Video Eyewear For Your Mobile Phone

The CTIA Wireless Show in Las Vegas, yesterday, was home to the launch of some nifty light weight eyewear that hooks up to your mobile phone or ipod to provide a private virtual 42-inch digital quality screen. Icuiti’s new eyewear offers big screen viewing for what industry insiders call the “Fourth Screen” - the progression from cinema, television, and computer, to the mobile phone.

The viewer appears to be 7-feet away from the display, and the head unit comes complete with integrated headphones.

The CP920 features two VGA LCD panels each having 640 x 480 resolution and a 26 degree field of view. The CP230 has two QVGA panels with 320 x 240 resolution and a 24 degree field of view.

In addition to standard lower frame streaming video, the system also supports high resolution 3G and Digital Media Broadcasts anywhere in the world. Icuiti offers analog PAL, NTSC, and custom digital video interface options.

Icuiti’s Video Eyewear offers DRM and handset authentication to ensure that content is protected and only viewed on approved carrier devices.

Why are companies making cyber-like headsets? Well research firms confirm that consumers are rapidly adopting mobile phones as a new medium for watching videos with an estimated one billion subscribers worldwide. Icuiti solves the number one complaint of this vibrant market - a phone’s small screen - and significantly enhances the mobile TV experience.

Units are expected to retail for under $299US worldwide when they are released this summer.

Source: 3g.co.uk

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