Is Google Glass Bad for Your Eyes?

[onehandle]

Given how much damage you do to your eyes staring at screens in the first place, will Google Glass harm your eyes in the long run?

Google has a pretty strongly-worded warning for potential wearers under the Glass FAQ section:

Glass isn’t for everyone. Like when wearing glasses, some people may feel eye strain or get a headache. If you’ve had Lasik surgery, ask your doctor about risks of eye impact damage before using Glass. Don’t let children under 13 use Glass as it could harm developing vision. Also, kids might break Glass or hurt themselves, and Google’s terms of service don’t permit those under 13 to register a Google account. If Glass is not for you and you wish to return it, do so before the end of the applicable refund period.

So no Glass for kids under 13. But that's basically just legalese with a heaping dose of caution, Dr. Jim Sheedy, Director of Optometric Research at Pacific College of Optometry's Vision Performance Institute told Gizmodo.

http://gizmodo.com/is-google-glass-bad-for-your-eyes-484466332

[loudsue]

1. What's google glass again?

I'm kinda sick of everything Google these days.

[rocktivity]

7. The question should be

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WHY Google Glass at all?



Web surfing while walking makes as much sense as driving while intoxicated.


rocktivity

[Skittles]

10. more and more I see people not living in the real world

they're stuck to their hand-helds, seemingly unaware of what's going on around them, not even talking to people they are WITH - this is just more of that

[BainsBane]

2. Not a chance in hell I'd use that

The Matrix has arrived.

[evlbstrd]

3. I don't know...

…but it couldn't be good for your dating life.

[LAGC]

4. Still waiting for Apple to come out with their iGlass?

I'm sure you'll be the first to buy.

[MADem]

6. Is this like Futurama's EYE PHONE????

[TroglodyteScholar]

5. It'll definitely be bad for your eyes...

...if only because it's inevitable that someone will not like being peeped at with it and decide to punch your face.

[MattBaggins]

8. probably.. but still not as bad as apple is for your brain

[flamingdem]

9. What have you learned about damage to the eyes

due to the screen? Is there more data out about this other than the dryness it can cause and how we need to look off into the distance and blink more?

[donco]

11. I hope when i

see someone with Google glass hanging on their head,that there driving away from me.

[winter is coming]

12. Well, it won't be doing mine any harm, as I've no intention of ever owning one.

Look where the hell you're walking, and take an extra two seconds to pull a PDA out your pocket if you can't bear to be disconnected for short stretches of time.