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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by dhjilop »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

I would buy something from them, but until I know I could wear them safely at work while developing, using the bathroom, driving, and watching TV at home, and that I’d want to do that without being distracted all day by texts, etc., I wouldn’t wear them. I have to wear glasses, so they’d have to be clear, prescription glasses with reasonable small and stylish frames. This product isn’t for me, and I don’t see how it makes sense to continue spending money on this boondoggle, which is effectively a massively expensive human-testing project to help them develop reasonable-looking glasses. I love Ray-Ban glasses, but not this style or size, and not with these features.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by bigyabai »

enos_feedler wrote: post #14
bigyabai wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There is just no bottom up cool factor. At all. That's just like, your opinion, man.

Did you watch the video link and compare? Curious what you think? Or are you just trolling? I bring substance and you bring negging

I grew up on the internet, I know what the CD-i is. Smart glasses are cool. For $800, I'd get one tomorrow if someone had a reproducible jailbreak. I own an Oculus Quest that was worth every dime.

Too often HN threads devolve into the same tired comparisons about laserdisks and Palm Pilots. The only precedent we have for a product like this failing is Vision Pro, and this is nothing like that. Your comment was jumping to a conclusion that I think many would disagree with.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by AvAn12 »

mgh2 wrote: post #151
JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

Why do you think they rebranded? They are chasing after Gen Z, brainwashing that clean slate.

"rebranding" takes more than saying "oh, now we are 'meta'" FB launched with great positive repetitional aura, but, at least to me, they have worn that away bit by bit over the years to the point where it becomes hard to earn back,.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by al_borland »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

This is my #1 issue. I simply don’t trust them and I don’t know that there is a realistic path to build that trust at this point. They’ve been violating my trust for decades.

I’m happy to let them prove out the tech, and if/when a company enters the market with a compelling product that I can trust, I will consider that competing product.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by culopatin »

AvAn12 wrote: post #155

Use cases: 1: FPV "how-to" videos are marginally easier to make, though GoPro remains a thing... 2: Users get to look like the nerd emoji 3: The rest seems like creepy-spying-on-friends-or-strangers kinds of things. Any constructive suggestions? I'm willing to be enlightened...

I tried to record every day things with my action cam and I always feel like a weirdo with a box hanging off, I think these would help me not care about that as much,

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by pesus »

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…

I'm really not a fan of them. There's already too much recording going on on a daily basis. I would personally avoid anyone wearing these. They say the mandatory LED activation prevents the issue, but I still don't trust it, and find it very off putting either way.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by zmmmmm »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #116

>Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are designed to help you look up and stay present. With a quick glance at the in-lens display, you can accomplish everyday tasks—like checking messages, previewing photos, and collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts Can you imagine trying to talk to someone face to face, but they are giving you a blank stare as random notifications and tiktok videos are being beamed inbetween their eye…

I do think we're in for a bit of a reality check on how human attention works.

I have a HUD in my car that shows me directions, speed etc and when I'm looking at that the rest of the view out the windscreen is hardly even there to my visual perception even though I'm looking right at it. This seems to be getting largely overlooked but I feel like over time statistics are going to emerge that HUD type displays are increasing accidents rather than preventing them.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by xnx »

AvAn12 wrote: post #163
mgh2 wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you think they rebranded? They are chasing after Gen Z, brainwashing that clean slate.

"rebranding" takes more than saying "oh, now we are 'meta'" FB launched with great positive repetitional aura, but, at least to me, they have worn that away bit by bit over the years to the point where it becomes hard to earn back,.

> FB launched with great positive repetitional aura

As a site that ranked how hot girls were?

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by lurking_swe »

garbawarb wrote: post #144
lurking_swe wrote: post #119

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> Listening to music is fantastic as it's different from regular headphones since you can still hear the world around you Many earbuds, like Airpods, have transparency mode. The end result is the same…music while hearing background noise. In fact airpods are better because of the ANC mode that tunes out noise except conversation and other “important” sounds. I can also wear airpods indoors without looking like a dork…

I wouldn't want to wear earbuds while doing anything active, the chance of them falling out is too high.

Has not been an issue for me (walking, jogging, basketball practice)

but i understand the concern! sometimes it’s sketchy haha. Like riding a bicycle.

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