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Re:Meta announces Oakley smart glasses by dmarcos on Friday June 20, 2025 @11:46AM (#44328841)
And contact lenses and lasik are popular because many don’t want to wear glasses. I see head mounted displays useful in constrained scenarios (e.g construction site and tasks where you already wear safety glasses and need free hands). I have a harder time seeing a world where people ditch phones and start voluntarily wearing glasses which is often uncomfortable and inconvenient. Just finished 5 miles run on treadmill, went to sauna and did bouldering. There’s no room for glasses but can occasionally check my phone.
Re:Meta announces Oakley smart glasses by mollerhoj on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:04PM (#44329059)
i dont think youre very representative of the general population
Re:Meta announces Oakley smart glasses by dmarcos on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:30PM (#44329945)
Contacts and especially lasik are growing in popularity. Strong signal people don’t enjoy wearing glasses if they can avoid it
Re:Meta announces Oakley smart glasses by someuser2345 on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:57PM (#44329675)
> I have a harder time seeing a world where people ditch phones and start voluntarily wearing glasses which is often uncomfortable and inconvenient

I see this world all the time at the beach; lots of people wear sunglasses there.

Re:Meta announces Oakley smart glasses by dmarcos on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:34PM (#44329977)
To be able to see and remove them as soon as they can. And even in those scenarios not everybody wear them. Run my own little study at beaches, concerts and other outdoor activities and noticed less people wear glasses than I was expecting in ideal conditions to do so (<50%)