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This study overviews ethical issues of smart-glasses, identifying concerns like privacy, safety, and human agency changes. Addressing these ethical considerations is crucial for responsible smart-glasses development and use.

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  • Technology Ethics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cognitive Enhancement

Background:

  • Emerging smart-glasses technology presents novel ethical challenges.
  • Existing literature on human cognitive enhancement and technical aspects of smart-glasses informs the ethical landscape.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive overview of ethical issues associated with smart-glasses.
  • To guide decision-making and norm formation for this evolving technology.

Main Methods:

  • Axiological question-based method for human cognitive enhancement.
  • Extensive literature search on smart-glasses and related ethical domains.
  • Content analysis of 739 identified references, with 155 included in the final study.

Main Results:

  • Identified ethical issues include privacy, safety, justice, human agency, accountability, responsibility, social interaction, power, and ideology.
  • Smart-glasses are predicted to significantly alter individual identity, behavior, and social dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Proactive consideration of identified ethical issues is essential during the development, deliberation, decision-making, implementation, and usage phases of smart-glasses.
  • Ethical foresight is critical for navigating the societal impact of smart-glasses.