Packaging/Contents:

The wrapped 310 XL video eyewear comes in a small black and orange cardboard box with the words big widescreen experience on the go at the top.  The package was easy to open has the double locking fold flap on the bottom of the box and easily opens up to gain access to the eyewear inside. The back displays the product information including the supported devices, features, including performance and comfort categories, and also lists the box contents, basically everything covering the first part of this review.

Opening the box reveals the Vuzix eyeware, covered in protective plastic to keep the lenses from being scratched, as well as many accessories.  Accessories include a composite AV cable for your iPod or iPhone accessory, a RCA composite AV adapter cable, a set of earphones with three comfort rubber tips. a cable management clip, a focus adjustment tool, a AA alkaline battery, a multi-language manual, warranty/safety instructions, an alternate length nose bridge, a tether strap, and a soft carrying pouch to help keep your eyewear are connected while on the go.

Unfortunately, the review set I received, although newly packaged, did not include either the focus adjustment tool or the tether strap.

Vuzix Wrap 310XL Overview:

Looking at the contents of the package, the Vuzix glasses are quite an impressive piece of technology, the glasses themselves are pretty slick looking, while wearing them you almost feel like you’re Neo from the Matrix. These glasses are actually very handy while travelling, and sure make time fly while travelling, whether it be via bus, plane, train or other transport, of course, your social interaction will be stunted, but hey, who wants to talk to that smelly guy that had to decide to sit down next to you anyways, right?

The Vuzix 310XL Wraps can also come in handy if your partner decides she wants to watch something on the TV, and you just have to finish the next level on the newest game that was released, having your standard 3 RCA composite video hookup, the Vuzix eyewear can be hooked up to just about any of the consoles out there, even the original Xbox, Dreamcast, Playstation and Nintendos.

Setup & Usage:

Setup was really quite easy, the two adapters that come with the Wraps include and Iphone/Ipod adapter, and the 3 way (L/R audio & video) RCA composite  adapter.  If you hooked up a game console/ DVD player to a TV, or ever charged your Ipod/Iphone then its as simple as repeating the motions.  The controller on the Vuzix glasses is pretty straightforward as well, the English part of the instruction manual should be a good indicator of this, albeit thick, it actually only has 5 pages of English text, the rest of the manual is for multilingual installations, so don’t be daunted by its size. 

The Vuzix controller unit itself only has 4 buttons, the top button for powering on if held down, or once on for accessing the on screen display menu, and cycling through its options (aspect ratio, brightness, contrast, 2D/3D mode, and 3D views). The 2 middle buttons are used for either volume up and down, or to actually change the values if in the OSD menu. The fourth button is used to exit the OSD menu or can be double-clicked for making quick switches between 2D and 3D mode without having to go to the onscreen display.

When you are using your Ipad/Iphone it is important to note that you actually have to go into the video settings on your I-device and change the output settings, in order to tell it to use TV out otherwise it would display as it would normally, to its own screen. The eyewear includes a handy battery saving feature so that if no video is detected within 30 seconds it will automatically power off until the power/menu is again held down.