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An intriguing idea, but a few issues make this a very hard sell: 1) resolution is too low, 2) eInk's slow refresh time will make it look like your entire world is flashing, 3) due to the low resolution, you can only render like a paragraph worth of text; there will be a lot of page scrolling, and 4) price is too high for a one-utility device. Maybe there could be a v3 or v4 that can solve these issues.

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Good points, but I'd quibble about the price being too high for a single use device. There is a segment of the population that spends a lot of time reading and they don't mind spending money for a device that provides a good reading experience. The original Kindle cost $399 back in 2007 and sold out in hours. The high-end Kindle still costs $250.

I don't think the eink will make it look like the world is flashing, because I'm guessing the text is fixed in one place, moving with you when you turn your head.

which is also not great for entirely different reasons

I doubt it. To pull that off you need a high frame rate and lots of motion tracking.

I think parent is saying the opposite of what you think. No tracking, no VR. Just e-ink screens in sunglasses

> moving with you when you turn your head

As in, unlike vr it doesn't stay in place- much dumber tech. just Kindle on your face

Yeah that makes sense, their original wording was ambiguous.

It won't look like the world is flashing, because eInk just doesn't work that way anymore. Any modern eInk display can go many page turns without a full-screen refresh. IIRC Kobos, Nooks, and Kindles come preconfigured to only refresh on chapter breaks.

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