Thought smartwatches were the future? Sony may have other plans, after it filed a patent application for a vibrating wig wearable computing device, which features a camera, laser pointer and ultrasound sensors.
The patent describes a wig hat is adapted to cover at least a part of a head of a user with at least one sensor for providing input data, a processing unit that is coupled to the at least one sensor for processing said input data, and a communication interface that is coupled to the processing unit for communicating with a second computing device.
The sensor, or possibly sensors, the processing unit and the "communication interface" are arranged in the wig so as to be "visually hidden" during use, according to the United States Patent Application 20130311132 filed by Sony Corporation.
The patent describes a system "comprising such a wearable computing device and a second computing device for transmitting and/or receiving control data to and/or from the wearable computing device, which second computing device is locally separated from the wearable computing device".
The filing points out that continuous improvements in both software and hardware have led to the development of wearable computing devices. However, most known wearable devices have become "neither common nor popular".
In light of this Sony describes its cyber wig as an "object to provide an improved wearable computing device and system including such a wearable computing device".
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