Prescription glasses, and different designs could come to Google's connected eyewear device, Google Glass, and eye care professional offices The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
"Down the road I think this technology is going to blow up," Matt Alpert, an optometrist in Woodland Hills, Calif told The Journal. who is on the board of VSP Global and is an early tester of Google Glass. "As soon as apps are developed that are relevant for your world, it will start to take off. In its current form, it'll be more of a niche early adopter product."Alpert also sits on the board of VSP Global. He has also been involved in the early testing of the eyewear.
Google is currently researching how it can bring the device to optometry offices through VSP or Vision Service Professionals, which gives Google employees health care benefits for their eyes.
Thirty-thousand eye doctors, and 60 million individuals currently use VSP's offerings for job and personal coverage.
"The form factor is doable," Max Wood, chief of Gray, Ga's fire department told The Journal. Wood is interested in having his firefighters use the device when fighting blazes, and locating lost children "I would hope that they would possibly entertain a change for that."
Google has continued to evolve the $1,500 device. These range from allowing users to send friend requests to three of their close acquaintances, and listen to music.
"With these new features, we're now building a great music experience on Glass, whether you're a classical music professor, an acclaimed sound engineer and hip-hop producer, or someone who wants to listen to their favorite tunes anytime, anywhere," Ed Sanders, director of marketing for Google Glass, said in a statement earlier this month The Times reported.
The new features also allow users to look for songs, review playlists, and hear music files in good quality sound with the device on their head.
