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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by bamboozled »

wyclif wrote: post #577
api_or_ipa wrote: post #70

Pricing 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…

The base, regular Wayfarers were cannibalized and cheapened out by Luxottica a long time ago. I'm fortunate enough to have a vintage pair from the mid-1980's that still look brand new. They have higher quality zyl frames, polarized glass Bausch & Lomb lenses, and, crucially, five barrel bolted hinges. They're built like a tank. The new ones are so cheap I won't even wear them. Cheap plastic, plastic lenses, spring hi…

Agree they’re complete trash now.

I once had a pair I found under a house from I’d guess the 60s, the builder must have misplaced them. They felt like something from another universe compared to today’s garbage.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by Gh0stRAT »

phkahler wrote: post #498
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…

>> The workflow for glasses (either these or some other hypothetical ones) would involve hitting a button and then having to either speak the command out loud or hit some other button to capture video/audio/etc I was hoping to just say "Hey Meta, start recording". Totally hands free, even while driving or carrying stuff. I thought the whole point is to not have to mess with a phone.

I'm sure you'll be able to use voice commands to take pictures/videos hands-free with these. jperras just said that THEIR ideal workflow would rely on a button.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by bamboozled »

Imagine the creepy stuff people will be doing with this and deep fake tech? Taking a bunch of video of the cute girl who works at the bar and converting that into whatever sick fantasy you like.

Imagine all the intimate footage you’re sharing and will lose when Facebook eventually gets hacked…

Kind of keen for someone to develop a portable EMP device…

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by kbrannigan »

BenFranklin100 wrote: post #589

This technology creeps me out. I can’t imagine interacting with someone who’s wearing a pair of these, much less have a conversation. It would be like trying to talk with someone who’s sticking their smartphone in your face. Better looking and more refined tech, but fundamentally Glasshole 2.0. Zuck is the perfect ambassador after Brin.

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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by bpye »

MrMetlHed wrote: post #386
api_or_ipa wrote: post #70

Pricing 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 conside…

Bose had sunglasses with bone conduction audio for a while - but I think they got discontinued. I like the idea but these are, to me, worse. I get why some people would like having a camera, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable with it.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by paul7986 »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #599
paul7986 wrote: post #537

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Once battery life is solid and all bugs are worked out smart glasses will be as ubiquitous as smart phones

> smart glasses will be as ubiquitous as smart phones This reminds me of the difference between Apple and Google: a sense of style. I have no doubt smart glasses will find their niche in industry and among techies. But what people put on their faces is deeply tied to identity. Until the technology can exist virtually unseen, it’s not going to compete.

Once smart glasses run solidly and can run mind blowing innovation / apps solidly too they are the next smart phone. Such innovations will sell smart glasses like apps drove smart phone sales.

I think my argument is helped by the billions both Facebook and Apple are putting into smart glasses.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by unsupp0rted »

> designed for living in the moment while expressing yourself to the max.

Why would they write copy like this? Surely it causes a visceral cringe reaction in anybody over 35, say.

Is Generation Z a clean slate for 1980s vague hyperbolic ad-speak?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by zyang »

BenFranklin100 wrote: post #589

This technology creeps me out. I can’t imagine interacting with someone who’s wearing a pair of these, much less have a conversation. It would be like trying to talk with someone who’s sticking their smartphone in your face. Better looking and more refined tech, but fundamentally Glasshole 2.0. Zuck is the perfect ambassador after Brin.

I hate everything about this tech. It invades people's privacy in-exchange for monetization and there's no way to opt-out. People made this happen should take a long walk and think about what they are doing with their lives.
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