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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by adamrezich »

itissid wrote: post #285
gffrd wrote: post #264

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the obsession with ramming tech in to existing accessories? Why must sunglasses also be a camera? Or Alexa? It's not for lack of knowing the answer. Because you're already taking your sunglasses with you everywhere, anyway. Because there's no way you're carrying around another thing. Because it's the most convenient way of securing a more intimate relationship with customers.…

Because there is no way meta can challenge Google and Apple's dominance on the mobile platform(e.g. look at how the they have monopolized location services and apple has dented their ad market) and they are desperate to redefine what the next generation of communication and mobility devices look like. This is also the first generation of mobile wearables. Expect more will come in the next two years paired with other…

> This is also the first generation of mobile wearables.

is it? Google Glass was like a decade ago, and Snap Spectacles were released sometime after that. they keep trying to make this happen every few years and it never seems to stick.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by toddmorey »

ianbicking wrote: post #259

These could be pretty incredible if the platform was more open. You get highly available image and voice input, and good voice output. Imagine if you could take a picture of anything, add a little note, have it filed away. Not necessarily an awesome Instagram picture, but just a picture of some mail you got, a tool you are putting away, any thing you want to record and save. Heck, why not a picture of your computer s…

I would be so uncomfortable having lunch with someone wearing these. Am I alone in that?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by rcpt »

I think it'd be nice to blink and automatically post to Instagram everytime some driver does something unhinged while I'm on my bicycle.

Not sure I can think of any pro-social use cases though.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by solardev »

The animations on that page are misleading. They show some sort of detached floating HUD next to each person using the glasses, but I don't think the actual product has anything like that? At first I thought it projects an image onto the actual lenses, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It's just (deceptive) marketing =/

These aren't really smart glasses, they're just spy glasses.

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Post by phire »

gffrd wrote: post #264

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the obsession with ramming tech in to existing accessories? Why must sunglasses also be a camera? Or Alexa? It's not for lack of knowing the answer. Because you're already taking your sunglasses with you everywhere, anyway. Because there's no way you're carrying around another thing. Because it's the most convenient way of securing a more intimate relationship with customers.…

When I hear "smart glasses", I'm thinking either a display, or some kind of active optics.

It's a total letdown to click on a product like this and it's nothing more than a camera, a touchpad, and some crappy speakers near my ear.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by capableweb »

OJFord wrote: post #216
capableweb wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wow dang, they really should make this more obvious. How? It's not mentioned anywhere that this is about displaying content, but it's very clear it's about capturing video and listening to audio only. Or you want them to put "Notice: No display is included in the device" on the landing page?

To be fair the second sentence in the short top description is about staying connected with calls and messages . I don't think many people's first assumption (without any other context/knowing more) would be that that means having them read out.

The full quote is:

> Stay connected with hands-free calls and messages and listen to your favourite tracks through built-in speakers.

Which makes it seem pretty clear they're talking about stuff you can do because of the speakers.

Then later:

> No more stopping to answer your phone. Also, make calls and send messages on WhatsApp, Messenger and SMS, completely hands-free – simply by using your voice.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by jperras »

pj_mukh wrote: post #299
jperras wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Imagine if you could take a picture of anything, add a little note, have it filed away. Not necessarily an awesome Instagram picture, but just a picture of some mail you got, a tool you are putting away, any thing you want to record and save. Heck, why not a picture of your computer screen? Pair that with quickly available audio transcriptions and you can also dictate anything, thoughts, small notes, information as…

I have the near opposite experience especially having attempted to build the mobile based product you mentioned [ https://placenote.com/ ] The seamlessness of glasses is really what makes this even possible, especially now that voice is becoming a seamless interface. I largely like my phone to remain in my pocket (especially when I’m with my impressionable kids) and bringing it out and unlocking, getting my brain to…

The cognitive load of the notifications is an interesting point that I hadn't considered; I can see myself being distracted by those in the workflow I proposed in my previous comment.

I wonder if much of this could be solved by OS-level functionality (or at least having it in a developer-accessible SDK) that allows the new "always-on" lock screens to immediately trigger an application on a single tap.

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Post by PlunderBunny »

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.

David Brin's 'Earth' novel (which feels very prescient in some ways) has elderly people wearing sunglasses that continuously capture live video which is monitored by (private?) security companies. If I recall correctly, in the novel this effectively eliminates street-crime.

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gffrd wrote: post #264

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the obsession with ramming tech in to existing accessories? Why must sunglasses also be a camera? Or Alexa? It's not for lack of knowing the answer. Because you're already taking your sunglasses with you everywhere, anyway. Because there's no way you're carrying around another thing. Because it's the most convenient way of securing a more intimate relationship with customers.…

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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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solardev wrote: post #304

The animations on that page are misleading. They show some sort of detached floating HUD next to each person using the glasses, but I don't think the actual product has anything like that? At first I thought it projects an image onto the actual lenses, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It's just (deceptive) marketing =/ These aren't really smart glasses, they're just spy glasses.

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