Analyzing the Use of Camera Glasses in the Wild
This research addresses usage patterns of camera glasses for consumers, but it is incremental as it focuses on a specific product without major methodological breakthroughs.
The study investigated how, when, and why people used Spectacles camera glasses, finding that the form factor leads to sustained usage and enables new use-cases and content types, based on interviews with 39 users and surveys of 191 owners.
Camera glasses enable people to capture point-of-view videos using a common accessory, hands-free. In this paper, we investigate how, when, and why people used one such product: Spectacles. We conducted 39 semi-structured interviews and surveys with 191 owners of Spectacles. We found that the form factor elicits sustained usage behaviors, and opens opportunities for new use-cases and types of content captured. We provide a usage typology, and highlight societal and individual factors that influence the classification of behaviors.