Vuzix, makers of a variety of head mounted displays, are bringing a new tactical heads-up display to the market. The Tac-Eye LT houses a 852×600 SVGA+ AMOLED display, which offers a number of advantages over LCD technology including more natural colors, smoother motion and unlimited viewing angles. The Tac-Eye LT can be attached to standard ballistic sunglasses such as those from Revision, ESS (shown above), and Oakley. Used in conjunction with an UMPC, you have yourself one very light and sporty wearable-computer.

Clearly targeting military applications, the unit is designed to withstand the harsh conditions of warfare with Vuzix also offering a ruggedized mouse, battery pack and in-line controller to boot. However the price also matches its military specs. At $2,495 for the VGA model, I find it hard to see any applications for the consumer market. However, Vuzix does have a number of mass-market product lines so hopefully this AMOLED display technology will trickle down into more affordable models. The Tac-Eye LT is available for pre-order now, and ships the beginning of next month.

link: Vuzix Tac-Eye LT [pre-order]

Tags: Augmented Reality, Hardware, Human Interface //