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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by jehb »

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 mean, sure, there are plenty: regulation, battery life, ruggedness, the creep factor, the fact that this does not provide me with anything similar to the value of a smartphone.

Not all of us spend our days walking down urban streets, having a desire to have the things around us augmented. My smart phone spends 98% of its life in my pocket because I don't want or need any application most of the time. I've tried adopting a smartwatch on multiple occasions and never found it offered me any value. All it did was convince me to turn off a bunch of notifications I didn't need to be getting to begin with.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by manc_lad »

I don't wear glasses. I don't live in a sunny country. Unless I'm wearing flat and clear lenses I would infrequently wear these casually.

I like the concept. Just not sure about market fit outside a people who wear glasses, sunny locations and hardcore fans. Although that's a lot of people!

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by mike10921 »

ziziyO wrote: post #12

I don't understand how putting a camera on a pair of glasses is what meta/rayban wanted to spend time on.

I'm no fan of either company but the general concept is that Meta specializes in software not fashion, so partnering with Rayban will allow people to feel fashionable while using Meta's device (and of course allowing meta to follow their every move).

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by throwaway2562 »

Recording everything you see is the very opposite of “living in the moment” as they describe their product promise.

Not to mention, of course, the intrusion into the lives of the people you’re recording, whose “moment” is not your moment to record.

Their language positively reeks of lies. I’m sure the glasses will be popular, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by [deleted] »

maxwell wrote: post #31
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?

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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by operatingthetan »

robertlray wrote: post #30
operatingthetan wrote: post #7

Is there a market for this? Stealth smart glasses that force you to indicate you are recording? Are live-streamers going to use this? Don't people want to be using their phone anyway? >The Capture LED lets others know when you’re capturing content or going live. If the LED is covered, you’ll be notified to clear it.

Why do you think people would prefer to use their phone over something like this? I assume people use their phone because that's what they have to use now. I could be wrong, I'm not representative of the average person, but if I could use my phone less and still engage with tech, I'd do it.

My assumption is that people like to be seen recording and/or recording themselves. I'm guessing 'terminally online phone' people don't have the impulse to use their phones less and keep it in their pocket?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by liveoneggs »

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.

Everyone wearing them will eventually die in terrible car crashes because Eye-Sta-Gram Videos are more entertaining than stop lights

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by jeremyjh »

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…

The Meta glasses don’t have a display, it’s just camera and audio.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#50

Post by hintymad »

We should really give it to Meta for their tenacity. While Google canceled its projects left and right, including Google Podcasts to celebrate their 25-year birthday and Google Glass, Meta perseveres and pushes the state-of-the-art.
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