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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#101
post #94

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.

Can you explain what use case whisper and an LLM would have here?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#102
post #43

Reminds me of Snapchat's Spectacles: https://www.spectacles.com/ Forgot those even existed.

Used these for a year. Great content, but the stabilization is trash. That and exporting without using the Snapchat app made me question if it is really worth sharing the most intimate moments.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#103
Lack of HUD is why I wouldn't get these. I suppose if I was taking more pictures / video I might be more interested, like at the beach or something, but I don't find myself doing these things as much. Maybe this would make it easier for me to capture my life around me (my SO thinks i don't take enough pictures or video of our life), could alleviate having to remember to pull out the phone and such.

Add a HUD like google glass had and you may have a more compelling use case.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#105
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 can't imagine willingly introducing any more "smart" devices into my life given the baggage "smart" comes with. We have to cede a little autonomy and privacy to unaccountable central authorities for every new "smart", cloud-enabled gimmick we buy into. I'd be happy to invest in tech that treats me like I own it, but that way of doing things is on its way out, at least for the average person.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#106
These things lack a display.

I don't want cameras strapped to my head, I want a lightweight display I can wear unobtrusively and doesn't make anyone near me nervous (doubly so since this is from a company known for invading privacy), even if it's a fairly low resolution one. Version 1 could even be 4 lines of text and I'd still pay for it - I already wear glasses every waking moment of my life anyway.

Pair it with my phone, give me driving directions which don't require me to take eyes off the road. Remind me of things when I arrive home or get in the car. Let me read texts. Overlay that 9-minute pasta timer in a corner of my field of view until it runs out. Blink in a corner to remind me that my lawn sprinklers are still running, so I don't go to sleep forgetting to turn them off (ahem).

I'll probably learn to use a swype-style keyboard while keeping the phone in the pocket and looking ahead through the glasses.

Come on, I grew up awed at the HUDs of Robocop and Terminator, give me a damn HUD, it's 2023.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#107

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.

for sure - ppl are strapping go pros to their heads.

They do this generally while doing some kind of movement based activity, the kind of activity where you need to strap a camera on, not wear a set ofglasses.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#108
The livestreaming usecase is honestly incredible. I really wonder how they managed to pull it off given the insane battery and size constraints and the technical details. I would be surprised if it could do more than 20 minutes of continuous livestreaming at an acceptable resolution.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#109
These seem almost worth trying. I'd love to play with them if: 1. It's completely open for me to write my own apps to interface with it. 2. It had even the most rudimentary display (text only would be fine!) 3. It had nothing to do with Meta.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

#110

These things lack a display. I don't want cameras strapped to my head, I want a lightweight display I can wear unobtrusively and doesn't make anyone near me nervous (doubly so since this is from a company known for invading privacy), even if it's a fairly low resolution one. Version 1 could even be 4 lines of text and I'd still pay for it - I already wear glasses every waking moment of my life anyway. Pair it with my…

I mean, this is obviously where its going, but the tech isn't there yet without seriously compromising on some axis (looks, size/weight, etc) I think its a great way to get people used to the paradigm of smart glasses and further develop the other components that are already mature on phones (camera, compute, speakers, etc.)
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