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The Project Morpheus virtual reality headset is not the only head-mounted device under development by Sony. The manufacturer has revealed a prototype of a headset similar to Google Glass called SmartEyeglass, though while Google's effort relies on a small screen off to the side, Sony is opting for something more ambitious, and less discrete in terms of design.

The glasses work by superimposing text, symbols, and images into the user's field of view, with its "hologram optics technology" allowing the lens to be 3mm thick, and have a high transparency of 85 percent. With a resolution of 419x138, the superimposed items will have little in the way of detail, as it will be able to display content in monochrome green with an 8-bit color depth.

Despite the display limitations, SmartEyeglass still offers a 3-megapixel camera, an accelerometer, gyroscope, electronic compass, brightness sensor, microphone, Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity, and weighs a total of 121 grams (4.3 ounces). The accompanying controller is attached by a cable, with the device including another microphone, a touch sensor for navigation, a few buttons, and the battery.

While Sony is planning to put the prototype on sale from March of next year, it has released a software development kit so that interested third parties can create apps, in preparation of a consumer launch.