The Optinvent ORA is an interesting pair of smart glasses. Their specs are pretty similar to other smart glasses with 1GB DDR, 4GB of flash, an HD camera, a bunch of sensors and a dual core processor. The most interesting thing about this pair of smart glasses is the patented display that it uses. The display is called “Clear-Vu” and it allows see-through vision while displaying a virtual image simultaneously. The Clear-Vu display has a wide viewing angle, and is also shatter proof. The display can also be shifted two ways to activate different modes. One position is AR mode and another is called “glance mode”.
Optinvent has released a few sneak peek videos in the past, but the latest one has to be the most interesting and cheesiest one. Last month, Optinvent scammer released a teaser for the ORA smart glasses, and shows off some of the things you can possibly do with the device. It’s a relatively short video and is worth the watch, even though it is pretty cheesy and will have you giggling.
One of the first things Kayvan Mirza told us was that the Ora offers "true AR," which overlays the entire display in front of your eyes much like a heads-up display unit. This is unlike Glass, which he says offers more of a "companion display" where you have to look up to view it. Don't be concerned about the Ora completely blocking your sight however, as it has a very unique feature we've yet to see in wearable optics. It's called Flip-Vu, and it lets you pivot the display downward into what's called dashboard or glance mode so that it's now more of a companion display rather than one that dominates your entire field of vision (You can see a demo video of this after the break). Mirza says glancing downward is a much more natural position than looking up, as we tend to look down at our phones and other devices anyway.
Allowing see-through vision while displaying a virtual image sounds like a very interesting feature of the device. Today, I'd like to share with you these smart glasses for visual disability. Actually, it's a tiny camera attachment that reads text from any surface to help partially sighted people "read" on their own.
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