The Specamaze (Wearable Glasses)

Preliminary Drawings (Idea Generation)

My Ideas in Detail

I had three main ideas to manufacture glasses with an underlying theme of mythical/magical designs.

One idea was to depict a dragon body running through the glasses and keep a dark colored theme with blues and purples.

The second idea was to make rainbow colored glasses.

The third idea was a simple design, with circular lenses, inspired by Harry Potter.

I liked the color palette of the second idea but the design of the first one. So I decided to combine the dragon body design and the rainbow color palette for my final product.

Moodboard

Some Key Words: Colorful, Bright, Vibrant

My idea was to manufacture a pair of eyeglasses that are bright, vibrant, and colorful to wear during themed parties.

Creating this moodboard including patterns from various textures and designs helped me visualize the look and feel of the final product.

Some major inspirations: The stained glass on the windows of churches, fantasy dragon scales, and colorful fabrics.

Goal Statement, Face Scan, and Modeling with OnShape

Party-goers feel "dragonified" when wearing the Specamaze.

(The name comes from the combination of the words spectra, relating to vision, and amazing!)
With this project, I wished to help fantasy and vibrant color lovers (like myself) stand out at parties and events.

By importing an image of a dragon, I traced its outline to create the main shape. Then I added intricate details using lines and curves inspired by dragon scales and armor-like textures. I also extruded the individual scales to different heights to create depth and variation.

The face scan was done using an Xbox Kinect Sensor.

Anti-Sliding Feature

Even though the frame was designed specifically to fit my face, I still needed a feature to prevent it from sliding down my nose.

The First Prototype

The Main Part

I 3D printed the main portion of the glasses using my Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D Printer and I painted it using paint markers. I also added gemstones at the ends. Since I printed each piece individually, it was a time consuming process to manufacture. So, I had to find a way to print the whole body, except the ear pieces, as one part.

The Ear Pieces

Hinges turned out to be flimsy and I wanted to make them sturdier in the final product.

Improved Ear Pieces for the Final Product

The ear pieces are connected to the main body with thicker hinges and provide more structural support than in the first prototype.

The Final Product

The final product is resin printed. This time, I used boolean union in OnShape to print the glasses body, aside from the ear pieces, as a single piece.

Coloring the scales needed to be done more precisely this time, with the scales all being one part.

For coloring the scales, I first gave a base code of white, and then used different colored paint markers.

The glass is an interesting rainbow lens which I laser cutted to fit in the glasses.

Now the hinges were a success! I used a piece of resin to connect the hinge through the holes. (Detailed images below).

I also designed a logo for my product inspired by the name!

Skills I Gained Through This Project

Face scanning, intricate OnShape, analyzing downsides of first prototype to improve next one, resin printing, precise painting, laser cutting glass.

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