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I get it, it's the 32nd century and the glasses are maybe heads up displays that only he can see and use. But don't you think in three thousand years they would have figured out how to build that stuff INTO or ONTO the eye? Instead of making the person, or the person choosing to wear an ancient form of corrective lenses.
His glasses are only the tip of the iceberg.
You bring up "showing up in medieval dress clothes" but that's literally what Kovich is doing. In a room full of people in futuristic Starfleet uniforms, Kovich is wearing a vaguely futuristic suit and tie that is barely different from the fashion of the 21st century, and throwing holograms at Georgiou that have the exact same defects that 23rd century holograms did.
Kovich clearly has a thing for relics. It could tie into his interest in Georgiou as well.
I always thought it suited him, and his "I don't have time for this crap" approach to life.
He's probably been scheduled for lasik 5 times, but had a friend that needed a shuttle to the hospital or or something each time.
The character himself explained in one episode, why he still wears glasses (something about psychological effect or so, I think).
Not sure if this is true, but I remember reading that Churchill used to insert a straightened paperclip into his cigars so that the ash would stay attached to the cigar even when it was burned way down. People would be distracted watching the cigar waiting for the ash to fall, breaking their concentration and giving him an advantage
My friend's mom was a smoker and a hand talker, also didn't really ash when one might expect. She'd be waving around a cigarette with an inch ash on the end, it was wild. Maybe there was secretly a paper clip in there.
Glasses are fashion items as well. Even when they've become entirely useless, people will still wear them, just like other non-functional clothing items like ties.
So in the same context it would be like meeting a modern day psychiatrist or professional negotiator dressed in medieval dress wear
There are quite a few examples of this actually happening. I've already mentioned neckties, but perhaps a better equivalent would be high-heels. Once worn by men as functional riding shoes, they've now entirely lost that use and are worn by women solely as a fashion item.
It'd be like a modern day executive wearing cufflinks.
We've had buttons for a long time, some people are just hipsters.
But also, Star Trek has a long history of justifying contemporary-looking people as a fashion choice. I've always remembered this one thing from one of the novels where they imply that they can easily keep everybody thin and fit indefinitely, but admirals like to get a bit pudgy on purpose because it makes them look stately.
And also makes casting and wardrobe choices a lot simpler, but I don't think the book said that.
Great point ... this is what I love about Trek and all the intricate details that so many people know