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The TV Glasses That Failed in 1963

A wearable television with a screen for each eye — 63 years before Apple Vision Pro.

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Hugo Gernsback's "Teleyeglasses" — a portable TV you wore like goggles, with a tiny 2-inch screen for each eye. 63 years before Apple Vision Pro. It weighed 5 pounds and overheated.

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