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HUD (sun)glasses that don't block vision like engo2?
▲ 2 r/SmartGlasses

HUD (sun)glasses that don't block vision like engo2?

Wondering if this community has some advice -- I recently bought a pair of Engo2 glasses, and while they are quite readable (although you do have to look up and to the left and refocus your eyes a bit), the big issue I have is that they block about 50% of my forward facing view of my right eye.

The reason is that the little mini screen is mounted there, as you can see in this picture (that giant box on the right side) https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uBEH4UzPxjKN7gwi7KFokB.jpg

I'm wondering if there are any HUD glasses that don't have that type of thing blocking your view.

Thanks!

u/avwuff — 4 days ago
▲ 63 r/soundtransit

The new Judkins Park station has two entrances, one on 23rd and another on Ranier Ave S. The Ranier entrance requires you to take a long set of stairs (or escalator or elevator) ride to platform level, then walk about 250ft, before you must cross the westbound tracks at grade. There are lights and gates to warn you.

When a westbound train arrives and alights, the warning lights clang and flash and you're not supposed to cross the tracks. There's even a guard present to watch this.

If an eastbound train arrives at this time, you can't go to the platform, and must hope that the westbound driver is smart enough to realize that they must wait for the commuters trapped behind the gates that can't reach their train.

For a brand new station, having an at-grade crossing as part of the design seems poorly thought out. The stairs could have been shifted 10 feet to the south so they'd be between the tracks instead of north of them. More realistically, the warning lights should not come on until the westbound train actually wants to leave the station.

Can we get eastbound train drivers to wait an extra minute at the platform if they see that a westbound train just left?

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u/avwuff — 18 days ago