Homemade Smart Glasses shows why Smart Glasses are Hard

[Harris Shallcross] decided to build a pair of smart glasses and recently completed a first prototype of his project ‘Ochi’ – an STM32 based, BLE-connected, OLED eyeglass display. There are of course several homebrew smart glasses projects out there; many are more polished-looking and nearly all of them also display information from a smartphone over Bluetooth. This one is interesting partly because it highlights many of the design challenges that smart glasses and other near-eye displays face. It also demonstrates the iterative development process: begin by getting something working to learn what does and doesn’t cut it at a basic …read more

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LG’s New HDR OLED TVs Aren’t Cheap, But They’re Worth It

LG’s New HDR OLED TVs Aren’t Cheap, But They’re Worth It

With a slew of new 4K HDR OLED TVs, LG’s ultimate combination of acronyms don’t cost much more than the high-end 4K HDR LCD TVs on the market. The post LG’s New HDR OLED TVs Aren’t Cheap, But They’re Worth It appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading LG’s New HDR OLED TVs Aren’t Cheap, But They’re Worth It