This is going to be a fun year for geeks who have no fashion sense.  Joining the Google Glasses this year will be the M100 Smart Glasses (maybe they’ll think of a cooler name?) from Vuzix.  It’s essentially a head-mounted computer, with a 720p HD camera, bluetooth connectivity to your smart phone, and a WQVGA display (that’s a mere 240 lines of resolution, less than the original iPhone’s 320 lines if held horizontal) in your field of view.  That display, while small, is comparable to a four inch smartphone viewed about 14″ away.  Battery life is just so-so…8 hours when used as a handsfree headset for your phone, or two hours if the display is active (and only about half an hour if you’re also using the camera).

So, why would you want one?  Well, like the Google Glasses, it’ll really come down to the software applications yet to be written for these devices.  It’s a small step towards truly Augmented Reality, but a cool one, and I can’t wait to see what software developers create for these.  Give it a couple years, and as software matures and battery life improves, I think you’ll see a lot of people wearing things like this.

(via Slashgear)