Definitely not something that you might see on a person here in the States, the idea of wearing glasses like this would seem disorienting to me.

In reply to sceptics who think cell phone screens are too small to watch a movie, France Telecom’s R&D department have come up with a pair of Micro Optical glasses, developped with Essilor International, a leading maker of ophthalmic optical products and supplies, particularly corrective lenses.

Hooked up to Samsung’s SGH-D600 handset, Orange Wireless subscribers will be able to view films selected from Orange’s film catalogue through their glasses. Launch date is scheduled for October 2005. [Get the links]