We had a European first in the office today with this demo of Vuzix's Augmented Reality spectacles. Combining augmented reality with 3D images they let you see three dimensional characters pop out of objects in the real world.
So looking through the glasses, dragons pop out of pages, volcanos erupt on a book in front of you and globes orbit your mug. A prototype was seen on the Gadget Show back in April, but this is the finished product now available for developers.
At £1500 the AR specs are not exactly for consumers and until 2011, only 200-300 models will be made.
We have literally seen the future... watch the video to see the demo with David Lock, the European head of Vuzix
via Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiZQW0k2Ro&feature=youtube_gdata