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One of the things they mention is you get to choose the frames, then mount the Glass on to them, but you can't remove the Glass and use them as normal frames. S

One of the things they mention is you get to choose the frames, then mount the Glass on to them, but you can't remove the Glass and use them as normal frames. So the usefulness of the glasses themselves are heavily reduced, as you'll inevitably have situations where you can't wear Glass so you need another frame to swap for. Can't say I'm overly impressed with the idea.

k-mcgrady 13y ago
>> "One of the things they mention is you get to choose the frames, then mount the Glass on to them, but you can't remove the Glass and use them as normal frames." Why can't you remove it again? I read on another site that it was simply held in place by one screw (which you put in yourself after you get the frames home). If it's a screw I would think you could just unswear it again.
- travisp 13y ago
  He means that you can't just easily remove Glass when you are doing things like entering public restrooms or a movie theater. Sure, you could bring along the special screwdriver and sit their unscrewing it, but I don't think that's practical in most situations you might want to remove Glass from your head. You can remove your glasses, but many of us who wear glasses can't easily get by without them. So, that if we really want to wear Glass in public attached to our glasses, we have to bring two pairs of glasses with us everywhere.
  - tostitos1979 13y ago
    #FAIL. I am in the explorer program and was initially excited to see these frames. The few times I've taken Glass outside, I try not to behave like a glasshole (I remove it before going to a public restroom, in restaurant/theatres, etc.). My prescription is pretty high so I cannot function without specs. How could they make such a bad product design decision?
    - k-mcgrady 13y ago
      >> How could they make such a bad product design decision? Maybe they made the decision so you can't take them off. If people realise they can't ask you to take them off or you won't be able to see, they may not say anything and it will normalise the use of Glass in situations people are currently uncomfortable with it.
- nicholassmith 13y ago
  You can unscrew the Glass device from the frame, but the right leg is shorter to accommodate it so it won't sit on your face properly.
nicholassmith 13y ago
I should have expanded it on a bit as the information isn't in the recode link. The left leg is normal length, the right isn't[1] as it needs to allow space for the device to fit in, due to this even if you remove the Glass device from the frames you'd need another pair of glasses on you anyway to wear instead. So you're looking at a pair of regular glasses, your Glass glasses, and if you're like me and it's summer time (or you live somewhere less miserable than England) potentially a pair of prescription sunglasses. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/28/5352592/google-glass-prescription-lenses-frames-titanium-collection http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/28/5352592/google-glass-presc... "Unfortunately, these new frames won't really work without Glass. Because the right stem is shorter than the left, you won’t be able to wear them comfortably on their own."

k-mcgrady 13y ago

>> "One of the things they mention is you get to choose the frames, then mount the Glass on to them, but you can't remove the Glass and use them as normal frames." Why can't you remove it again? I read on another site that it was simply held in place by one screw (which you put in yourself after you get the frames home). If it's a screw I would think you could just unswear it again.

travisp 13y ago
He means that you can't just easily remove Glass when you are doing things like entering public restrooms or a movie theater. Sure, you could bring along the special screwdriver and sit their unscrewing it, but I don't think that's practical in most situations you might want to remove Glass from your head. You can remove your glasses, but many of us who wear glasses can't easily get by without them. So, that if we really want to wear Glass in public attached to our glasses, we have to bring two pairs of glasses with us everywhere.
- tostitos1979 13y ago
  #FAIL. I am in the explorer program and was initially excited to see these frames. The few times I've taken Glass outside, I try not to behave like a glasshole (I remove it before going to a public restroom, in restaurant/theatres, etc.). My prescription is pretty high so I cannot function without specs. How could they make such a bad product design decision?
  - k-mcgrady 13y ago
    >> How could they make such a bad product design decision? Maybe they made the decision so you can't take them off. If people realise they can't ask you to take them off or you won't be able to see, they may not say anything and it will normalise the use of Glass in situations people are currently uncomfortable with it.
nicholassmith 13y ago
You can unscrew the Glass device from the frame, but the right leg is shorter to accommodate it so it won't sit on your face properly.

nicholassmith 13y ago

I should have expanded it on a bit as the information isn't in the recode link. The left leg is normal length, the right isn't[1] as it needs to allow space for the device to fit in, due to this even if you remove the Glass device from the frames you'd need another pair of glasses on you anyway to wear instead. So you're looking at a pair of regular glasses, your Glass glasses, and if you're like me and it's summer time (or you live somewhere less miserable than England) potentially a pair of prescription sunglasses. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/28/5352592/google-glass-prescription-lenses-frames-titanium-collection http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/28/5352592/google-glass-presc... "Unfortunately, these new frames won't really work without Glass. Because the right stem is shorter than the left, you won’t be able to wear them comfortably on their own."