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Japan eyes wearable PC
IBM's Erina Sakurai keeps an eye on the new machine |
Those tired of hauling around "portable" computers may be able to wear a Pentium PC from next year.
On Friday, Japanese camera-maker Olympus and IBM Japan revealed a prototype of a wearable PC.
The monitor is a 100 gram 'monocle' headset that projects a 10 inch virtual screen. The mini-monitor flips out from the headset and covers one eye.
The hardware is stored in a 380 gram box, which is controlled by three buttons. It has a Pentium processor, 64 megabytes of memory and runs Windows 98.
A banana-shaped handle with a mouse and right-left click buttons is used to select icons on the virtual screen. The battery pack lasts up to three hours.
The Wearable PC doesn't have a keyboard yet, but "we may develop that in the future," said Olympus spokesman Shinichiro Murakami.
Mr Murakami said the companies would decide next year when to launch the computer.
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