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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by dkasper »

rdtsc wrote: post #74
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.

> Any good argument that anyone can think of for a scenario where smart eyewear will not be as ubiquitous as smart phones eventually? Yes, if it is clunky and doesn't look like an ordinary accessory people would wear anyway. Smart watches are popular enough as people might wear a watch. Smart glasses could be popular if they look like actual glasses. Smart pants? Sure, if they can be worn like pants, thrown in the la…

fwiw the meta glasses look almost identical to regular ray bans

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by clintfred »

toyg wrote: post #59
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.

They are not "stealth smart glasses", they are the first iteration of AR glasses. Recording is one of the many things they do. And I'd buy them in a second if it means I don't need to take my phone out every few minutes (and if I had the money, I expect them to be uber-expensive); or I don't need to look away from the road to check directions as I drive; or I don't need to reveal in-shop that I'm checking online pric…

Except these have nothing to do with AR (sadly)...

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by MilStdJunkie »

meheleventyone wrote: post #81
MilStdJunkie wrote: post #54

As a shooting enthusiast, my first thought is what this does in pistol competitions. Shooting a pistol is, perhaps unintuitively, more difficult than a long arm, because the rear sight is effectively floating around "out there", and you need practice to get your rear eye in the right place (even if using a flip-up red dot reflex sight). When moving around, re-acquiring always takes time, and it slows you down. With t…

There's no screen so, not yet. But it does sound pretty much like having a laser on the gun no?

Seeing a laser dot at any serious range is pretty much impossible, at least in my experience. There's also a lot of airborne material at shoots as multiple rounds impact the target/ground/etc. They consistently time slower than reflex sights, and sometimes even iron sights.

That's not considering the problem that in fog/dust, the beam is a "HERE I AM" arrow. Not a problem in competition though. But it underlies the primary use of lasers: IR beams with nightvision. THAT'S the golden ticket for lasers, and you can see where your buddies are aiming too. Now, if you're fighting someone else with nightvision . . hey, good thing we can choose who we fight, right guys? Guys?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by smath »

Any word on whether they will let custom code/apps run on this, or is it a walled garden? Whisper + LLM with these would be nice. These glasses could also be great for vision impaired folks.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by colpabar »

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.

To play devil's advocate: be careful what you wish for. With the way that things are going, police will probably have zero issue getting whatever video from your "dash cam" they deem necessary to do their jobs.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by clintfred »

xyst wrote: post #38

Did we not learn anything from the failure of “Google Glasses” lol

I feel like's it's inevitable that these types of devices will eventually become useful enough and stylish enough to start catching on. Companies have to start somewhere.

Google Glasses were a neat toy, but pretty far ahead of the tech's capabilities. One could make a similar argument for these new glasses as well, since they have no AR component.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ojbyrne »

hinkley wrote: post #88
ChicagoBoy11 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I wonder if we will see an inversion of the clip-on sunglasses design but with corrective lenses. Clip your prescription to a pair of sunglasses instead, or to your smart glasses. You might have to clip them to the backside to get it all to work out. But in that case variations in lens shape will be less visible, because sunglasses.

Maybe I'm not sure what you're getting at, but you can order these with prescription lenses, either tinted or not.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by kstrauser »

I don't hate them. I just wish it were almost any other giant company that was making them. If someone showed up at my house wearing them, I think I'd make them take their glasses off before they came inside, in much the same way (and for the same reasons) that some people don't allow shoes in the house. I don't want someone tracking Facebook into my living room.

Maybe the only worse maker would be Twitter. If a friend came over wearing Musk glasses, I'd probably rip them off their head and stamp on them for their own good. I definitely would not allow them into my house.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by Animats »

jeremyjh wrote: post #49
ChicagoBoy11 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Huh? Then how do they deliver ads?
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