Intel Vaunt project tries to take the stigma out of AR glasses
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Google's Glass augmented reality eyewear could charitably be remembered as divisive back when it had consumer ambitions. Intel's New Devices Group is looking to change that perception about AR glasses with a pared-back new product called Vaunt. Dieter Bohn from The Verge got an exclusive chance to wear a Vaunt prototype and wrote about his experience.
Compared to Glass, the Vaunt glasses have no buttons, no LCD screen, no speaker, no camera, and no microphone. What's left is a unique display that uses a low-power laser and a holographic reflector on the right lens to superimpose a red, monochrome image with a resolution of about 400x150 onto the user's field of view. Intel says the laser's power is so low ...