We are not isolated in a completely virtual world as in the first case, nor is it as "simple" as augmented reality Google glasses. It all started when Jeri Ellsworth (the mind behind the C64 DTV) and Rick Johnson left Valve to start a personal project. Shortly thereafter, the company Gabe Newell began experimenting with virtual reality, but Ellsworth and Johnson plans were more focused on augmented reality. Thus was born CastAR, a pair of glasses with a special thing on top, in charge of issuing a stereoscopic image on a support surface. CastAR launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking at least $ 400,000 to move to the next phase, however, consumers decided to collaborate with more than one million.
Here glasses, not a helmet, which have implemented a couple of small projectors and technology made a "retro-reflective" in which they will project images screens. The result is a 3D scene in our eyes, while maintaining the ability to create augmented reality (still see the real world).
The video was released in celebration of the first shipments of experimental glasses, and although everything appears there is no way, some taxpayers indicated that father's experience on the desktop and girl playing with paper airplane are very close to the current state. Both glasses accessories are available in presale through the official site. CastAR price of each unit is $ 400, while one of the most interesting option is the adapter that turns the glasses into something more like a VR helmet for $ 85.
