Sony joins the development of augmented reality glasses

The augmented reality glasses market continues to gain followers among large technology manufacturers, as is now the case with Sony, after having its patent validated in the US., for a prototype with two lenses.

The multinational Sony has managed to validate the application submitted in November 2012 to develop an augmented reality glasses device for general use, with which it will surely face the recently presented Google Glass in a market that no technology manufacturer wants to leave aside, as Canon has already announced with its augmented reality helmet, Microsoft and LG with their smartwatch or smart watch system.

According to the few details that can be seen in the design presented, Sony's augmented reality glasses would have two lenses (one for each eye) and two screens located behind the lenses coupled with a side projector to send 2D images, headphones and battery packs for operation, among other known details.

Sony smart glasses, with a conventional glasses frame according to the previous design, They seem to go one step beyond Google Glass, since they have two screens and their interface will be in 2D, regarding the capacity of a single augmented reality viewer for one of the lenses provided by the Google device. The augmented reality pop-up screen, that can move a few millimeters to adjust to the separation of the eyes, It projects behind the lenses and users will have two headphones mounted on the arms of the glasses.

Although the Japanese company has been developing smart glasses since the year 2008, especially intended for viewing 3D movies and games, materialized in the entertainment system in the form of an optical visor HMZ-T2 Personal 3D Viewer that it presented last year, It seems that its strategy is now directed to the development of a Head Mounted Display system (HDM) o Glass but for general use to cover a new market.