How are people going to feel if people walk into a bathroom wearing these?
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
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#382Earlier 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…
People already regularly use their phones for this kind of image capture (taking a picture as documentation, not for nostalgic memories or sharing). This seems like a positive signal. Voice doesn't get used this way, but the voice interactions are cumbersome on the phone mostly because the platform is not open enough, not because of form factor issues. In regards to voice: there's no way to have access to the easy st…
Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I'm not very well versed in this domain, and it's nice to have a civil discussion about wearable tech, especially when previous implementations have instantly become vapourware.
> So yes a phone can do all that, and it ALSO would be awesome, but just like with these glasses you can't ACTUALLY implement this.
A perfect summary, I think!
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#383Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> someone who had their phone in their hand?
I feel like I have a good idea when someone is recording or not. Phone orientation and behavior is different.
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#384Earlier quoted context omitted.
They deliver ads to the people being filmed with the glasses, once they're identified and tracked by facebook.
I wonder if Zuckerberg one day will wake up and realize what he's doing to the world.
"To conclude, it’s worth noting that, at least for a time, product managers at Facebook — Russ’ job before starting DocSend — were required to read Snow Crash as part of their internal training."[0]
I think he knows.
0: https://www.deaneckles.com/blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
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#385Pricing is interesting. $299 for the Wayfarer model when the base Wayfarer goes for $171 on the Rayban website. If (and this is a big if) you assume Luxottica takes the same cut on both models, then Meta is selling a camera, headphones, etc, conveniently packaged into a very small form-factor for $128. If I were in the market for a new pair of sunglasses, it isn't hard to seem me splurging another $128 for something…
In my local sunglass store iI can buy genuine Wayfarers for a bit more than 100$ so I guess Luxotica’s margin is even higher than expected…
Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
#386Pricing is interesting. $299 for the Wayfarer model when the base Wayfarer goes for $171 on the Rayban website. If (and this is a big if) you assume Luxottica takes the same cut on both models, then Meta is selling a camera, headphones, etc, conveniently packaged into a very small form-factor for $128. If I were in the market for a new pair of sunglasses, it isn't hard to seem me splurging another $128 for something…
Yeah, I go hiking several times a week and I'd wear these all the time. I like listening to podcasts or music, but want to be able to hear any rattlesnakes or interesting birds, so the speakers seem like a plus. And being able to snap a photo without pulling my phone out would also be great. I probably wouldn't use them in a lot of situations, but hiking seems like a good one. If these end up being decent I'd consider them over a normal pair of sunglasses next time I need a pair.
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#387How is this different from Google Glasses that were launched earlier?
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#388Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
to quote my own comment:
> I feel meta's smart glasses partly answer point 1, but fail at the rest.
Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
#389 What do I need to use these?
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- a valid Meta account
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#390Ok guys you know what to do. Mercilessly ridicule and degrade anyone who wears these to continue the very justified stigma against wearing a discrete camera on your face.