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Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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For me it says "unavailable" on all items. Is it the case for everyone? I'm wondering if it's because I'm based in France or if it's sold out.

Same in Germany. However since they're advertising it in both French and German, likely not for long.

Not that I was going to buy that.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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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.

Well, the integration into social media is novel too. When I did a demo I signed into my account and when I filmed something it went directly as a post to my IG. If there were more ability to do more editing and get access to the raw footage that would be helpful; I haven’t tested this version though so I don’t know what it does/doesn’t offer.

There are several glasses that allows live-streaming over wifi to your phone, and that will give you access to the raw footage.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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post #692

Incidentally, I just bought the Gen 1 of these before departing on a trip to Japan a week ago. I gotta say, I'm very happy with the purchase - being able to take photos/videos for memory-capture type stuff (ie I don't care a lot about it being the best quality) without taking out my phone and pointing it at stuff has been great, and the speakers are surprisingly nice to use when I don't want to block out the sounds o…

Operating such a device in Japan puts you in a legal gray area, and depending on your behaviour could result in unwanted police attention. They will respond to reports of such devices being used near spaces frequented by women or children. Act responsibly.

As it should be. I am not comfortable with the idea that creeps are just walking around taking photos of me or my family.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Incidentally, I just bought the Gen 1 of these before departing on a trip to Japan a week ago. I gotta say, I'm very happy with the purchase - being able to take photos/videos for memory-capture type stuff (ie I don't care a lot about it being the best quality) without taking out my phone and pointing it at stuff has been great, and the speakers are surprisingly nice to use when I don't want to block out the sounds o…

Operating such a device in Japan puts you in a legal gray area, and depending on your behaviour could result in unwanted police attention. They will respond to reports of such devices being used near spaces frequented by women or children. Act responsibly.

There's nothing illegal about these as long as you're not doing anything illegal. It's not illegal to take pictures of people in places where there's no expectation of privacy.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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post #692

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Operating such a device in Japan puts you in a legal gray area, and depending on your behaviour could result in unwanted police attention. They will respond to reports of such devices being used near spaces frequented by women or children. Act responsibly.

As it should be. I am not comfortable with the idea that creeps are just walking around taking photos of me or my family.

Don't worry nobody wants photos of you and your family

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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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.

Just do this ;) https://www.instagram.com/reel/BLO7_P_jIcR/

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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post #692

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Operating such a device in Japan puts you in a legal gray area, and depending on your behaviour could result in unwanted police attention. They will respond to reports of such devices being used near spaces frequented by women or children. Act responsibly.

There's nothing illegal about these as long as you're not doing anything illegal. It's not illegal to take pictures of people in places where there's no expectation of privacy.

Are you commenting based on knowledge of Japan? To my knowledge they have laws against secret cameras in public places.

From a quick search it is complicated and varied by prefecture and type of place.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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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…

Omnipresent video input is going to be essential for Artificial Self-Instantiation AGIs early next year. Your personal assistant can’t help you if you need to tell it what you’re doing all the time!

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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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 mean, the light makes it VERY apparent when it's recording or taking a picture. Surely no one will figure out how to disable that light, right?

The page says it detects if the light is obscured and notifies the user in thatacse. That's doesn't sound quite the same as disabling camera in that case, but I imagine this is also one bit of metadata they collect and that could change in future versions..
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