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pabr.org - 10/26/2009
WXHMD - A Wireless Head-Mounted Display with embedded Linux
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WXHMD is a Gumstix Overo Fire computer-on-module driving a Vuzix VR920 head-mounted display: Stereoscopic 640x480, audio in/out, 3D tilt sensor, 3D magnetic compass, TI OMAP3530 @ 600 MHz, Linux, WiFi, Bluetooth, 1 amp @ 3.7 volts, 180 grams.
Head-mounted computer with Linux, WiFi
hackaday.com - 10/27/2009
Head-mounted computer with Linux, WiFi
— hackaday.com — Most wearable computers we’ve seen feature a head-mounted display tethered to a small PC system in a... backpack or worn on a belt. Here’s a slick little system that does away with the cord, fitting the entire system in the glasses . [Pascal ... (more) Head-mounted computer with Linux, WiFi

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Head-mounted computer with Linux, WiFi
Hack a Day — ... Most wearable computers we’ve seen feature a head-mounted display tethered to a small PC system in a backpack or worn on a belt. Here’s a slick little system that does away with the cord, fitting the entire system in the glasses. ...

Gumstix-based wearable Linux computer packs WiFi, digital compass
SlashGear — ... Tempt you with a difficult-to-pronounce acronym, sir?  No?  Well how about a wireless head-mounted embedded Linux wearable computer?  The work of Pascal Brisset, the WXHMD takes a pair of Vuzix VR920 video eyewear and straps to them a Gumstix Overo Fire computer-on-module stick, making for – with some wireless networking, a battery and a few other gizmos – a self-contained heads-up display ideal for telepresence work and augmented reality guidance. ...

Homebrew head-mounted Linux system for telepresence, looking silly
Engadget — ... Sure, viewable eyewear (such as that made by Vuzix) might look like fun, but even with the display balancing on the bridge of your nose you need find a place to place the video source. What our man Pascal Brisset did is design a Linux system around a Gumstix ...

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WXHMD is Linux-powered — Ubergizmo
The WXHMD is a head wearable computer that is powered by Linux, and based on the small Gumstix Overo Fire computer-on-module which will be accompanied by a beefy, 3D-capable OMAP processor. When interfaced with a Vuzix VR920 head-mounted display, you get a computer worn around your head, ...