Literature

I saw this a while back and never understood why you'd want a glasses format for an e-reader. I think most people interested in reading on e-ink just prefer the tablet form factor that's very similar to an actual book.

At least it functions as a nice eye mask when you fall asleep while reading your book instead of the book/e-reader falling on top of your face.

Absolutely not the target audience for this, like I'm somebody who still buys tons of physical books on top of my eReader/tablet and a big part of the appeal of an e-reader is not being too far removed from the experience of reading a physical book. Also, I cannot imagine having my vision basically blotted out by glasses to read, feel like that would give me a huge sensory freakout.

I’m a big fan of e-ink. I’ve got a Remarkable 2 that I use everyday. That said, e-ink is a weird display tech to use in glasses. The only reason I can think of for e-ink in this application is super low power draw. The resolution looks horrible and if the image in the article is an accurate representation of the edge lighting, my god.

This sounds like a very unpleasant way to read a book, but I'm glad it exists.

I love e-ink displays but i can't imagine having them 1cm in front of my eyeballs and not being able to see anything else.

Wait so shockingly I actually kinda want this. I have issues with my neck that give me headaches if I look down for too long, and some stuff going on with my shoulder/arm that precludes me from my previous favorite physical/ebook reading position. With this I could read while sitting and looking straight ahead or while lying flat on my back without much trouble at all.

I'd might honestly consider this if it weren't for the resolution - 256x256 is rough, and while aesthetics aren't the most important thing, there's no way to have a font that isn't ugly as hell at that resolution.

Low-resolution ugly text, uncomfortable, awkward to use, sold by an unknown company, and very expensive. What's not to like?