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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by samtheprogram »

callalex wrote: post #150
samtheprogram wrote: post #139

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> 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. You might have gotten caught up in an ideology. I make fun of Elon and what he's doing to Twitter as much as the next guy, but... What do you imagine would be so harmful about them? Tracking, like with you…

Musk companies have a proven track record of handling private data inappropriately. For example Tesla employees were caught sharing footage from vehicles on private property with their friends. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sens...

Great point. I was more opposing their discourse and lack of any examples.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ajhurliman »

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…

Yeah, that’s just not what the product is. It’s not targeted at helping people navigate roads, it’s for giving creators a more seamless way of getting footage in their everyday life.

Meta spent a crazy amount of money hosting a giant party at VidCon (a YouTube/TikTok/Instagram focused convention) and I haven’t really seen them pushing these glasses anywhere else. Casey Neistat did a review on the first-gen version in the context of how it helped him film. This really seems like a tool for creators at this point, even if it may morph into something else later.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by smeej »

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

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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.

If the sunglasses sit a normal distance from the face, most people's corrective lenses won't fit behind them.

There's a reason over-glasses sunglasses are so big and clunky and ugly.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by smath »

l33t7332273 wrote: post #101
smath wrote: 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?

I was thinking of an audio-based personal assistant running on the sunglasses, a la https://twitter.com/ggerganov/status/1640416314773700608

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by m463 »

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…

> I don't want cameras strapped to my head

Not only is VR/AR hard, a camera is still very aligned with their business model :)

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by singularity2001 »

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…

Yes, it's the creep factor of Google Glasses without the utility display

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by rattlesnakedave »

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.

No. Wearable AR tech is the future. The trend has been "get this device as out of my way, and integrate it into my life as much as possible." e.g: big iron -> desktops -> laptops -> smart phones enabling greater mobility and flexibility of use.

We're just starting to see the next state of it with wearable tech. Smart watches. Airpods. Many people have these. Many people wear them for extended periods because they're comfortable interfaces to the services they care about. A family member has a hearing aid that's connected to their phone's bluetooth. Comfortable enough to wear all day & discretely listen to phone audio whenever. I think that's the next step (obvious evolution from airpods). Glasses -> AR displays shortly after.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by rdtsc »

dkasper wrote: post #91
rdtsc wrote: post #74

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> 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

Exactly. That’s why I can see them being successful.
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