Google Glass is a device that is anticipated to be a success from its launch later this year, projected to be priced at USD$1500. Now, via project creators Noé and Pedro Ruiz at Pixil 3D, 3D printing has brought another adaption of Glass, one for spectacles.
Google itself has begun selling Glass-compatible frames for prescription lenses at $225 without lenses. An alternative created via a DIY project from the Pixil 3D design studio can 3D print a clip-on modification for existing prescription glasses for under $1 in material costs. The simple plastic clip appears to work well on the demonstration video we will be showing you later.
For those new to the technology, Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display that is being developed by Google with a mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer that can communicate with the Internet via voice commands. The Glass camera records at five-megapixels, can produce high-definition video and runs on a Lithium Polymer battery.
Glass currently has a very limited user base, but if it does make its way to the consumer market later this year as is planned, then this handy little gadget could provide an alternative for access to the device via a useful cost-saver for those who would not otherwise be able to afford it.
