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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ActorNightly » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:02 AM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #280

ActorNightly wrote: post #236

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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.

I think a single trip down Reddit's r/PublicFreakout should be enough to convince you that the ubiquity of cameras doesn't stop people from acting like assholes.

Thats a small minority of incidents. There are a lot more day to day behaviors that people do that are inconsiderate, and if there is a chance of you getting on video, being identified and losing your job, Im all for it. There is no immediate reward for acting good, and very little to no punishment for acting like an asshole.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ActorNightly » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:04 AM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #340

ActorNightly wrote: post #236

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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.

I'm not. It would make me avoid being in public places.

And if more people had the same mentality, it would be great.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by fomine3 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:12 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #633

Lich wrote: post #626

Hm, might be useful when capturing fishing videos. Instead of strapping a gopro or insta 360 to your body, just wear these and you get the added plus of polarized glasses. The video doesn't seem to have any stabilization yet though, so maybe a few generations later would be better.

That's just a software thing though. Not sure why they didn't run it through a stabilizer.

Hardware stabilization is better but it takes space. For pure software stabilization, it can be done by PC or powerful smartphone so it's better to not to have on glass frame for saving battery.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ChicagoDave » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:15 AM UTC

Can’t wait to see casinos banning these things.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by rychco » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:17 AM UTC

I like the idea, as long as I can use it 100% independently of Facebook/Meta services (which I don’t use).

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by coolandsmartrr » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:21 AM UTC

ChicagoDave wrote: post #654

Can’t wait to see casinos banning these things.

You remind me of Edward Thorp, who counted Blackjack cards and later became even wealthier with his hedge fund. He has envisioned of wearables making counting easier.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ActorNightly » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:22 AM UTC

esafak wrote: post #244

ActorNightly wrote: post #242

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If you are in PUBLIC, that is by definition NOT PRIVATE.

Correct, and people do have expectations, albeit reduced, of privacy in public too. Moreover, this expectation is thankfully backed by the law in various jurisdictions. I would very much like to see those rights beefed up for the machine learning age, after reading all these comments. Or would you like to live in a panopticon like the Chinese? Hey, you're on PUBLIC property, citizen! Smile for the camera, and don't t…

First, just because China did it doesn't mean its necessarily wrong. The real bad part of Chinese system are the laws that govern what is bad and what the punishment - the surveillance in itself alone is neutral at worst. More information never hurts.

Secondly, this would be "society filming society", without the government being involved.

I really see only positive with the mass adoption of these things. When I go out in public, I drive respectfully, I don't cut in line, I clean up if I make a mess, I don't play loud music or have an obnoxiously loud car, I don't talk loudly, and am generally not an asshole to people. If someone needs the fear of being recorded, and put online and losing their job to not act like asshole, then so be it.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by seydor » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:25 AM UTC

Agents Smith walking all around

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by PeterStuer » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:43 AM UTC

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.

I'm sure this will be the first unhackable product in tech history. /s

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by vinay_ys » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 5:43 AM UTC

I seriously hope this doesn't take off and fails spectacularly like Google Glass. I don't want a society where the people I'm interacting with are always recording everything around and giving it to a private profit corporation who can change their minds about what they will do all that private data any time they like.