O.K, they're not exactly rose coloured. They're more computer tinged.
The U. of T. professor is part musician, part inventor and part human cyborg.
He's invented some revolutionary glasses he calls the EyeTap, which blends the world of computers with the real world for a kind of multi-functional reality.
He's been doing it for a while. But now people are finally starting to take his ideas seriously.
"Many years ago people thought it was on the lunatic fringe," he laughs. "Now I've got C.E.O.s and presidents of companies asking me to give a talk."
Mann's special glasses, which make him resemble the Borg from Star Trek, act like a giant filter.
Everything he sees gets bounced off a mirror into a camera, which then gets processed through a computer. That gives the lenses the ability to change just about everything that he sees. It identifies people, helping those with memory problems.
And on the street, it blocks out advertising, which is replaced with emails or scholarly notes that he'd prefer to look at.
So far, the high tech viewers aren't for sale, but Mann believes what his enhanced eyes see today could really be looking into the future.
"Maybe you download your prescription over the Internet or your eyeglass prescription would get stronger at the end of the day automatically or whatever."
Because in this case seeing really is believing. Even if only one person can see it for now.
To see unedited video of Mann on his cyber-eyes,
click here.