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You Can Finally Pre-Order These E-Reader Goggles for $350

You Can Finally Pre-Order These E-Reader Goggles For $350

https://gizmodo.com/sol-reader-price-350-preorder-best-ereader-1850529802

The creators of the Sol Reader goggles are finally ready to take your money.

I can't help but wonder if the benefits of e-ink are as good in the format of goggles/glasses. I'm skeptical, for sure, but it is an interesting form factor. Also a interesting decision that they work with your phone, so the glasses don't need to have much on board storage. Would anybody here use something like this? Definitely seems ultra-niche.

9 comments

Otome-chan

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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.

HorreC

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smut.

BurningnnTree

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

psysok

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I like my eink readers, but the resolution on these screens seems low, and I do actually enjoy the book form factor, so I feel I would have to try these before making a purchase.

rs5th

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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.

khelmr

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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.

Someology

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I wonder if it has a screen timeout feature, so that it will turn itself off after a certain interval with no activity. That would make it a better eye mask. :)

famousblueben

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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.

floofloof

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