[Pewpewarrows]

> Problem is…people who wear glasses can’t wear Google Glass.

Uhh, what? I was under the assumption, at least from all their marketing material and everything that I've heard about Glass from other people on the internet, that there are models that fit over your existing prescription glasses. No?

[uncoder0]

Yeah. Google is working on this right now. The problem point from what I understand is making the frames compatible with the IR sensor that does wink detection.

We whipped up a quick adapter in a few minutes using OpenSCAD and found that the IR sensor was the pain point. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:88426

[philco]

I may be wrong! Thanks for correcting me. That having been said, it should REPLACE glasses, not be in addition to. Still doesn't solve a problem for their prime target demo.

[Pewpewarrows]

What's the difference between them offering snap-on Glass over existing prescription glasses, and offering an existing Glass model with snap-in prescription lenses? You need to have one or the other, and in both cases it's an addition to normal glasses, not a replacement. Your requirement can never be satisfied for those with sub-par vision.

As for your main point: for this initial model, the main benefit it offers, that I hear from users time and time again, is the instant photo/video capability. Not having to dig your phone or camera out of your pocket / handbag is a huge win for a lot of people in the initial explorer program.

But that's not why I think the product will succeed. I can see the future potential of an always-on heads-up display, and that's just too useful to pass up. Will it ever get there? Maybe not, but I think it has a greater chance of that than failure.

[superkamiguru]

as is, they can rest on top of your glasses, but it looks weird. Companies are looking into making prescription lenses to fit on to the frame. There will likely be options when/if it becomes a consumer product