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Wearable Display (UPDATE)

Hi-tech eyewear innovations provide unprecedented viewing experiences

Implications - Earlier this year, Trend Hunter uncovered 'Hands-Free Tech,' innovative eyewear giving consumers extra functionality, whether it's connecting to social media or taking photos. Now, we're seeing even more hi-tech eyewear that provide display and projection features to create a completely enhanced and unprecedented viewing experience. These include everything from virtual reality contact lenses to bluetooth-enabled specs that can display images from your phone or tablet, all of which stand to transform the way today's media is delivered and digested.
Trend Themes
1. Wearable Display - With the advancement of hi-tech eyewear that provide display and projection features, there is an opportunity for brands to transform the way media is delivered and digested.
2. Virtual Reality - With the rise of VR technology and its integration into everyday gadgets, there is an opportunity to design and market products that tap into this vast and growing market.
3. Assistive Tech for the Visually Impaired and Hearing-impaired - The production of tech-centered eyewear like the Intelligent Goggles and Access Glasses is an opportunity to promote equality among all citizens and create new innovations to aid the visually impaired or hearing-impaired communities.
Industry Implications
1. Electronics - Companies that design, manufacture, and distribute innovative and cutting-edge gadgets and electronic devices with wearable display features, such as Olympus, Google, and Lumus, can meet the needs of today's gadget-savvy consumers.
2. Healthcare - Companies that promote and develop assistive technologies that aid the visually and/or hearing-impaired community, such as Innovega and Dual Eyewear, can gain loyal customers due to their commitment to promoting inclusivity and social responsibility.
3. Entertainment - The rise of VR technology and hi-tech eyewear projects like the Vergence Labs and the Google Glasses can create new market opportunities for entertainment companies and video bloggers seeking to produce and distribute content in new and innovative formats.
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Featured Examples

Hi-Tech Projecting Eyewear
Hi-Tech Projecting Eyewear
Lumus Glasses Lets You View Video, TV and Internet Content
With the Lumus glasses, you'll be be able to watch videos and connect to the Internet wherever you are. These hi-tech glasses, created by the Israeli company Lumus, will display a virtual screen that lets… MORE
Augmented Reality Lenses
Augmented Reality Lenses
Innovega iOptik Contacts Will Let You See Multiple Images
The Innovega iOptik contact lenses are a system that uses a combination of eyeglasses and cutting edge technology that may have huge potential for military application. These contacts drastically... MORE
Anti-Squint Magnifying Shades
Anti-Squint Magnifying Shades
Dual Eyewear Sunglasses Block the Sun and Magnify LCD Screens
With a pair of Dual Eyewear sunglasses on, reading the tiny LCD screen of an electronic gadget while driving, biking or walking will be a little less dangerous. The glasses offer a safe and effective… MORE
play_circle_filledInternet-Savvy Eyewear (UPDATE)
Internet-Savvy Eyewear (UPDATE)
Project Glass is Googles' Recent Release
Google has finally emerged from their sinister technology cave headquarters with news of their heads-up display Androids glasses, now known as Project Glass. Though there is no word yet on when the... MORE
Wearable Display Glasses
Wearable Display Glasses
The Olympus MEG 4.0 Glasses are Bluetooth Enabled
To keep up with competition, the Olympus MEG 4.0 glasses were developed. The Bluetooth-enabled specs have a built-in display similar to the recent release of glasses by Google. The glasses have an... MORE
play_circle_filledVideo Recording Glasses
Video Recording Glasses
Vergence Labs Brings You Chic Shades That Record Multimedia
These futuristic glasses by Vergence Labs gives you the ability to record video and take photos of anything you want, wherever you want. The chic design of these hands-free glasses will make you... MORE
Virtual Reality Sight-Improving Glasses
Virtual Reality Sight-Improving Glasses
Intelligent Goggles Help the Visually Impaired Navigate
While toting around a cane or being led around by a guide dog can be helpful for someone who has lost their sight, Intelligent Goggles allow the visually impaired to get around on their own. The... MORE
Subtitle-Showing Spectacles
Subtitle-Showing Spectacles
The Regal and Sony Access Glasses Will Make Movies Better for Disabled
The sight and hearing-impaired individuals in various communities often cannot experience commonplaces like movie theaters as well as the rest, but the Regal and Sony ‘Access Glasses’... MORE

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