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But currently not very popular.
there are millions in the wild ... so maybe not super popular but it's above penetration of anything you would call a niche product
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/metas-ray-ban-smart-g...
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CTRL-Labs themselves acquired the wristband tech from North/Thalmic, who pivoted into smart glasses for a few years before being acquired by Google. > In an interesting twist, CTRL-Labs purchased a series of patents earlier this year around the Myo armband, a gesture and motion control device developed by North, formerly known as Thalmic Labs. The Myo armband measured electromyography, or EEG, to translate muscle act…
nope. the technology was invented by CTRL-labs, and at Meta after the acquisition. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09255-w yes the Myo was a similar, earlier, and less capable technology also based on EMG sensing.
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"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?
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 competit…
I struggled with this question too. Unfortunately our current system doesn’t make it easy for startups to build this stuff at scale without being gobbled up (the FTC under Lina Khan seemed to want to change that but oh well) so Im resigned to using Big Tech products if they’re the only option.
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there are millions in the wild ... so maybe not super popular but it's above penetration of anything you would call a niche product
Millions in the wild, but mostly sitting in a drawer. https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/metas-ray-ban-smart-g...
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> You can buy identical glasses on the side of the street for $10. Except you aren't going to get the RayBan logo That's funny because the ones sold on my street are $10 and they definitely have the rayban logo
It’s usually the build quality which is usually noticeable by other people looking at it and how they’ll break in a week from light wear
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"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,.
You'd be amazed how many <25s have no idea Meta owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
>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 inc…
And, yes, surely, one needs to periodically switch attention to mirrors and instruments, and I must imagine that shorter gaze movement distance shouldn't hurt. It's the same as checking the speedometer - you don't see the road, only have a rough idea from the peripheral vision.
Although I can imagine that a HUD can be actively distracting, constantly intercepting attention, e.g., flickering.