Ray Ban Smart glasses as a Dashcam?

[AstonZagato]

Has anyone tried using these (or similar) as a dashcam? I am wondering if the picture quality (and stability) would be good enough to capture what is needed. I rather like that I wouldn’t have to install anything and they would be transferable from car to car.

I’m not sure I’d want the Facebook intrusion into my life but assuming I could get comfortable with that, are they an option?

If not RayBan then what else is there?

[mmm-five]

Do you mean stuck on the screen like a normal dashcam, or worn on your face...and at night!

[AstonZagato]

mmm-five said:

Do you mean stuck on the screen like a normal dashcam, or worn on your face...and at night!

I mean on my face and I was going to get some with clear prescription lenses (I wear glasses anyway).

[mmm-five]

If it's anything like when I wear a GoPro stuck to my crash helmet, then without image stabilisation it's going to be useless as a dashcam.

[Spare tyre]

Do they loop ?

[AB]

They only record for a short amount of time rather than until you press stop.

They're intended for short Facebook videos.

[AstonZagato]

Ok, that wouldn't work. The review I read didn't mention that.

[donkmeister]

AstonZagato said:

Ok, that wouldn't work. The review I read didn't mention that.

Also, they have the disadvantage of only capturing what you are looking at, and if a car crashes into you there's decent odds you aren't looking at it or you'd have done something to avoid the crash.

I remember there was a DCW type whose videos occasionally ended up in the s**t driving thread who would drive around wearing a helmet with a GoPro attached. Besides his generally crap driving and road-rage instigation, I remember that the video would not have been useful if he'd been a normal driver trying to show his insurance company that he'd been minding his own business when someone rear-ended him at the lights.