Comment by unsupp0rted
5 days ago
I, for one, would like to see AR glasses that use e-ink. Black and white with a slow refresh rate. Would be perfect for my use-cases.
5 days ago
I, for one, would like to see AR glasses that use e-ink. Black and white with a slow refresh rate. Would be perfect for my use-cases.
This exists, sort of. I got a demo of these at a YC event a couple months ago and was very impressed. The back is opaque, though, so it's not real AR, but it does accomplish "E-Ink displays in a glasses form factor":
https://solreader.com/
you still would need a backlight but it's an interesting idea
You can't backlight an eink display. They are opaque, by design. Thats why they make such great ebook displays, so you can take them outside and still read them. Eink displays require .. i guess 'forelight'. Light that reflects off the display front.
I didn't know that, I just wonder how the kindle with light works though. Is that light coming from the front too?
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Would be cool to wear a "light panel" on your sleeve.
Outdoors you see the e-ink fine. Indoors you look down at your illuminated sleeve to see the e-ink in your glasses.