Sony presented its Smart Eyeglass at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week and it could change the FIFA World Cup and other sporting events forever.
Using the Smart Eyeglass, World Cup attendees would be able to view real-time statistics and even watch videos while wearing them at the games.
Those are both cool features but the real value to Sony, and viewers, is the Smart Eyeglass video recording.
Imagine viewing replays of World Cup goals from multiple points of view, immediately after they occur. That could be possible with Smart Eyeglass, according to Sony.
Hiroshi Mukawa, a lead engineer of Smart Eyeglass, told The Hollywood Reporter that infrastructure was the only thing keeping Smart Eyeglass from being tested at the World Cup.
"We would like to do it, but we are still deciding," he said at the International CES. "We could send and receive data via Bluetooth, but if we want to share video, then we need wireless, and the issue is whether local connectivity is strong enough."
An in-stadium application would be key to effectively competing with Google Glass, another wearable interface.
Unlike Google Glass which has one holographic lens and one camera, Sony's prototype Smart Eyeglass has two holographic lenses and a camera.
Users would be able to capture video of the game while viewing a selection of information. Mark Hachman at PCWorld said the Smart Eyeglass demonstration included a test during which users watched part of a previous World Cup match and could view tweets, commentary and the score.
