| Whatever you call them, be they video goggles, video | | | | eyewear still costs as much as a fairly high quality TV, |
| eyewear, or a personal media viewer, video glasses | | | | about $500, and that is a lot of money to spend on |
| may very well be the iPod of 2010. With technology | | | | something you might ruin with a cup of coffee. But |
| that shrinks a 50" HD LCD home entertainment center | | | | decent visors can be purchased for around $300, |
| to the size of your Ray Bans, what was once a | | | | making them comparable to more expensive iPods, or |
| dream of science fiction can now be bought from 23 | | | | even iPhones when they were new and exciting. And |
| different vendors, and counting. Most of these sets are | | | | besides, when did price ever stop I-Bankers from |
| as versatile as contemporary televisions, allowing the | | | | running to the store for the next, new gadget? |
| consumer to watch movies, play video games, or surf | | | | So again, why aren't consumers biting? |
| the web, and top-of-the-line models even include a 3D | | | | Surely, we cannot fear a device we could slip ever so |
| setting. | | | | easily over our eyes. We already come awful close - |
| So why aren't commuter trains in New Jersey packed | | | | texting while listening to headphones - so even while it |
| with people sporting their new, hi-tech visors? Why | | | | may seem too fast at the moment, too large a step, |
| can't you see the children in the backseat of a sedan | | | | very soon, after everyone has an iPhone equivalent, |
| on the Interstate during rush-hour wearing a pair of | | | | people will start to look for something new, and when |
| video glasses above calm, noiseless mouths? In part, | | | | that happens, the world will become just a tad more |
| price is a small issue. The best-of-the-best video | | | | silent. |