DoCoMo Shows Prototype Augmented Reality Display

On Kurzweil's blog, there was a short article on a tiny display device that clips onto an ordinary pair of glasses and provides information and navigation services on its head-up display without obscuring regular vision. The device is connected by wireless technology to a smart phone with GPS capability. The device knows the direction it's facing and provides information based on the user's location and position. The article notes that a potential use might be museum tours or tourist attractions. But whose to say it wouldn't work equally well pointed at the night sky identifying constellations and their mythic histories. The research has been developed in collaration with the Olympus Corporation.