Dough - Series 4: Eyewear

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<p>Could smart glasses with built-in video cameras become widely accepted?</p><p>Greg Foot, host of BBC Radio 4's 'Sliced Bread' brings you 'Dough', examining the rise of future wonder products.</p><p>Greg is joined by experts, entrepreneurs and industry innovators to discuss the trends we're seeing today and where they may lead us tomorrow, before a leading futurist offers their predictions on what life might be like within five, ten and fifty years.</p><p>This time we’re looking at the future of eyewear - asking whether smart glasses with built-in video cameras might see past previous failures to become widely accepted?</p><p>And whether you might soon be wearing smart contact lenses that can not only display websites and messages, but also potentially monitor your eye health? </p><p>Greg is joined by the futurist Tracey Follows and guests including:</p><p>- Priya Morjaria, Assistant Professor in International Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Head of Global Programme Development at Peek Vision</p><p>- Alex Himel, Vice President of Wearables at Meta which is selling smart glasses with embedded artificial intelligence, cameras, microphones and speakers.</p><p>- Professor Philip Morgan, Head of Optometry at the University of Manchester</p><p>Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is a BBC Audio North Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds</p>