So imagine that in a few years someone comes out with smart glasses that are pretty much unnoticeable. They have a tiny display in the lenses; the electronics and battery are neatly concealed in the frame. They’re operated easily with a few fairly discreet touch gestures, eye movements, and, when appropriate, voice commands. Now this is no longer something that irks people around you—it’s something you buy as an add-on to your normal glasses, giving you a head-up display for navigating city streets and translating signs while traveling. And who knows what else it might do? A non-obnoxious version of the technology would surely inspire software developers to have another try at creating interesting new applications—apps that could deliver on the information-rich lifestyle that Starner calls a “killer existence.”
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