Golden-i Head-Mounted Computer

At the Verizon Wireless booth at CES, engineers demonstrated a headset computer called Golden-i for use in public safety and other field workforce applications.

In a demonstration, Kopin engineer Stephen Pombo showed how a security guard wearing the headset computer could receive a radio report of a missing child in a shopping mall, or view a list of incident reports on the headset display. Then, he could use a voice command to ask the system to show a map of the layout of the mall, and then command security cameras to pan and tilt to search areas where the child was last seen.

The Golden-i unit is a head-mounted PC running Windows CE embedded, controlled completely by gestures and voice. An internal accelerometer controls scrolling with head motion while dual microphones cut down on ambient noise. Just below the line of sight, there’s a .44-inch display that appears to be 15 inches when it’s in focus.

Specs wise, there’s a TI OMAP 3730 processor clocked at 1 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, as well as 512 MB of internal flash storage. That’s more than enough storage for the lightweight OS, though there is also a microSD card slot and mini-USB on-the-go slot for attaching peripherals or doing development work. It also has Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, low-power Wi-Fi, and Verizon Wireless will offer a 4G dongle to provide connectivity everywhere.

Kopin is offering the rugged headset and a software developer kit for $2,500. The headset was built in a partnership with Motorola Solutions.