Sony HMZ Personal Viewer

Jacklyn J. Dyer September 27, 2024

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SONY HMZ-T1 private viewer/eyewear

Both the gaming network and movie buffs are raving about the release of the Sony HMZ-T1 non-public viewer,

The unit first rolled out on eleven/eleven/eleven. Within days, it bought out the world, and pre-orders were being accepted for the second wave of gadgets to hit the marketplace at the start of Feb.2012.

I managed to get my arms on a unit, so this text is based on my personal arms on revel in with the Sony HMZ-T1.

So what exactly is this Sony personal viewer & does it stay up to the hype?

It is a pair of high-tech wrap-around glasses you pull down over your eyes. Two very small (0.7-inch) OLED (1280x720p) monitors are placed in front of your eyes, creating a phantasm of a massive theater display screen in front of you. If your region is 6″ from a 19″ display, you will understand how huge the display is.

An easy analogy might be to imagine yourself sitting in a huge film theater alone: just you and that first-rate massive film display about five rows before you. The experience itself is surely first-rate. But greater about the real experience quickly.

First impressions make an enduring effect…

My initial effect of the unit turned into that it was really smaller than I’d predicted. Much smaller in evaluation to the advertised pictures I’d seen online. The front is enclosed in white plastic that feels like a flimsy substitute. It’s not a nicely constructed product as I noticed each slide button, keeping straps & typical density of plastic as a cheap-looking substitute. I’m no engineer, but I felt most people of the outside hardware pieces have been likely instantly out of China. But howdy, I’m now not too interested in the exterior aesthetics of the tool as I became extra intrigued by what goes on within this little wondrous device.

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I Hit begin

So after fiddling around, adjusting the head strap, ear portions, and the horizontal distance of the OLED monitors, I finally powered the unit up… Wow… I was presented with a shiny blue display surrounded by darkness other than a touch of mild spilling in from below my cheeks. On the right side are menu buttons that permit you to navigate a setup menu that appears on the screen. After calibrating the unit for satisfactory visual performance & HDMI, that’s proper; it supports HDMI. So I hit begin on a Blu-ray player.

Kapow! The visuals have been remarkable… I imply I became genuinely drop-jawed… This aspect is rattling cool!

I feel it is worth bringing up; I have owned more than one personal visor over the years, such as the Emagine Z800 & the new Sony, which blows every other eye out of the water. The resolution is so crisp & clean, and the assessment of color is superb.

Having praised the OLED display screen era, I’d like to point out that Sony is investing in QD simply around the nook. (Quantum Dots) Light-emitting particles, which can be a hundred 000 times smaller than the width of a human strand of hair, can be published onto bendy plastic that may be rolled up or maybe printed onto big sheets of paper to create giant monitors. Consider a non-public visor using QDs on a flexible display screen that wraps around your peripheral vision. But for now, we are glad about OLED displays.

Shiny Blue display screen. Mmmm

So, where were we? Oh, sure, the Sony HMZ. I became impressed, simply inspired. The Blu-ray film I watched became a Pixar 3D animation called Monster House. So I checked out the 3-D intensity, which, is one of the gadget’s many important features. Using dual OLED screens, Sony has neutralized an issue plaguing 3DTV, called “crosstalk.” The audio is crisp and clean, with sincerely excellent bass. I adjusted the audio ranges to my liking & became pretty impressed.

What..No Head TRACKING… What had been the questioning?

I am slightly disenchanted that Sony hasn’t taken an additional step & incorporated head tracking into the unit.

Head monitoring would allow the person to play 1st individual-style games to develop greater immersive digital fact enjoyment. For example, if your appearance is up, the image pans upward.

There is a simple solution. One can, without difficulty, connect Natural Factor’s TrackIR device. I even have attempted TrackIR with numerous HMDs (head-established gadgets ) & discovered the display refresh price is non-existent with ultra-modern computer hardware.

Such a tool yearns to be let loose…

I’m the handiest speculating here, but I sense Sony is merely testing the waters to see if a big enough market exists to help this kind of device. This is, in any case, a prototype for them. I feel this unit has sure features that show it’s in its infancy, not a totally-fledged tool designed to accommodate a mass market. Take, for instance, the separate HDMI interface. This is glaringly a surplus outer hardware case from a TV tuner or similar device. Sony has tethered this to the visor with a 2m lengthy cable. It’s as if many surplus parts have virtually been scavenged. The HDMI through box restricts the wearer from entering the cell with this device. Such a tool yearns to be let loose… Plug and play SWTOR ( Starwars the Vintage Republic), for example, while lazing on a beach or taking a while.

The Future’s so vivid… I have to wear sunglasses…

The Walkman of the twenty-first Century. Hhhmm… Perhaps the earphones date lower back to the early Nineteen Eighties styled Walkman earphones; I am simply kidding. I don’t think we even had Dolby surround sound again then. Although, come to think about it… I recollect one nutty Professor from the film Back to the Future sporting a pair of whacked-out futuristic-looking sunglasses while he returned from what date became it… 2012 perhaps?? With a charge of $800.00 U.S, the unit glaringly received is underneath every kid’s Christmas tree; however, if manufacturing is stepped up possibly inside a year, costs might also drop to beneath $four hundred.00. But I would not get your hopes up.

Michael Banks.