Epson Moverio BT-200

I watched Star Trek: Into Darkness and The Avengers on the BT-200 in relative comfort, though I had to be careful with the pressure both the BT-200 and my own glasses put on my nose over time.

The 1.3-by-7.1-by-2.2-inch (HWD, not including the flexible plastic arms), 3.7-ounce techno-shades have big, thick clear rectangular lenses and blocky tinted front filters, that make the BT-200 look like they came straight from Johnny Mnemonic.

You can forego the filters entirely, which makes the glasses look even uglier but remarkably doesn't expose whatever you're watching to the outside world.

Unlike Google Glass, the BT-200 neither builds all of its brains into the glasses themselves or require a smartphone or tablet connection to get the most out of them. Instead, everything is controlled by an included, wired unit that doubles as the controls.

While it looks clunkier, the BT-200 is also much more functionally designed than Google Glass.

A bright, colorful display, projected across angled surfaces inside the thick, clear lenses, sits in front of each eye instead of just hovering in a corner over the right eye. This lets an image appear directly in the middle of the user's view rather than the edge.

The smartphone-shaped control box connects to the glasses by a cable through a wide, 30-pin iPhone-like plug.

The cable connecting the box to the glasses has a clip-on secondary box about a foot from the display that holds a 3.5mm port for the included earbuds with in-line microphone.

A Mute button and micro SD card slot sits on the left edge, while a micro USB port and Volume Up/Down buttons sit on the right edge.

Epson includes clip-in frames you can fit with prescription lenses, and the slightly tinted filter can also be swapped out for a much darker filter that blocks out much more if your view, but can make the projected display seem brighter and more immersive.

The glasses, control box, and the filters, earbuds, and other in-box accessories all fit comfortably in molded foam slots in the included hard-shell nylon carrying case.

The included case is a handy way to carry around everything you need to use the BT-200 in a headphones-sized package.