Issues on Smart Glasses Technology Adoption

Volume: 7    Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2020

Pages: (6-11)

Authors: John-Otumu A. M, Amadi C. S

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Abstract

About half a decade ago when the idea of smart glass technology was still promising, popular opinion had it that by the year 2020, this interactive technology would have gained so much advancement as a mainstream consumer product and these products became more fashionable, socially acceptable and functional. However, the result from this study has shown that the smart glasses concept has been a rather slow one. Smart glasses are still not mainstream consumer products. Rather, they are specialized tools mainly adopted by the industry for various tasks despite their shortcomings. This paper investigates the field of smart glass technology, providing both an overview of existing products and their application, and also revealed 5 major areas in which smart glasses cannot be easily accepted as consumers product while providing a a research road map for future research work in the usage and acceptance of smart glass technologies for consumers product.

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Keywords

Smart glass, Media technology, AI, Optical display, Adoption Issues.