Summary
Could smart glasses with built-in video cameras become widely accepted?
Greg Foot, host of BBC Radio 4's 'Sliced Bread' brings you 'Dough', examining the rise of future wonder products.
Greg is joined by experts, entrepreneurs and industry innovators to discuss the trends we're seeing today and where they may lead us tomorrow, before a leading futurist offers their predictions on what life might be like within five, ten and fifty years.
This time we’re looking at the future of eyewear - asking whether smart glasses with built-in video cameras might see past previous failures to become widely accepted?
And whether you might soon be wearing smart contact lenses that can not only display websites and messages, but also potentially monitor your eye health?
Greg is joined by the futurist Tracey Follows and guests including:
- Priya Morjaria, Assistant Professor in International Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Head of Global Programme Development at Peek Vision
- Alex Himel, Vice President of Wearables at Meta which is selling smart glasses with embedded artificial intelligence, cameras, microphones and speakers.
- Professor Philip Morgan, Head of Optometry at the University of Manchester
Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is a BBC Audio North Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | An early start here. It's time to kick off. |
| 0:10.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:16.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:20.2 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:23.6 | And everything in between. BBC Sounds packed with personality. |
| 0:28.8 | You're about to listen to the latest episode of Do. |
| 0:31.6 | Episodes will be released weekly on Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts, |
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| 0:43.2 | they become available and listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Greg Furt and welcome to Doe, |
| 0:49.7 | the show that explores future wonder products that might rise to success and redefine our lives. |
| 0:55.2 | Each episode, I sit down with entrepreneurs and experts to discuss whether businesses of today |
| 0:59.5 | may be tomorrow. This time, we're looking at the future of eyewear, asking whether smart |
| 1:04.7 | glasses with built-in video cameras might see past previous failures to become widely accepted, |
| 1:10.5 | and whether you might soon be wearing smart contact lenses |
| 1:13.7 | that can not only display messages, but monitor your eye health too. |
| 1:19.1 | Joining me today with a 2020 vision of the future, it's our Fountain of Foresight, |
| 1:24.2 | futurist Tracy follows. |
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