Comment on Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• artifex@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There is at least graceful degradation:

  When the battery dies, the glasses continue to function as a traditional pair of single-vision specs, ensuring the wearer is never left in the dark or have safety compromised such as when driving or operating machinery.

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Plus “clunky” bifocals have way fewer moving parts and can be made with thin wire frames so they’re lighter.

  I’m sure there might be someone with really bad eyesight for whom these might be useful - like if the near and far prescriptions are too different to be possible, maybe - but this is inferior to the actual solution in almost every way.

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And if you forget to charge your bifocals they still work the next day.

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Plus “clunky” bifocals have way fewer moving parts and can be made with thin wire frames so they’re lighter.

    As someone with clunky bifocals, the weight of the frame (even the chunky ones) is absolutely unnoticeable compared to the weight of the lenses. You don’t get thin wireframes for the lower weight, you get it because they’re less noticeable.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Good to know. But unless you want to be giving Rivers Cuomo the autofocus ones probably aren’t your style.

      Also, could there be a backlash against thick frames in the future because they might be hiding electronics

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If it works as well as they’re claiming, that would be pretty cool. For the moment I remain skeptical.

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  • Maestro@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Are these the auto-focus ones? If so, that's surprisingly slim.... If there are no other components.

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