Nikon has announced the Media Port UP (“UP” read as individual letters), today. It’s a multimedia playback headset that also supports Internet connection.
A display, headphones, and mobile A/V player, are integrated with Wi-Fi, high-capacity memory, and batteries in a single wearable unit. The UP allows users to watch high-quality images, videos, and music anywhere. Two UP models will be available—the high-performance UP300x and the basic UP300.
The Media Port UP will be available only in Japan through the Nikon online UP Store (http://www.upstore.jp/). More images of the announcement can be seen here.
Major Functions include:
- The single, compact unit to watch videos and listen to music anyplace, while leaving the hands free.
- Display uses LCOS with 640 x 480 x 3 dots and 16,770,000 colors
- Equivalent to that of viewing of a 50-inch large screen from a distance of three meters.
- Display uses optics made with a new adhesion double-layer diffractive optical element (DOE) lens.
- The high-performance UP300x is equipped with a built-in motion sensor that allows for hands free operation, including volume adjustment, by moving the head up or down, left or right.
- The UP300x is equipped with an 8 GB internal memory while the UP300 offers 4 GB of internal memory.
- Powered by two AA batteries.
- File formats are MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV9 (for movies) and MP3, WMA9, AAC2 (for audio)
- Designed with a high eyepoint and diopter adjustment so that even those who wear glasses will find the display easy to view.
- In addition to Web browsing via Internet connection using the built-in Wi-Fi function, media contents can also be downloaded.
- A service for UP users that allows for the distribution of video contents will be initiated. Users will be able to easily select desired contents and download media files to their UP for viewing and listening enjoyment.
- The UP300x can be connected to portable A/V devices with an output terminal, including cellular telephones and audio players.
