It will certainly have to be a strong product to succeed in the market, irrespective of whether it's a status symbol, I agree.

And if this is a product to be used on your couch at home alone, who cares how it looks?

But some people imagine this being used by world travellers to translate signs in foreign languages, by laptop users in coffee shops to have a huge screen, by parents to take hands-free video of their kid's first steps, by mass transit passengers to watch movies, and so on.

If the product's success relies on being worn in public - people will have to want to be seen wearing it.