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oh dang i was so into these guys in college. in late '90s i used to read about their prototypes of backpack computers that showed you a linux desktop through an uncomfortable eyepiece at 640x480 (maybe a bit lower?) and you could type with one hand via a chording-keyboard device called a Twiddler.
i remember imagining myself riding a bus while checking my email and finding the vision very cool. (not sure where my net connection would've come from...)
i did not have similar enthusiasm for Google Glass once that came about
edit: that's probably a Twiddler in rightmost guy's hand. and he and third from left have the one-eyed display i'm remembering.
edit 2: just read about Steve Mann (leftmost person) for 20 minutes. this wiki makes it feel like i'm in the '90s again
oh my god apparently they're still making them https://www.tekgear.com/twiddler-3-wrap.html
yeah. not much of note about the model 3 on YT, but LGR has a good vid on the original '90s model. i'd forgotten it had mouse functionality too. pretty damn cool for 1992. update: it has liquid inside!!! 🤩
old dreams of discreet one-handed typing on the go are resurfacing...😸wonder just how easy or onerous Twiddlering is....
same
tbh though i think the 1992 OG (as in this auction) would be hard to just plug into modern machines. the v3's bluetooth / USB is probably where it's at. if "it" is anywhere.
gosh i just really like the idea of halfway-capable typing in any position, with body posture not required to accommodate keyboard (and mouse) on desk.
edit: huh same seller also selling this "WristPC Wearable Keyboard" from 1998
if they made head’s up displays now the only thing you’d be able to do is look at ads