Epson Soon To Offer Consumer Version of Its Moverio BT-2000 Pro Smart Headset
Epson soon will offer a consumer version of its Moverio BT-2000 smart headset for professional applications, Valerie Riffaud-Cangelosi, new market development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told us at the headset’s London launch Monday. The new Moverio…
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BT-2000 has two front-facing 5-megapixel cameras, spaced about an inch apart, and an ambient light sensor, to capture depth with optimal contrast, Epson said. Two 0.42-inch RGB LCDs with 960 x 540 resolution tucked into in the edge corners of the lens frames project a high-quality image into the wearer’s eyes, it said. Depth capture lets the wearer judge distance, and enables automated gesture recognition, it said. The battery-powered BT-2000 runs on Android and connects to other devices by Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB, it said. “Many consumer augmented reality headsets have been announced, but few are actually available,” said Riffaud-Cangelosi. The price of the BT-2000, about $3,000, makes it a business tool, she said. “But we are working on a lower-cost consumer version for the near future.” A consumer version “will be ideal for people with drones,” she said. “At the moment, they look at pictures from the drone on a tablet and then lose sight of their aircraft. With this headset they can see what the drone camera is transmitting while looking at the drone in the sky.”