Sometimes you have the opportunity to try new technologies. This happened on Thursday in Stuttgart:
Beside looking moronic when surfing the web, the belt is heavy. But you have a crisp picture on the screen, and you can still see through it. This works astonishing well. This belt has been designed to aid technicians doing complex maintenance tasks, it is used for example in aircraft maintenance.
But: The company producing this particular model was going bankrupt. If you think about the look, this is quite understandable.
That goggles are very nice! ;)
they should offer a camouflage version … and then I could imagine a very big customer … this was just my first impression “full metal jacket meets halflife and iraq war” is not exactly the style I would like to wear
On the other side: think of all the counterstrike/paintball/airball nerdism, that is going to overtake leisure culture.
@Stephan: In fact, I was told this system is very similar to equipment being considered by the US Army. Imagine: You can have a portable, networked information center displaying up-to-date satellite images…