Guy Invents Glasses That Lets Short People Get In On The Action

Do you have a friend who’s 200-cm or 6’6” tall? Then surely you have that experience of going to a concert together, and hearing all the short people behind you murmur. Apparently, the problem is more common than you think it is. The good news is that one guy named Dominic Wilcox has created a fascinating solution. It’s the One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses.

Yes, the name implies what the thing does. It actually allows the wearer to experience being a little taller—at least in terms of what he can see. Literally, if you would wear the device, you could see 30.5 cm or one foot taller than what the average eye level would.

One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses for Short People

Dominic Wilcox wearing One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses
Dominic Wilcox

Speaking about his invention, Dominic Wilcox said:

“I was challenged by Microsoft Surface to think up some everyday problems and come up with some interesting or extraordinary solutions. It was for an exhibition in London in May. A few weeks earlier, I was at a gig standing near the back, and I noticed a small woman dancing behind me who clearly couldn’t see the band because of all the tall people around. This gave me the idea to try to solve that problem. Also, I think we’ve all been at the cinema and someone big sits in front and blocks the view, this device could help, as long as you don’t block the view of the person behind you!”

One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses for short people
Dominic Wilcox

For Wilcox, the most time-consuming part was the thinking as well as the designing. Here’s was he further relayed:

“I did have about five attempts at making the finished object. I cut my finished design out of a sheet of mirrored plastic then very carefully heated and bent the parts into the correct angles to reflect the light from up high, down to the eyes. I quite enjoyed working out how to make this quite unusual and functional object from one single sheet.”

Dominic Wilcox's One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses
Dominic Wilcox

 

One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses by Dominic Wilcox
Dominic Wilcox

“I’ve been designing unusual things for many years, so that helps speed up all the little decisions you have to make on any design project. It took about a week of thinking, testing, failing, more testing, etc. to go from a doodle to the end piece.”

Dominic Wilcox One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses
Dominic Wilcox

Describing the wearer’s experience, the One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses inventor further noted:

“You can see a rectangle in the center of your vision of the higher view. It’s a sort of slightly bonkers analog AR device.”

periscope glasses one foot taller for short people
Dominic Wilcox

Dominic Wilcox has had other fascinating inventions such as the “Directing Jacket.”

directing jacket worn by Dominic Wilcox

 

directing jacket by Dominic Wilcox

 

Dominic Wilcox wearning Directing Jacket

Wilcox has also created a combination of snow shoe-grips and ice tray.

ice tray and snow shoe grips in one by Dominic Wilcox

 

ice tray and snow shoe grips

He also had a “No-Place-Like-Home GPS Shoes.”

no place like home dominic wilcox gps shoes

 

no place like home GPS shoes

Plus an amplification device for a rumbling tummy.

amplifier for rumbling tummy by Dominic Wilcox

Here’s his “Binaudios” that can let you listen to “the sounds of a city.”

Dominic Wilcox Binaudios - The Sounds of a City

Finally, Wilcox has some “luxury skimming stones.”

Dominic Wilcox luxury skimming stones

 

luxury skimming stones by Dominic Wilcox

About the One Foot Taller Periscope Glasses—here’s how some (probably) short people reacted.

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