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Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by paxys »

I don't understand why Meta is so insistent on making the camera and creepy video recording the primary feature of these glasses. They do have a ton of other uses. The speakers are genuinely great. It's useful to be able to hear notifications while walking. Having a decent AI for asking random questions is nice as well. It supports live translation. And unlike Airpods it doesn't tune out the rest of the world, which I like. And the new models have a display, which could be useful for stuff like maps.

Release a model without a camera and people might actually give it a chance.

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by afavour »

infinite_spin wrote: post #6
downrightmike wrote: post #2

glassholes never change

Help me understand this attitude, because I've mostly seen women wearing these types of products, and they stand to gain a lot in terms of security from wearing them. So why the ad hominems? What is your best argument against these devices? When I go to a coffee shop I do so with the understanding that the establishment is likely recording me, are we going to accept this same rhetoric for anyone that films others in…

> I've mostly seen women wearing these types of products, and they stand to gain a lot in terms of security from wearing them

How?

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by all2 »

wolvoleo wrote: post #7
gdulli wrote: post #4

It's hard to believe that in the late smartphone era there are people who think they're not online enough already, and want smart glasses so they can be even more online.

Well, I kinda wouldn't mind glasses that could show important notifications or maps. It could be handy for lots of things, like a heads up display. Not to watch the social feeds but to find my way or read a message from a friend saying they're late. When I use my phone or watch to navigate it's a bit more dangerous. Thinking specifically of one time when I fell badly doing just that. I absolutely wouldn't want them t…

I would take a camera with AR integration. I'm imagining some mashup of scrap book note keeping in digital space and technical work like car repairs or utility work. Imagine seeing where the studs are in the walls, or finding a now you left yourself in the engine bay of your car...

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by paul7986 »

gdulli wrote: post #4

It's hard to believe that in the late smartphone era there are people who think they're not online enough already, and want smart glasses so they can be even more online.

If you do one of the following now...

- Wear sunglasses or glasses now

- Take pics or videos with your phone

Smart glasses are very handy and when traveling especially solo asking about what your seeing in front of you is handy/informative.

I can see when AI becomes 100% reliable with smart glasses we all are almost know it alls. Everything and anything we need to know will be presented in front of us.

Ok all the above sounds crazy to most, but ive enjoyed using my Metas since Oct 2023 (had to buy another paid April 2025) though Meta glasses are sh!t in terms of durability. So i can recommend smart glasses but not really Metas especially if you like to buy technology that lasts!

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

#45

Post by afavour »

arjie wrote: post #26

I wonder if these things will meet the same fate as bluetooth headsets. Once upon a time decried as the preserve of "Bluetooth Douches" who worse the Jabra while taking their banking phone calls, now they're everywhere. Everyone's got Airpods in. One day perhaps Meta Glasses will be the same. I really like them. They're a spectacular (haha) addition to a sightseeing trip. At the aquarium you can ask them what you're…

> Once upon a time decried as the preserve of "Bluetooth Douches" who worse the Jabra while taking their banking phone calls, now they're everywhere. Everyone's got Airpods in.

Two very different use cases. The vast majority of folks wearing AirPods are listening, not talking. The former is not disruptive to others while the latter is.

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by afavour »

deejaaymac wrote: post #27

People wearing cameras is going to increase over time, no matter what. Why would it slow down? Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely anti a lot of things, including people wearing cameras all the time, but I see no logical way to stop it without stomping on freedoms. In this case, defense will be your ally, whatever form that may take,eg wearing a mask. If I had to choose between flock cameras and meta glasses existing,…

> People wearing cameras is going to increase over time, no matter what.

Why?

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by Barbing »

ElProlactin wrote: post #20
wolvoleo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I kinda wouldn't mind glasses that could show important notifications or maps. It could be handy for lots of things, like a heads up display. Not to watch the social feeds but to find my way or read a message from a friend saying they're late. When I use my phone or watch to navigate it's a bit more dangerous. Thinking specifically of one time when I fell badly doing just that. I absolutely wouldn't want them t…

> Not to watch the social feeds but to find my way or read a message from a friend saying they're late. Do you really need this for that?

There are all kinds of products that we need to reject not because the fundamentals aren't awesome for some proportion of people, but because the implementation is as obviously corrupt as the business owners pushing it.

The dumb speaker that OpenAI is hoping you stick in your home to spy on you is not some preposterously worthless piece of crap from beginning to end without exception. It's just a creepy mess that's nowhere near worth it for anybody who cares about themselves or anyone who ever visits their domicile. That doesn't mean that it isn't pretty nice to have your hands full of grease and be able to get a small piece of information using your voice.

All about the details. You want to ethically produce something private at reasonable cost without excessive energy usage to serve useful functions, sign me up. Just no cloud, no privacy invasion, an entire impossible wishlist for companies not as cool as e.g. Framework.

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by somenameforme »

deejaaymac wrote: post #27

People wearing cameras is going to increase over time, no matter what. Why would it slow down? Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely anti a lot of things, including people wearing cameras all the time, but I see no logical way to stop it without stomping on freedoms. In this case, defense will be your ally, whatever form that may take,eg wearing a mask. If I had to choose between flock cameras and meta glasses existing,…

Quite simply because people don't want to be casually recorded 24/7. By "casually" I mean by other people doing so indiscriminately, if not actively fishing for "content", as opposed to entities doing so for more justifiable reasons, like a security cam.

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

#49

Post by Barbing »

paul7986 wrote: post #44
gdulli wrote: post #4

It's hard to believe that in the late smartphone era there are people who think they're not online enough already, and want smart glasses so they can be even more online.

If you do one of the following now... - Wear sunglasses or glasses now - Take pics or videos with your phone Smart glasses are very handy and when traveling especially solo asking about what your seeing in front of you is handy/informative. I can see when AI becomes 100% reliable with smart glasses we all are almost know it alls. Everything and anything we need to know will be presented in front of us. Ok all the abo…

> when AI becomes 100% reliable with smart glasses we all are almost know it alls

Keep going with that line of imagination and it's easy to understand how even someone burned on the Metaverse could be excited about the kinds of pitches Zuckerberg must give for his future visions. (Legitimately exciting thoughts, w/optimist hat on)

Have you ever unintentionally recorded a stranger?

Re: Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

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Post by PurelyApplied »

paxys wrote: post #41

I don't understand why Meta is so insistent on making the camera and creepy video recording the primary feature of these glasses. They do have a ton of other uses. The speakers are genuinely great. It's useful to be able to hear notifications while walking. Having a decent AI for asking random questions is nice as well. It supports live translation. And unlike Airpods it doesn't tune out the rest of the world, which…

I do all* of that with my phone and a Bluetooth bone conduction headphones. It kinda seems like the glasses part only make sense if it's for loading it up with a camera. You know, for looking at things, with your glasses.

I agree it would be nice to have a non-skeezy offering, but I think that would be an entirely different product line.

[Edit: oh, well, I didn't realize some but not all of the meta glasses do actually have a tiny display built in. That would be the other use case, for the looking at things, through your glasses.]

* Okay, the sound quality is just alright, but if Meta wanted to pivot to headphones, I'm all ears, as it were.

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