I am one of the few people who wore a glasses in the class. The eyeglasses were firstly introduced in Europe and then spread to Asia. I found out that the supports of glasses for European and East Asian are different because bridge height of the nose are different. However, i am sure you are aware of this, a lot asian people are wearing glasses that manufactured according to european noses. The interface of such glasses is really bad, because of the lower nose bridge height of Asian users, people need to rise up the glasses frequently in order to place lenses right up with their eye level. Some users adapt such move after they wear glasses and think it is cool to do so, but in general that extra move is unnecessary especially when you are focusing and do not want to be interrupted . What makes even worse is that users who are suffered from this problem are tended to look up with their head so that the eyes matches with the glasses vertically. It really seems like they are struggling to see things, which they are not mean to.
To design a new type of wear glasses can be difficult. It is not only the concern on support height of noses but also a reconsideration on a different face structure(Asian people's face is tend to be fatter than European's). That is why we often see people from East Asian wear glasses that have black frame and big lens. That design gives a visual balance of the face and looks nicer, which i don't regard this as the only solution. I have seen one of the Japanese wear glasses like the one in the picture (not exact the same), the connecting part of two lenses is designed at the bottom mid instead of top mid, it is a bold decision to make, because i think that breaks some kinds of limitation on glasses design (visual aesthetics?) and you don't see such design very often. Nevertheless, it is a creative idea, at least it solved the problems that i mentioned.
I am surprised to know how a simple product can change the way of people's looking by user's reaction of the products. It also will be great interest to solve this problem and make it easier for people who wear glasses.
As a person suffering from short sightedness I am also required to wear glasses and know it can be a real pain sometimes. However, what is the alternative here? Contact Lenses! These have even worse interface. They require you to literally insert it over your pupil and remove it before sleeping. There have even been some cases where the lense has moved behind the eye and become fused to the eye-ball itself. Obviously being extremely detrimental to one's health. Thus wearing glasses is an easy option for me.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned that they often slide off? Whilst this is effected by the bridge of the nose it can also be overcome by tightening the arms of the glasses. Alternatively, you can buy glasses with an elastic band that extends from the arms and tightens around the back of the head which fully ensures no unnecessary movement. Whilst the latter alternative is great in sport, it would be considered major "fashion faux pas" in everyday life. Perhaps we already have the solution and just need to start the trend?
Ashlee Shepherd
Thank you Ashlee! yeah, i agree with you, contact lenses have even worse interface. The tightness of the arms of the glasses is another reason for the glasses to slide off, which i didn't think about; that is indeed another issue of interface. i am sure there is a way to improve the interface of glasses rather than just improve the looking of glasses.
ReplyDeleteI have been seeking many of the glasses that have extrodenary(?) looking but don't fit on my nose. What a pity!