[justinireland]

No, its a hipster thing.

[hollerith]

All of the human subjects (at least 6 subjects) whose hands are being tracked are wearing mirrored sunglasses, and fashion considerations are significantly less likely to cause "100% compliance" than safety considerations are.

[bencoder]

This was discussed on /r/oculus and it was suggested that Microsoft could be overdriving the infrared so it's for eye protection