DISCLAIMER: By following the steps on these pages, you risk modifying, or worse, damaging your display/camera permanently. I will not be responsible for any damage that may occur to your display/camera while following the steps described herein. Good luck.

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I was able to purchase a Sony Glasstron PLM-A35 without audio for a reasonable price off the Internet. I'm a bargain hunter. I paid $270.00 Canadian ($195US). Remove the opaque front cover by unscrewing the tiny screws on the reverse side. Take care in prying off the cover with the screwdriver. We can now see two individual displays for each eye and a connected PCB that lends bulk to the unit. To use these glasses for mediated reality, remove the display of your less dominant eye. In my case, I removed the left display. To determine which of your eyes is the most dominant, outstrech your arm holding your index finger straight out in fron of you. With both eyes open, point at a target at least ten feet away. Close each eye to determine with which eye your finger is closest to the target. That is your dominant eye.

Remove the PCB and the displays by removing the screws. It wiggles out. The black wires are for audio that I desoldered at the PCB.

The displays are removed from the PCB. To do this, detach the flat flex cables (FFC) by gently opening the connectors by pulling the tabs forward. The unit will slide out. Make a note of the direction in which the cable sits in the connector.

The LCD and backlight are separated from the optic by a black bracket. Remove the LCD and backlight from each side of the bracket. The LCD and backlight each have two screws that need to be removed before prying them off with a screwdriver. Note that there is alot of pink goop surrounding all of these parts. Scrape some of this away with the screwdriver. To remove the optic, gently pry back the metal clips holding the optic in place. Jiggle it out. Don't scratch the lens ESPECIALLY the side facing the LCD. If you scratch it, it will be pretty annoying later. Luckily, however, you have two have everything, so don't panic if you make a mistake the first time around.

After one display is completely removed, place the one display back in the casing and screw the bracket back into place. It is important that you have the proper screwdrivers because these screws are extremely tight and can easily strip.
Plug the Glasstron in, cross your fingers and hope that everything still works. Take photos of yourself looking like a real nerd and post them on the Web.
Now that the Glasstron is modified and working, we can proceed onto the next stage of the modification using the removed display. You have now entered the point where every millimeter counts. Begin removing items that are unnecessary and take up much needed space such as the tabs that extend from the LCD. I removed these with an Xacto blade. This photo gives you some sense of scale.
Now the search was on for a pair of cool shades that would be both large enough and deep enough to fit the necessary parts without squishing my eyeball. This took longer than expected as there are no cool shades that were both large enough and deep enough in my price range. I settled for some Solar Shield, size large that I purchased from my local drugstore for $25.00 Canadian ($18US). I proceeded to once again remove the parts from the Glasstron and atttempt to fit them in the Solar Shield. This photo shows the PCB on the bottom left that would need to be removed in order to be covert. Note that the LCD is turned 180 degrees and the entire display is flipped upsidedown so that it will fit into the glasses.
At this point, the display is held in place and aligned with alot of toilet paper and electrical tape. Take more photos of yourself looking nerdy and post them on the Web.
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