On business trips, Pete Jameson gets odd looks from fellow airplane passengers when he's in his seat typing on a keyboard with no screen to be seen.
But Jameson is looking at a jumbo-size display, thanks to augmented reality glasses that project images for his eyes only. His headset looks like slightly oversized sunglasses and what he sees is not visible to others.
Jameson is chief operating officer of ODG, one of a host of companies pursuing the emerging market of augmented reality, or AR, glasses.
Commuter privacy and productivity likely will be one of the early consumer uses of AR glasses, said Jameson.
The nice part about the experience is that the AR glasses wearer is not disconnected from the environment as they would be with virtual reality goggles. With AR headsets, you can still see and hear what's happening around you, he said.
Jameson elicits some raised eyebrows when he's using a wireless keyboard with his AR glasses.
Most of the current AR headset makers, including Daqri, Meta, ODG and Vuzix (VUZI), are focused on enterprise markets because the hardware is expensive, as are the software and services, IDC analyst Tom Mainelli said.
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