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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by geon »

seabass-labrax wrote: post #427
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…

Luxottica is probably doing very nicely on this partnership, and may well be offering Apple a substantial price cut to compensate. I had never heard of 'Rayban' before this Apple announcement! (Not that I am the target market for sunglasses anyway, in dark and wet Great Britain)

Apple?

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by herbst »

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.

If meta had their own mobile OS, taking into account how they have little to zero care for European privacy laws or any privacy really, I highly doubt most people would feel comfortable having conversations with the device nearby.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ponyous »

jeremyjh wrote: post #148
Animats wrote: post #100

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Huh? Then how do they deliver ads?

Presumably they monetize by selling your real-time location and live video feed to your local surveillance authorities or political enemies.

Is there any source that can back this up? I can't imagine my local police paying to have live locations at all times.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by vidarh »

dylan604 wrote: post #204
vidarh wrote: post #168

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"Spy cameras" like these have been available cheaply for years. The only thing new here is the Ray-Ban brand connection.

how many "spy cameras" allow you to live stream? "the only thing" here is your lack of imagination. not that I'm a proponent of these devices, as they are on the verge of creepCentral, but i'm not going to make an outlandish comment about them "only" being branded.

The very cheapest don't, but there are several who do, so again the only "new" thing is here is the branding.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by pmontra »

baby wrote: post #568
toddmorey wrote: post #302

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

Just take them off when you have lunch? That’s what I do with my sunglasses

People don't do that with their prescription glasses. They also don't take off their sunglasses if they are having lunch outside in a bright place.
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