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This a bit of an aside, I have slight astigmatism, and I have some prescription glasses in a drawer somewhere that I haven't put on in ten years. Fixing my les
by abruzzi 12y ago
This a bit of an aside, I have slight astigmatism, and I have some prescription glasses in a drawer somewhere that I haven't put on in ten years. Fixing my less than perfect vision is not worth the hassle of having to wear a device on my head all the time. I haven't worn a watch on my wrist since...probably elementary school--so the 70's. For a few years I carried a pocket watch, now my cell phone is my pocket watch, and that is a significantly better situation than wearing a piece of tech on my wrist. So it seems like the all the tech companies are trying to make me wear something that I have already concluded I don't want to wear.
In the case of watches it seems less strange--plenty of people love watches on their wrist. So Apple and Motorola can sell to them. But the only people who wear glasses are people with vision problems. They do their best to make them comfortable and fashionable, both I don't know anyone with good vision wishing they could wear glasses. So if Google can make a version that works with prescription lenses, and sell to people that need them, but it seems like it's going to be a much harder push to get people who don't wear glasses every day to commit.
- jarek 12y agoPlenty of people wear glasses for fashion.
- illumen 12y agoPlenty of people wear contact lenses.
- jarek 12y agoYep, athletes, cyclists...
- esrauch 12y agoMany many people wear contact lenses rather than glasses for style reasons. I probably know more people who have contacts than glasses, and none of them are athletes.
- jarek 12y agoIt's not exactly a non-starter though. These days few people in the first world wear glasses or watches out of necessity, but some do wear watches or glasses for fashion.
- digi_owl 12y agoHornrims?