Towards an Everyday Head-Worn Display
Date: December 1, 2022
Despite having advantages over the smartphone, smartglasses and head-up displays have not yet reached the popularity of the smartphone.
Cellphone 97%, smartphone 85% pew research.
About 21% of Americans have smartwatches, which provide added context (find common sensors in smartwatches)
18% of Americans have a VR headset statista
Smartglasses are significantly less at 5% of the working population in 2025, and anecdotally I’ve met far more people with VR headsets and smartwatches than smartglasses. working americans.
63.7% of Americans already wear prescription glasses warby parker
- for $300 dollars, next pair of glasses can be smart glasses
Graphic of affordances of
smartphone
- stowed in pocket
- real estate for touch-based interaction
smartwatch
- always present
- health sensors
smartglasses
- egocentric vision
- private audio feedback
Meta Ray Bans (2023)
The Ray Bans are comfortable and stylish enough to wear everday. However, the functionality is limited and the device does not allow for custom development. I have been in a conversation multiple times, and been interrupted by a notification (that only I can hear).
The tech is subtle that I’ve only had 1 person ask about the cameras in the glasses.
I’d prefer a hardware camera cover slider, like those for laptop cameras. Security by design, especially through hardware.
North Focals (2022)
Tooz Devkit (2022)
Tooz supports a screen refresh of 1Hz. Peter Feng created this terminal emulator to increase the screen refresh to a useable rate (greater than an average user’s typing speed).
Vufine VUF-110 Wearable Display (2022)
Google Glass Explorer Edition (2020-2021)
