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Millions 'extremely likely' to purchase smart glasses
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More than 3 million respondents indicated that they were very likely to buy smart glasses in the next year, according to a recent study.
The VisionWatch study, conducted by the Vision Council, investigated the awareness of Google Glass and smart glass technology in the U.S.
As reported in the study, 56.2% of respondents responded that they were familiar with the technology in some capacity, with 12.7% stating that they were “very familiar.”
According to the report, several groups tended to be more aware of the technology. Those groups included men, people from high-income households, adults younger than 45 years old, people with higher education levels and those living in the Mountain-Pacific region.
The study found that 2.2% of respondents (3 million) expressed that they were “extremely likely” to purchase smart glasses in the coming year. This participants tended to be men, those living in the Northeast region, adults between 18 and 44 years old and those with MVC coverage.
Of the respondents who were interested in buying smart glasses, the majority believed that the glasses would make their life easier.
The study cited price, concerns regarding quality of life improvement, privacy worries, technology doubts, fashion concerns as well as legality issues as to why the majority of Americans were not interested in buying smart glasses in the coming year.