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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by pests » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:12 AM UTC

maroonblazer wrote: post #586

pests wrote: post #550

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally different use case though. That's chest mounted pointing down. Sure, useful for some. Perfect for something like cooking. The benefit here I think is a more literal WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get. You see it, you get the photo of it.

Nope, head-mounted. https://media.gq.com/photos/621e6cade2354d618c84380a/master/...

Its still offset. If I turn my head sideways to look between something or under a car or anything close to the face really is out of focus or not even in view.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by surfingdino » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:18 AM UTC

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…

Yes, it's to gather even more data. Ad agencies have figured out how to glorify this. Dell in the UK is running an ad telling the viewer that the tourists photographing and filming coral reefs are helping the scientists help preserve nature.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by surfingdino » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:23 AM UTC

Vloggers will love it.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by rado » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:27 AM UTC

That wonky carousel breaks the whole page: https://i.imgur.com/TkTKE06.png I wonder how many more millions of $ and megabytes of frameworks it would take to just make a decent web page which isn't broken.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by surfingdino » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:29 AM UTC

Gud wrote: post #186

SantalBlush wrote: post #149

Earlier 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.

Knowing and reflecting upon what you know are two different things. And even then the outcomes may be different than what you would expect.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by dmje » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:29 AM UTC

vinay_ys wrote: post #660

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.

Agree. And the hilarity of selling this as "being in the moment"...

Urgh.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by 4ndrewl » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:30 AM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #333

4ndrewl wrote: post #27

Good news for those who don't want to be caught on camera "The Capture LED lets others know when you're capturing content or going live. If the LED is covered, you'll be notified to clear it." So that's nice.

It's better than nothing, but it does put other people in the uncomfortable position of having to ask the glasses wearer to not record. And can you see the indication before you're actually on camera?

Right, but only if you know what to look for, and are actively looking.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by expertentipp » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:30 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #552

Fuck Luxottica. One of the jerkiest and most abusive companies on Earth. They bought Ray-Ban and every other glasses company, and then enshittifyied each and every one. The worst. It's unfortunate FB has chosen to bed together with such a trash.

Yeah I was wondering how come every sunglasses cost north of EUR 150, and then learned about Luxottica.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by mvkel » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:32 AM UTC

I got a pair of the original Stories and they are my most favorite device released in the past decade except for the AirPods.

Countless times I've wanted to capture something with my kids, or on a drive, or on a bike ride. I can just tap the button on my glasses and that's it. I'm not taken out of the moment at all. It's great.

as for the other stuff, Bluetooth speaker included, I wish they would rip it all out.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by trollied » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 6:35 AM UTC

mvkel wrote: post #679

I got a pair of the original Stories and they are my most favorite device released in the past decade except for the AirPods. Countless times I've wanted to capture something with my kids, or on a drive, or on a bike ride. I can just tap the button on my glasses and that's it. I'm not taken out of the moment at all. It's great. as for the other stuff, Bluetooth speaker included, I wish they would rip it all out.

Thanks for your review, Zuck :)