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I had not considered that. I don’t imagine you’d be able to wear glasses while wearing them, no. But unless you need glasses to ride a bike you won’t need them.
by TrueGeek 5y ago
I had not considered that. I don’t imagine you’d be able to wear glasses while wearing them, no. But unless you need glasses to ride a bike you won’t need them. Even if you are near sighted you can see the AR display.
- gibolt 5y agoI'd imagine HN readers to be more likely to wear distance glasses than the average population. That requirement knocks a ton of AR/VR options off the table for me :(
- teeray 5y agoAre there no VR sets that can be fitted with corrective lenses?
- Ancapistani 5y agoI’m mildly farsighted and have an astigmatism in one eye. I use a Quest 2 with 3D printed adapters and lenses sourced from a $15 pair of Zenni Optical frames I ordered for the purpose.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoHow do they work out for you? I'm nearsighted with light astigmatism and I got some 3D lens adapters from VR Optician. But I have weird purple colour fringing around the Quest 2's bright blue buttons. It's like the 3 colours are separating there. Doesn't happen when I wear my glasses. I thought it might be because these lenses are attached to the Quest and not my head.
- caslon 5y agoFor a lot of AR/VR devices, the communities around them find ways of conveniently using prescription lenses. There's a pretty common Quest 2 mod, for example, using 3D printing and $10 prescription lenses to allow you to use the device without glasses (the headset itself comes with a glasses spacer, but it's notoriously awful). The optics for these things in particular are almost never in the actual lenses, so for AR gadgets you can usually just pop them out and replace them, if you've got a way to source compatible lenses.
- toast0 5y agoI don't need glasses to ride a bike, just to see all the obstacles to avoid. ;p