Have you seen Wall*E? No really, have you? Because it doesn’t end well for humans and if Google and now Sony were to have their way, we’d be getting there faster than any of us had previously thought possible. The Sony SmartEyeglass, the company’s take on Google Glass, was just announced for pre-order to developers. For those unfamiliar, SmartEyeglass provides an augmented reality over the provided glasses (though the final vision would allow for it on your glasses of choice) where information like directions and texts appear on your screen. After the jump, Sony envisions a world where we’re all wearing the SmartEyeglass which will help us navigate the city and stay in touch with our friends while ignoring the world we live in with ease like we’ve never known before.

In the past, thanks to errors in GPS directions, people had famously driven off of bridges and other like obstacles. Lord help us when more people are wearing such devices and blankly following the directions on screen. Plus side, hackers have a lot of fun to look forward to. Video after the jump.

Though I’m harsh on the idea and not only find it silly (and this goes for Google Glass as well) but frankly useless for the general consumer, I do think there are certain industries that could benefit greatly from such a technology. It’s not hard to imagine surgeons wearing a SmartEyeglass which can reveal additional information about the patient or be connected to a live x-ray as he performs an operation or architects and builders seeing their grand design on premise and making tweaks to the blueprint long before breaking ground. But the idea of you and I simply wearing one to text and not get lost in the city? No thanks.

Discuss:

Are you excited by the prospects of a world where devices like the Sony SmartEyeglass are the norm?