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"LAS VEGAS \u2014 Somewhere in Mountain View, Google is busy noodling around with the its innovative Google Glass wearable computer. In the meantime, companies like Vuzix are jumping into the breach, hoping those anxious for on-your-face computing will give solutions like Smart Glasses M100 a try.\nUnveiled here at CES 2013, Smart Glasses are a sort of second-screen device for Android phones and tablets. Yes, you wear them on your head, but the set-up is not as elegant as the very glasses-like Google Glass. There's a rather bulky control pod that includes an ear piece you push gently into your ear. It's connected to an eyepiece that sits in front of your right eye. All is secured by a head band that goes over the top of your head.\nThe Android based mini-computer includes speech recognition, so you can control it with your voice instead of the tiny buttons, and a low-rez YQVGA camera.\nIf you can get Vuzix Smart Glasses positioned correctly, you'll see a rather bright onscreen interface that you can control via two small buttons on the pod. Vuzix execs also showed an Android tablet where you can ostensibly set up some of the available applications for the wearable device. In my brief time with the device, I initially found it difficult to adjust, but once I got the M100 positioned, it was pretty comfortable. However, while I could with some effort see the screen, I had to work to keep it in view.\nLike Google Glass, Smart Glasses M100 are not quite ready for prime time yet. A software development kit is rolling out now and shipping product for the sub-$500 device is not expected until the summer.\n\nThumbnail image by Mashable\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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