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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by freedomben »

esafak wrote: post #69
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.

"Smart" glasses erode everyone's privacy unlike any other technology. Cameras and cell phones have to be held up to record. Glasses can stream effortlessly and continuously, without anyone's consent. If that is not reason enough to object what more do you want, my fist in your face?

I think your point would be a lot better without the threat of physical violence at the end (which seems both silly, uncalled for, and unnecessary).

I'm very deeply concerned about privacy, but a simple thing like an "on" or "recording" light on the glasses could alert people that recording is on.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by majormajor »

gruturo wrote: post #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…

A readier-to-access camera means I could take pictures I can't now, since by the time I get my phone out the moment has passed.

To me an always-on display in my glasses, on the other hand, seems like a ramp-up of screen-time-interruptions and very diminished gains compared to a phone or watch.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by pseudalopex »

its_ethan wrote: post #25
bjnewman85 wrote: post #16

if you cover the LED notification light you will get a notification to uncover it. Surely that will stop anyone from covering it.

It could notify you and then disable any recording until it's uncovered again..

It could. But why would they not say it will?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by freedomben »

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.

Wow dang, they really should make this more obvious. If I bought one and discovered that (despite being able to record and stream video) it had no display, I would be pissed.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by majormajor »

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.

People spend thousands to avoid having to wear glasses or contacts all the time.

Now you can wear them all the time again, but now with more ads?

EDIT to add something less snarky: phones were a "here's another thing to carry in your purse or pocket" additive thing to lifestyles, which wasn't too big a burden, and then gradually got more and more useful. Glasses and contacts, on the other hand, have decades of evidences of people actively avoiding them except for situational stuff. So them getting as pervasive as phones would need a lot more behavioral change.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by gruturo »

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.

I dislike Facebook as much as the next guy, probably more, but this stuff is news for hackers. And it's not even particularly beneficial for them to be featured on HN, we're a rather critical audience.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by aftergibson »

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.

This comment may eventually seem as outdated as asking 'what's the point of Dropbox,’ but it seems we’re approaching the limits of human-computer interaction. It feels as if we’ve reached a point where technology, originally a 'tool' to serve humans, is beginning to erode essential aspects of our humanity, manipulating our core motivations. People may start to opt out, not necessarily due to a lack of useful features and functionalities, but because the overall cost to our humanity outweighs the benefits. This is something we’re gradually coming to realize more fully.

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?

Ah criminy, no screen? The hell is the point.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by standardUser »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #52
cush wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah it’s their looooong term bet.

"For sunglass creeps to capture more long-term memories." —Some Rayban Executive, probably.

I wonder how much the acknowledged the creep factor internally, or if they just kind of danced around it. But it must be their target demographic.
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