Remember the Headplay Personal Cinema System that Jen wrote about in her Top Ten Geeky Eyewear roundup? Well, the company is showcasing the headset this year at DigitalLife, and we had a chance to take it for a spin, along with a few thousand of our closest friends.

My initial feedback is pretty positive. It took a bit of adjusting to get the thing to fit right--this likely had to do with the fact that each set was probably handled several hundred times before I had a chance to actually try it out. The knobs were jammed, and it wasn't until I was handed a second unit that I was actually able to get the thing to fit right. Still, the adjustability seems a key feature. The fact that prior 3D optical systems have lacked such customization may be why these things are notorious for making people feel queasy.

My major complaint is that the light in the room affected the performance of the glasses somewhat--the effect wasn't quite as isolating as one might have hoped.

Otherwise, the 3D effect was quite cool--perhaps not quite $549 worth of cool, but hey, that's the high price you pay for geeky eyewear.