Great idea and all, but the frames are going to have to match the style of current glasses - without the electronics on the nosepiece. Otherwise, the cool factor of wearing glasses is lost, and he might as well sell the honky prototype.
I bet they can find a market even if they are ugly. Commuters won't care, they'll only be wearing them in the car anyways. There are a lot of people who keep a pair of ugly over-your-normal-glasses sunglasses in the car all the time.