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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ImPostingOnHN »

Gh0stRAT wrote: post #356
toddmorey wrote: post #302

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

I mean, the light makes it VERY apparent when it's recording or taking a picture. Would you be just as uncomfortable eating lunch with someone who had their phone in their hand? It'd be much easier to surreptitiously record/photograph someone with a phone because they have no status indicator when they're recording and people inadvertently point phone lenses at each other all the time.

> Would you be just as uncomfortable eating lunch with someone who had their phone in their hand?

the entire time?

of course - and I'd question my decision to invite them

unless they're sharing their screen with everyone (showing pics, etc) or taking a group pic, having their phone out and pointed at you for more than a few moments would be both uncomfortable and rude

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by JohnFen »

yieldcrv wrote: post #276
quitit wrote: post #268

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In my opinion barriers are: 1. Outward appearance. People don't like wearing glasses if they don't have to. 2. Tech issues: e.g. short battery life, weight, need for charging, UX. 3. Compelling features that make them worthwhile to use. This point is harder to explain, but a device needs to provide features to the wearer as they wear them and not indirect benefits. These features need to be particular to the device's…

people like wearing glasses that say ray ban

Some do, sure. But not most.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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pj_mukh wrote: post #218
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…

Unpopular opinion (even wsj wrote this product off [1]) but as a new dad these things have been an absolute game changer. I continue to play with my toddler at all times but I can also capture critical moments without my kid thinking I’m constantly on my phone. The grandparents have the footage on loop. This is just a win-win-win all around tbh even without any displays. [1]: https://www.wsj.com/articles/metas-ray-ba…

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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

hotnfresh wrote: post #352
toddmorey wrote: post #302

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

People used to feel all kinds of ways about what is now normal smartphone use. There are probably a lot of remnants of those attitudes in ‘00s media that can still be found. Everyone either got over it or shut up about it because they (ahem, we) had clearly lost. I expect actually-useful smart glasses will eventually overcome the same stigma. Actually-useful being the key part of that.

Strong disagree. I think there is still a fairly large cohort of people who feel that e.g. looking at your phone at dinner, or responding to every random ding from your phone during a conversation, is rude and unacceptable behavior.
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