If the Carl Zeiss Cinemizer doesn’t become the most popular gadget in Santa’s sleigh, we’ll swallow our iPhones whole. Everyone we showed it to responded with “cool . . . amazing . . . I have to get this . . . how much is it?” The Zeiss Cinemizer is “video eyewear” – a pair of spectacles that you connect to all manner of other gadgets, such as iPhones and iPods to watch films and play games on what appears to be a giant cinema screen resting on your nose – perfect for travelling.
Movies and games reach out and grab you, with none of the headaches associated with getting flimsy 3-D glasses adjusted in front of your own spectacles, because you can adjust the Cinemizer to your own prescription simply by turning the dials. Get down to Opticks at 1 South Anne Street, Dublin 2, to see it. It connects to your phone, your PlayStation, DVD player, Nintendo Wii – you name it. It costs €399 and after New York and Berlin, Dublin is the third city in the world to have it, says Sven Spollen-Behrens of newly-opened Opticks, which also sells ordinary spectacles.
