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Google glass is an interesting idea that conflicts with basic tenants of psychology. Facial recognition and attractiveness are critical to how we interact with others. This drive is so powerful that glasses used to correct vision are replaced by lenses that touch your eye, or aren't worn at all.

People would rather have plastic TOUCH their eye with somewhat rigid gas permeable lenses than mar their facial appearance with glasses. My eye flinches when I move my finger towards it and I still jammed contacts in there for years. The association of our facial appearance with our social identity is so powerful that we readily choose it over vision or comfort and pay more to do so.

Google glasses sound awesome, but the psychology against shit like this is powerful. I'm glad they're spending the money on it, but without some serious money invested in overcoming these psychological hurdles they won't go far.