Thoughts on the PSP2 and the future of Sony portables.

[Squilliam]

theprof00 said:

Squilliam said:

Thats just the shades being expensive. You have to buy the processing power on top of that. I was looking up some Carl Zeiss ones and they cost $400 U.S.D. for what I would consider unsuitable for general use. They are heavy and expensive, you'd need something not much heavier than a pair of shades with OLED screens and costing not more than $150.

That's not too bad, 2 2-inch oleds should be pretty cheap, and I think Carl Zeiss may be upping the margin substantially. But yeah, maybe you're right.

Well, unfortunately then, I really don't see anything Sony can do other than all:

A: 3d display necessary
B: Phone integration necessary
C: both DD, and touch screen necessary

Sony can still make it work for them. Its just that they need to make the technology work at a price they can be sold for. Thats Sony's job. Its their job to make the 5 years away technology 3 years or even 2 years by having a vision and by making it work. With that vision they can sell the system for $399 and slowly bring down the price as the technology matures.

What I see as a really cool system is something like this:

Sony glasses with camera pointing forwards to detect hand position and twin OLED screens with the ability to vary from transparant to opaque and all the steps inbetween. Then you'd have a little cellphone in your pocket which has the data connection and the processing power.

With this system the computer inside the phone can put augmented reality visuals overtop of the view of the real world. Say someone wants to make a call they can use a Natal esque control scheme and punch out the number manually in the air or sweep over the list of contacts. Its the perfect little hands free communicator and it can be used for other functions as well like watching movies, listening to music or the internet without having to hunch over a little screen.