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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by serf »

alex_young wrote: post #221

The 4 hour battery life will probably save us for a bit, but do you really want to walk around in a world where a bunch of strangers are taking pictures of you just by looking in your direction? I don’t. Who cares about the LED.

>but do you really want to walk around in a world where a bunch of strangers are taking pictures of you just by looking in your direction?

given that the social stigma of phone photography and who it targets has just about disappeared, I think the "I don't want to be photographed' ship has sailed.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by r0fl »

jedberg wrote: post #211
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…

Have you seen this: https://www.visor.com/shop Disclosure, I'm an investor. But I share this as a fellow technologist who just bought one. It's meant for working in VR/AR so it only ties to computers, but it might still work for you.

Cool tech but those are hideous compared to a slightly thicker pair of Ray Bans

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by [deleted] »

CommitSyn wrote: post #207
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…

Imagine that while you're driving, a big line of text that you can't see through appears on your windshield. Worse yet the text is opaque but you have to concentrate on it to read it. All this would do is give drivers a false sense of security in your directions example. You'll be concentrating on the text regardless, meaning your concentration is off the road. Even that autopilot sense where you drive your daily rou…

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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by nickthegreek »

Gud wrote: post #193
nickthegreek wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People are allowed to be annoyed. If you punch someone, or break/steal their property for recording, there are actual LEGAL consequences that could befall you. People record others all the time, there is this whole Karen phenomenon that is kinda hard not to know about..

There is a big difference between actively choosing to film, showing you are filming someone and a passive camera always on. The first one can be easily avoided, the second one not so much.

Who is talking about passive only on recording? This device would melt your face before if it tried that.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ActorNightly »

gorjusborg wrote: post #208
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.

The tendency for people to be creeped out by your surveillance glasses. If anyone around me wore these, I'd promptly tease them playfully about it, making it clear it's creepy. I understand that there are folks like yourself that are comfortable with it, but most people are against others walking around and recording. I hate that they are trying to hide the fact that the glasses are modified. Clearly they understand…

If everyone being able to record anyone in public is the way we get people to stop acting like assholes to each other, Im all for it.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by gorjusborg »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #213
gorjusborg wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tendency for people to be creeped out by your surveillance glasses. If anyone around me wore these, I'd promptly tease them playfully about it, making it clear it's creepy. I understand that there are folks like yourself that are comfortable with it, but most people are against others walking around and recording. I hate that they are trying to hide the fact that the glasses are modified. Clearly they understand…

Cops have to wear body cams that are recording continuously (or at least we hope they are). Dash cams are popular...even standard...in places where insurance fraud is rife. How long the hold out will be until wearing a headset recording device is considered normal rather than creepy?

I see your point, but dash cams are recording the road, which is not a place that most people consider private.

An always-present personal recording device is different. People enter and leave areas that others feel are private. In some cases, there are even laws protecting what can be recorded (two-party states in the U.S. for example).

If something like these glasses started to take off, I would expect public backlash and legislation that restricted or prevented its use in certain contexts, which would essentially make them useless (the point is that you wear them all the time).

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by whartung »

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 want a lightweight display I can wear unobtrusively and doesn't make anyone near me nervous

The BWM Connected Ride Glasses are close to this:

https://www.bmw-motorrad.ie/en/wear/Apparel/connectedride-sm...

They're specific for motorcycle riding (vs, you know, a pasta timer), but that's a detail of application.

Other than that, it's a pair glasses with a built in HUD for...HUD things.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by mplewis »

expertentipp wrote: post #196
ginkgotree wrote: post #116

No way would I keep a camera on my head that is directly uploading image (and audio?) data to a Meta owned and operated platform. No. F*&(king. Way.

If they'll figure out one "wow how convenient" killer feature or killer app, everyone will be wearing it within 2 years.

Absolutely not. People hate living in the panopticon.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by eertami »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #213
gorjusborg wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tendency for people to be creeped out by your surveillance glasses. If anyone around me wore these, I'd promptly tease them playfully about it, making it clear it's creepy. I understand that there are folks like yourself that are comfortable with it, but most people are against others walking around and recording. I hate that they are trying to hide the fact that the glasses are modified. Clearly they understand…

Cops have to wear body cams that are recording continuously (or at least we hope they are). Dash cams are popular...even standard...in places where insurance fraud is rife. How long the hold out will be until wearing a headset recording device is considered normal rather than creepy?

Depends on the culture, really. Dash cams (& ring doorbells/private security cameras) are illegal in quite a few countries with strong privacy protections.

Even on a public street people have a right to privacy in my country, I couldn't just start taking pictures or video of someone without consent.

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