MicroOptical’s myvu™ Personal Media Viewer Makes U.S. Debut at Macworld

Personal media viewer will accelerate the adoption of Apple’s iPod® Video by providing hands free, head-up access to a large virtual screen.

San Francisco, CA & Boston, MA (PRWEB) January 11, 2006 -- The MicroOptical Corporation, the leader in eyewear video viewers for the portable electronics industry, introduced its myvu™ personal media viewer to the U.S. market at the Macworld Conference & Expo. The myvu viewer, which comprises eyewear with built in video viewing and audio systems, revolutionizes the way people watch video with an Apple iPod®. Attendees can have a personal demonstration of the viewer in booth 849 through January 13.

By connecting the small, ultra-light “binocular” eyewear viewer to an iPod, users can watch their favorite music videos, video podcasts and TV shows with a large image right in front of their eyes. Since MicroOptical’s myvu™ viewer works indoors and outdoors, users can experience portable video anywhere, anytime. Because the display and audio systems are built into the eyewear, myvu can be worn in any position -- reclining on an airplane, sitting on a park bench and even lying down on a couch.

“MicroOptical proved the myvu™ viewer’s ability to deliver portable video in France, where under the Orange brand it is paired by France Telecom with a Samsung D600 cell phone,” said Mark Spitzer, CEO of MicroOptical. “We chose Macworld as the venue to debut the product in the U.S. because of the overwhelming response Apple has had for its video iPod. As the iPod changes the way people experience video, the myvu™ viewer will accelerate its adoption by providing hands free, head-up access to a large virtual image. The myvu™ viewer makes watching portable video more practical.”

For more information, visit www.myvu.com or contact Bruce Lampert, MicroOptical’s vice president of sales and business development, at either 781-326-8111 x118.

About MicroOptical

The MicroOptical Corporation is a privately held company based in Westwood, Mass. Its mission is to be the leading developer and manufacturer of innovative eyewear displays that connect to personal, military, industrial and medical electronic devices, ranging from cell phones and media players to patient monitoring equipment and thermal weapon sights. With its patented, proprietary technology and a strategic alliance with Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optical products, MicroOptical is at the forefront of the electronics and wearable display industries. MicroOptical’s video viewers, which represent an ergonomic breakthrough over conventional head-mounted displays, have received widespread industry recognition from e-inSITE, Newsweek, Popular Science, Society of Information Display, Test and Measurement World and Frost and Sullivan. For more information, visit www.microoptical.net.

Contact:

Bruce Lampert

The MicroOptical Corporation

781-326-8111 x118

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