity to start developing apps in the innovative field of in-view augmented reality.

SmartEyeglass includes the following specifications:

-Binocular see-through eyewear with a wired controller.

-419(H) × 138(V) px display resolution.

-Monochrome green display with 8bit color depth.

-1000 cd/m2 maximum brightness.

-More than 85% see-through transmittance.

-Accelerometer, gyro, electronic compass, brightness sensor, microphones.

-3MP camera for still pictures, VGA (640 x 480px) for videos.

-Speaker available in the controller.

-Bluetooth v3.0 and IEEE802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity to your Android device.

-Supports Android 4.1 or above (Android 4.3 or above needed for videos).

-Weight ≈77g (eyewear without the cable) and ≈44g (controller).

The SmartEyeglass SDK (Developer Preview) includes several different features to support such use cases:

-text and bitmaps on the display, where it is overlaid on the users’ view of the surroundings.

-real-time sensor data to create unique hands free, remote control use cases.

-the camera on glasses to capture still images and videos.

SmartEyeglass will be the Sony products that could connect as an accessory to your smartphone, and the common software architecture you as a developer will see consists of three major components:

-SmartConnect- a component on the phone that keeps track of what accessory devices are available and which apps support which device.

-Host application – an app to handle communication between the host smartphone and the accessory. This app is part of the SmartEyeglass SDK (Developer Preview).

-Your application – uses the SmartExtension API framework, and while running on the smartphone it communicates with SmartEyeglass through the APIs available.

SOURCE : sonymobile developer

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