Amazon Echo Look – Hands-Free Camera and Style Assistant
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#2Also posted seven days ago, see here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14203594
It appears the Echo Look is available by invitation only. Has anyone been able to get their hands on one?
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#3"I'm sorry Dave, that belt doesn't go with your shirt"
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#4Does anyone have insight on how or why this product appeals to its target audience? Seems like a selfie app on the phone could achieve just the same?
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#5By sitting in the alcove, and keeping well back, Winston was able to remain outside the range of the Amazon® Echo Look™, so far as sight went. He could be heard, of course, but so long as he stayed in his present position he could not be seen.
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#6I feel like I'm missing a trick here.
I'm just clearly not the demographic for this, because though the echo is a popular device, damned if I can figure out what the hell its use case is *that the phone in your pocket can't already do.
This adds a camera to the formula and I'm more confused.
So they're building a modern cellular telephone in reverse?
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#7I feel like I'm missing a trick here. I'm just clearly not the demographic for this, because though the echo is a popular device, damned if I can figure out what the hell its use case is *that the phone in your pocket can't already do. This adds a camera to the formula and I'm more confused. So they're building a modern cellular telephone in reverse?
There are plenty of use cases on that website, such as being able to use it as a mirror alternative. I'm a male and I still can see that it can be beneficial.
If you still can't see the benefit, then you really probably are not the target audience as you say.
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#8Last time this was posted, people thought it was a joke, because who would ever want this thing?
My sisters and my mom would absolutely use this thing. I'm sure they would think it was really, really cool.
(Granted, that is only 2 in 5 sisters, I'm sure the other 3 would think it was silly)
Never forget that you live in a bubble. Better yet, try to identify the boundaries of your bubble, and try to move outside of them.
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#9Does anyone have insight on how or why this product appeals to its target audience? Seems like a selfie app on the phone could achieve just the same?
Selfie app can't take your picture hands free. You cant take a picture of yourself from the back to see how your butt looks in certain outfits.
The same subtle convenience from the old Echo model applies here as well. It's these subtle things that add up to make a huge difference
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#10Does anyone have insight on how or why this product appeals to its target audience? Seems like a selfie app on the phone could achieve just the same?
It's a ploy to get people comfortable with the idea of an internet-connected fixed camera in their bedroom for commercial purposes.