But Inviso, a company with headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., would like to change that with eShades, a head-mounted computer display device that looks like a pair of oversize sunglasses. When attached to a laptop, the eShades device makes it possible to view documents or Web pages at what appears to be full size. The glasses use a technology called Liquid Crystal on Silicon.
Liquid crystal is injected under a glass pane that is placed over a silicon chip.
The result is a flat-panel display on the computer chip itself. When viewed with the optics in the eShades, the display has the appearance of a 19-inch monitor seen from a distance of two and a half feet. They are aimed at mobile professionals who value their privacy while working. Ask questions about Consumer Electronics , the Web , Technology News and more. Get answers and tell other readers what you know in Abuzz, new from The New York Times.