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I wear Prescription Glasses. I can't wait to get Google Glass that work well with Prescription Glasses. To me it is seamless since I already wear glasses anyway

by kumarm 13y ago

I wear Prescription Glasses. I can't wait to get Google Glass that work well with Prescription Glasses. To me it is seamless since I already wear glasses anyway. Google by ignoring Prescription Glass users initially lost a chance to have people use it 24x7.

thret 13y ago
Yes! I already wear glasses that are very expensive, surely I'd be able to use GG without looking too extravagant.
njharman 13y ago
Not to mention people who have and can deal with social stigma.
andrewfong 13y ago
I also wear prescription glasses, but wearing Google Glass 24x7 sounds like a terrible idea to me. Think of it like this: There are all sorts of situations in which it is socially unacceptable to have your phone out. Movies. Funerals. Intimate conversations with loved ones. Having Glass on 24x7 is basically the same as always having your phone out. Sure, maybe it's off and you're not actually looking at the screen while you're having a conversation. But the other person doesn't know that. If you flick your eye to a corner, does that mean you got something in your eye or were you checking a text message? Wearing prescription glasses does not interfere with my ability to establish eye contact and maintain a personal connection with someone. Google Glass does. And, come to think of it, that's really the problem with Glass. There are all sorts of useful situations in which I'd like to have Glass, much as there are all sorts of useful situations in which I'd like to have a smartphone. But I can easily put away the smartphone in the situations where it's socially unacceptable to have it out. It doesn't seem nearly as convenient to do so with Glass.
- ericd 13y ago
  It's pretty easy to do the equivalent, I just flip it to the top of my head like I do with sunglasses when I go indoors.
  - gaius 13y ago
    Umm, not if you would be blind as a bat without your prescription glasses! Like many glasses wearers I do have contact lenses too, but glasses are much more comfortable to wear all day.
    - icebraining 13y ago
      A prescription version might allow you to flip just the screen, like some clip-on sunglasses.

by kumarm 13y ago

thret 13y ago

Yes! I already wear glasses that are very expensive, surely I'd be able to use GG without looking too extravagant.

njharman 13y ago

Not to mention people who have and can deal with social stigma.

andrewfong 13y ago

I also wear prescription glasses, but wearing Google Glass 24x7 sounds like a terrible idea to me. Think of it like this: There are all sorts of situations in which it is socially unacceptable to have your phone out. Movies. Funerals. Intimate conversations with loved ones. Having Glass on 24x7 is basically the same as always having your phone out. Sure, maybe it's off and you're not actually looking at the screen while you're having a conversation. But the other person doesn't know that. If you flick your eye to a corner, does that mean you got something in your eye or were you checking a text message? Wearing prescription glasses does not interfere with my ability to establish eye contact and maintain a personal connection with someone. Google Glass does. And, come to think of it, that's really the problem with Glass. There are all sorts of useful situations in which I'd like to have Glass, much as there are all sorts of useful situations in which I'd like to have a smartphone. But I can easily put away the smartphone in the situations where it's socially unacceptable to have it out. It doesn't seem nearly as convenient to do so with Glass.

ericd 13y ago
It's pretty easy to do the equivalent, I just flip it to the top of my head like I do with sunglasses when I go indoors.
- gaius 13y ago
  Umm, not if you would be blind as a bat without your prescription glasses! Like many glasses wearers I do have contact lenses too, but glasses are much more comfortable to wear all day.
  - icebraining 13y ago
    A prescription version might allow you to flip just the screen, like some clip-on sunglasses.