A new app Sex with Glance offers an alternative way to do the dirty deed whilst wearing ridiculous looking – and ridiculously expensive – tech gear on your face. I looked at the site a few times to make sure this wasn't a joke but it looks real. So what's the deal?)
According to The Daily Mail, the app was created by Lebanese product design student Sherif Maktabi during the Wearables Hackathon event in London last November. And the name, changed in the last 24 hours from Sex with Glass, appears to be a way to avoid getting shut down – which is what happened to another sex app for Google Glass wearers called Tits & Glass, created by MiKandi (which, BTW, is back online in case you're curious, but pretty NSFW, as the name would suggest).
Sex with Glance allows users to make home porn using simple voice commands like, "OK Glass, it's time" to begin recording and "OK Glass, pull out" (I kid you not) to create a video of the event. You can also stream the footage that your Google-eyed partner is recording and switch perspectives, all while you're mid-deed. Not sure what that would be like. I imagine it would feel like wearing safety glasses whilst bumping and grinding in a mirrored fun house. Sexy!
As The Verge article on Sex With Glance notes, the app is just another tool for the male gaze, but not the male gays. The product is marketed to heterosexual couples (the site is all about "what he sees" vs. "what she sees"), but "with the exception of couples shot, every single viewpoint photo appears to be either men looking at women or women looking at themselves." The Verge also astutely points out that its Snapchat-like feature, where you can play back what you and your partner recorded, with the footage only lasting for five hours before it disappears, is just another reminder of the danger of these sorts of apps for women. Whether you buy that (I do), you can't deny that it does seem pointless for the footage to disappear just five hours after you're done. Isn't the whole point of making a sex video to watch it again when the memory of the encounter has started to fade?
You can also use Sex with Glance for pointers ("OK Glass, give me ideas") and set the mood ("OK Glass, lights off"), but as of yet, SWG cannot prevent ED or premature ejaculation, put a condom on your partner, or detect STDs. YET. And most importantly, Sex with Glance can't make it look like your partner isn't wearing Google Glass while having sex with you. Total boner killer.
Still into it? You can sign up to download the free app for when it comes out.