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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by maxwell »

bragr wrote: post #18

I'm not interested in this particular device, but after almost being hit by cars several times this month while walking my dog, I am starting to warm to the idea of some form of "dash cam" for walking.

What are you going to do, bring footage to your local police station and get laughed out?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by Ygor »

sp3000 wrote: post #8

Any good argument that anyone can think of for a scenario where smart eyewear will not be as ubiquitous as smart phones eventually? I understand the privacy argument, but that is not going to be enough. The ability to think or blink in a certain way and capture anything you see is too powerful a tool, alongside the augmented reality that is coming.

As someone who wears glasses, my argument was always that most people don't want to wear glasses all the time, even if they were adding no extra friction vs your regular sunglasses (weight, looks, cost).

But, I had the same argument for Apple watch - no one in my circle was wearing watches any more. However, that didn't prevent people to start wearing an Apple watch.

So, I can definitely see a future where people who don't wear glasses choose to wear smart glasses.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by codexb »

sp3000 wrote: post #8

Any good argument that anyone can think of for a scenario where smart eyewear will not be as ubiquitous as smart phones eventually? I understand the privacy argument, but that is not going to be enough. The ability to think or blink in a certain way and capture anything you see is too powerful a tool, alongside the augmented reality that is coming.

Eyewear isn't ubiquitous.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by nerdjon »

I can't help but feel like "smart glasses" is really pushing what this is? I feel like the vast majority of people when they see the words "smart glasses" they probably think some sort of AR tech, or at the very least some sort of screen.

And yet this is really just glasses with something like AirPods stuck in it with a camera connected to your phone. Super smart.

Society is far far from ready to answer the privacy questions of something like this, but when has Meta ever cared about that so why not just release it...

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by parl_match »

ChicagoBoy11 wrote: post #24
sp3000 wrote: post #8

Any good argument that anyone can think of for a scenario where smart eyewear will not be as ubiquitous as smart phones eventually? I understand the privacy argument, but that is not going to be enough. The ability to think or blink in a certain way and capture anything you see is too powerful a tool, alongside the augmented reality that is coming.

I was one of the ridiculous-looking people who had a Google Glass when it came out. It was clunky, and lasted a very short time, and your face would get hot, and it had no real AR interaction with the real world. But. If you could squint at the rough edges, and project forward what this could be like with more advanced tech, it was a no-brainer for me that it will be a far superior form factor for what we do with the…

Google Glass user here as well, and the one thing that form factor is missing is input (possibly solved by AVP with its eye and finger gestures).

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by Philpax »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #11

Can dang do something about the corporate spam that keeps popping up on HN? I don't think meta, or Apple, or the rest of these companies need help advertising products.

Well, I don’t think you can really stop people from talking about new technology on a forum for hackers…

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by maxwell »

dangerlibrary wrote: post #4

The only lesson learned from google glass was "these look dorky, but are otherwise perfect."

Haha a guy wore them in a bar in downtown Vegas in 2013, and I watched multiple people approach him and tell him to take them off and stop recording everything. I never saw another pair IRL again.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by 14 »

I have to give it to Meta on this one. These look stylish and cool and they are at a price point that I could justify. About $400 Canadian. That means a lot of people can adopt this technology. I think Google was just a bit premature for peoples comfort level but I really wanted to see it expand. The con I see is pretty soon there will be no privacy. Facial recognition will make a record of where you are and someone will have caught your face on camera. But in a world heading towards deep fakes maybe this will be a good thing. These are going to also be awesome for Youtube videos I can not wait to get a set and start doing motorcycle repair videos where what I see is what you see so you can know exactly what I am looking at.
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