Prism puts an eye-controlled Linux computer on your face
Raven Resonance says it's managed to squeeze a standalone computer into a pair of smart glasses. Dubbed an "Ambient Computer," the Prism 1 runs Raven OS: a custom Linux platform designed to operate independently without tethering to a smartphone.
The San Francisco startup is pitching it at developers, builders, technical creatives, and enterprise users looking for something more open and customizable than most connected wearables.
The idea behind the pitch is certainly an interesting one: to put a genuinely independent Linux machine directly into your field of view.
Prism’s display sits in front of the right eye. It uses a full-color LCoS engine and diffractive waveguide with a 30-degree diagonal field of view. Raven says the image appears roughly equivalent to a 16-inch screen that’s held at arm’s length, with more than 1,500 nits of brightness.
Rather than filling your vision with augmented reality, the idea is to keep apps...
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