New iPad app allows users to virtually try on glasses in 3-D
"Jonathan Coon turned heads Wednesday with iPad software that lets people try on sunglasses by manipulating 3-D images of themselves from the neck up. The founder of discount prescription lens company 1-800 Contacts introduced a service intended to let shoppers see themselves in eyewear using smartphones, tablets or computers with cameras built into screens. 'One of the great ironies of glasses is that people who wear them usually can’t see themselves when they are shopping for glasses because they need to be wearing prescription lenses,' Coon said. 'For the first time, you can see yourself trying on glasses.'" Continue reading →