Wow it ' s like no one on this sub posted this before ! <| sep |> Depends on the size of the glasses . If you have a low prescription , you may not need them at all . I have 3 . 50 nearsighted in both eyes , and still need them . I have a ' small ' pair of glasses just for use with the Vive , as they don ' t give enough peripheral vision for comfortable daily wear . If you can see normally at about 2 meters away from you , you can likely not bother with glasses . Contact lenses are an option , and lenslab . com make and sell lens inserts that fit over the lens , even if they ' re a bit expensive for what you get , and some people do complain a bit . You ' d also have to put them in and take them out any time you switched off play , increasing the risk of scratches just from handling and having stuff near the lenses to begin with . The down side for the visioncorrected set is a lower FOV due to not being able to have the Vive lenses close enough , and not being able to use the 6 mm ' thin foam ' replacement c o v e r s M e m o r yFoamReplacementBetterdpB 01 HM 4 QB 0 Y for the same reason to their greatest effect . You can still use the covers , your roommate may just need to pop out the side depthadjustment rings and move the HMD away to avoid scratching the lenses with his glasses . You probably will want to get a set of lens covers too Hyperkin already makes some . The lenses are softer plastic , and apparently scratch fairly easily . So be careful . Personally , I get around a 70 degree FOV with my glasses , using the FOVmeasurement background in the Workshop , for the SteamVR home screen . I ' ve been told that people who don ' t need glasses can get upward of 90 though with the thinfoam . Even so , it ' s still an amazing experience . And one that has me seriously reconsidering LASIK , as it ' s only going to get better in the years to come .