The first time Google Glass becomes available to the general public, you may be able to pick a pair up at the local optometrist.

That's at least the prospect; Google Inc. has reportedly been in talks with representatives of the eyewear industry, exploring the idea of making the high-tech wearable computer, Glass, another pair on the shelf.

One specific eyewear company that Google has been in talks with, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, is VSP Global. The company makes frames and lenses, and supplies optometrists with both hardware and customers, in the form of vision benefits for employees of some companies - including Google Inc., itself.

As a versatile company, VSP Global has been in talks with Google to help the technology company on several fronts, from designing better-looking frames for Google Glass, to making Glass a possibly prescription pair of glasses available at optometrist offices that it works with. That includes training optometrists to fit the wearable computer on customers and developing prescription lenses that work with the high-tech smartglasses, according to Rob Lynch, chief executive at VSP Global, who spoke with the WSJ.

Google has been active in the development of Glass's capabilities all along, but has shown a lot of activity as of late - both in the development of Google Glass's hardware, software, and back-end development kit for app-makers. Just recently, the company released a new version of the Google Glass to its Explorers (an optional upgrade) that included new hardware like a mono earbud. Soon after, Google previewed its new GDK or Glass Development Kit, for app developers to take full advantages of the hardware's capabilities. Around the same time, just weeks ago, Google announced stereo earbuds and new music software were both coming to Google Glass.

But Google Glass, let's remember, is essentially a computer and display mounted on a pair of eyeglasses. But currently the Google Glass Explorer Edition comes without lenses, so those who wear glasses have to layer the Glass frames on top or underneath their spectacles. Combining the two - and possibly making the combination look more fashionable (and less nerdy) - is an obvious and advantageous move for the Mountain View company to make, if it wants to reach a larger market.

"In its current form, it'll be more of a niche early adopter product," said Dr. Matt Alpert - both a Glass Explorer and California optometrist who works for VSP Global - to the Wall Street Journal. "Down the road I think this technology is going to blow up," he also mentioned to the WSJ. As soon as apps are developed that are relevant for your world, it will start to take off."

VSP Global is a good first step for the Mountain View company, as it already partners with the vision company for its employees' vision plans. And though it's an obvious first step, VSP Global isn't exactly a small-time first partner: the company has 30,000 optometrists in its network and enrolls about 60 million people in its vision plans, according to the report.