What about people who wear prescription glasses, but can't wear or dislike contact lenses? Is it possible to replace the lenses with prescription ones?
Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles
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#202This is exciting for the wearable headset market. If even a fraction of Snapchat's users get this it will normalize the space much more than Google Glass was able to. This is especially considering the young demographic Snapchat caters to, which I assume is more open to new technologies.
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
It doesn't look ridiculous to the audience its catered to. Thick frames are in style & its symmetrical. A typical snapchat user would not be concerned by most of the things mentioned on this thread, except that these glasses fit a certain lifestyle these users are aspiring to. I.e what you could be doing with these glasses on you as opposed to anything to do with the glasses themselves. I guess the only way to find w…
Yeah, my guess is it will be similar to the Apple Watch. Somewhat popular for a little while with people working in tech or tech-media, but completely non-existent in the 'real world'.
At Apple's last event they said they were the number 2 watchmaker by revenue. They can't have gotten there by only selling to techies.
Anecdotally, I see tons of Apple Watches around Manhattan.
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#204They really should have consulted with the Warby Parker folks, or pretty much anyone who actually designs glasses.
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#205On the design end, I don't like the look of the camera lense. Are they able to darken the lense glass to hide the camera a bit? Maybe they could match the black of the camera sensor to the black of the glass a little more. Otherwise it looks a lot like two cameras on your face.
They seem to want to do the opposite. I think those yellow circles around the lenses are part of the glasses. They seem to want to highlight where the cameras are.
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#206For those wondering wtf are these, I don't like the styling, why do these exist...etc, well, i don't think the target market for these is hacker news viewers. I will say that they do look awesome. Way easier to use these than a go pro or hold a camera/phone. Hopefully it's not just locked down to Snapchat.
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#207For those wondering wtf are these, I don't like the styling, why do these exist...etc, well, i don't think the target market for these is hacker news viewers. I will say that they do look awesome. Way easier to use these than a go pro or hold a camera/phone. Hopefully it's not just locked down to Snapchat.
The website does state "just for Snapchat" so they'll be locked down in some way.
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#208Nice design.
How do they solve the personal privacy issues that arose with Google Glass? Or have they even bothered?
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#209I think this is brilliant. Even the press details seem perfectly crafted, with one article referencing Evan's "supermodel girlfriend." Snapchat can win here based on brand alone. The hardware features are a plus, but they're going to sell a lifestyle. Think GoPro + Versace. Commenters here are caught up in the tech. It's not the tech. Get a few celebrities in these, people will buy them and barely use the recording f…
> this isn't the iPhone, not yet anyway Remind me to read this in a year. Or a week.
No wireless. Less space than a Google Glass. Lame.
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#210For those wondering wtf are these, I don't like the styling, why do these exist...etc, well, i don't think the target market for these is hacker news viewers. I will say that they do look awesome. Way easier to use these than a go pro or hold a camera/phone. Hopefully it's not just locked down to Snapchat.
It's limited to Snapchat and 10s recordings. In no way this anywhere close to being a go pro replacement.