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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Philpax »

dylan604 wrote: post #94
moralestapia wrote: post #29

>The only wave guide device out there with > 42 pixels per degree (ppd) is a giant headset that isn’t sold commercially anymore. Magic Leap.

Are you countering that's the name of a device that does this, or the name of the device that isn't sold any more? I didn't think ML ever made it to anything viable. They just gave great demo

The Magic Leap 1 and 2 were commercially available to some degree, but they were not successful. I can't speak to their PPD, but I can't imagine it was that amazing.

The HoloLens devices might be another set of candidates.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by JKCalhoun »

kstrauser wrote: post #62
jrowen wrote: post #36

I think continuing to go for the classic Ray-Ban look is a mistake. I don't think this product is enticing to the Ray-Ban crowd at this point. Ray-Bans are for looking effortlessly cool, not maybe secretly filming people, it's a wolf in sheep's (bulging) clothing. I would go for more steampunk goggles. Get nerds and hobbyists really excited about it. Create a new lane.

I don't think these look like classic Ray-Bans. It looks like someone selected Wayfarers and then ran stroke path 30px. They're basically the clip art version of Ray-Bans.

Ray-Buns.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

#133

Post by neilv »

What do people think about the (almost hidden) cameras in glasses?

With traditional cameras, feature phones, and smartphones, if someone wanted to be creepy with the camera, they'd have to point the device at someone, which tended to look exactly like they are using the camera.

(IIUC, some countries even required a shutter sound, for anti-creepy reasons, when the pointing of the phone wasn't enough warning.)

Now, the wearer of the glasses spy camera just has to look in the general direction that creepiness should be sprayed.

The creepiness isn't even that of the wearer; it could also be that of the tech company.

Is this going to end up another Google "Glassholes" situation, with the wearers shunned?

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

#134

Post by spot »

jorvi wrote: post #108
klik99 wrote: post #39

I believe the wristband came from this acquisition: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/23/20881032/facebook-ctrl-la... Insanely cool, and awesome to see a viable wave guide device. It's so cool that it might outweigh my reluctance to strap facebook to my face.

Disney is about to have a serious talk with Facebook. Disney Research has had a prototype on gesture detection via wristband electric sensing tech since 2012 : https://youtu.be/E4tYpXVTjxA?t=2m8s

not the same tech at all.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

#135

Post by jayd16 »

neilv wrote: post #133

What do people think about the (almost hidden) cameras in glasses? With traditional cameras, feature phones, and smartphones, if someone wanted to be creepy with the camera, they'd have to point the device at someone, which tended to look exactly like they are using the camera. (IIUC, some countries even required a shutter sound, for anti-creepy reasons, when the pointing of the phone wasn't enough warning.) Now, the…

They've had the camera glasses part for a few years now.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

#136

Post by JKCalhoun »

homeonthemtn wrote: post #15

It's fine. I still don't have a need for this in my life, and it's impractical as a replacement (good luck keeping them on once you start sweating) - you're still going to need your phone. So that means this is just adding 2 more gadgets, both of which I now need to wear? Nah. Not happening. Neat gestures though.

> So that means this is just adding 2 more gadgets

Yeah, I see where this is going. (And here I am wanting less gadgets.)

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by paxys »

neilv wrote: post #133

What do people think about the (almost hidden) cameras in glasses? With traditional cameras, feature phones, and smartphones, if someone wanted to be creepy with the camera, they'd have to point the device at someone, which tended to look exactly like they are using the camera. (IIUC, some countries even required a shutter sound, for anti-creepy reasons, when the pointing of the phone wasn't enough warning.) Now, the…

There's a pretty bright light that turns on when the camera is recording, and if you try and cover the light the camera won't work. Their existing glasses are pretty popular and there haven't been big compaints about it. If you really wanted to do secret recordings there are plenty of better and cheaper glasses in the market for it.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

#138

Post by geuis »

dylan604 wrote: post #82
geuis wrote: post #69

Interesting tech, but the item is completely without any attractive style. Look up "army birth control glasses" (Sorry about the google search link. Apple and Google go out of their way to hide the url when doing searches on Google from mobile Safari.) https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=046dc2c9c0fa6748&udm=2... This is what no one else can seem to understand. The iPad was created in Apple's labs before the iPhone…

>Apple and Google go out of their way to hide the url when doing searches on Google from mobile Safari. What? It's only 2 clicks away. You can click the copy button after hitting the share button. /s

Yup. I can go to any other of billions of domains in the world and just see the url, but because Google and Apple have a special compensatory friendship we can't do that.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by neilv »

jayd16 wrote: post #135
neilv wrote: post #133

What do people think about the (almost hidden) cameras in glasses? With traditional cameras, feature phones, and smartphones, if someone wanted to be creepy with the camera, they'd have to point the device at someone, which tended to look exactly like they are using the camera. (IIUC, some countries even required a shutter sound, for anti-creepy reasons, when the pointing of the phone wasn't enough warning.) Now, the…

They've had the camera glasses part for a few years now.

But currently not very popular.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Philpax »

I'd be the first one to buy these if they weren't made by Meta. I've wanted a pair of smartglasses for a very long time, and these seem like the first viable pair in terms of capabilities - aside from the thickness, which I can live with.

Unfortunately, Meta, and Zuckerberg, have been involved in far too much malfeasance. I just can't ethically justify buying a product from them again. I'm hoping that viable competitors become available, but it's going to be hard to compete with Meta's investment, especially on the HCI front.

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