OK, see, I can actually understand the utility of this and it seems like a good idea! As opposed to just the plain Alexa, which seems quite a bit less useful. Very interesting for Amazon to go after the style/fashion set. I mean it still has all the same privacy implications, I'm just speaking of the actual utility of the thing.
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#113> Style Check keeps your look on point using advanced machine learning algorithms and advice from fashion specialists. Submit two photos for a second opinion on which outfit looks best on you based on fit, color, styling, and current trends. Taking narcissism, insecurity, and invasion of privacy to the next level. Well done, Amazon! Now that we're replacing mirrors with cameras, what's next? Covering our windows with…
I mean, i love all these tools, i just don't want them to have any form of internet access. It's why i'm building my home cloud and automation system, but only doing so if the devices don't leave my firewall. I enjoy the tech, i enjoy the complication (to a degree) , it's fun gadget stuff, it's nifty. However i do not trust them to keep my information safe, even if i trusted them to not misuse it themselves (which i…
>> I mean, i love all these tools, i just don't want them to have any form of internet access.
I've come to the realisation that the only way I will have a 'home of the future' is if I build it myself and keep it offline. I love lots of the IOT products and when they eventually come down in price they would be no brainers. But my privacy isn't worth the benefit they provide.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had the same thought when they announced those push buttons for products. Unfortunately, the truth is that pretty soon you will be able to send nudes just using your voice.
Alexa I said send him the good news!
I laughed for a solid minute on that one.
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#115I've looked at this pretty hard and concluded that, inexplicably, it is not an April Fools joke.
I can easily see this selling like hotcakes. I can see a lot of fashion conscious young people loving a history of what they wore every day.
Yeah, it already exists in fact: http://lookbook.nu/
I wouldn't buy this, but thinking of how many friends seem to have a near-constant Snapchat stream of "what do you think about this hat?" photos makes me think this is going to sell big.
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#116It's absolutely incredible to me that a device made to drive sales can itself be sold for $200. Furthermore, people will actually pay that much.
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#117I'm not normally one to be creeped out by these kind of things. But this is a device that's designed to take photos and videos of you while you get dressed, and will be both connected to the internet and constantly communicating those images over the network. This feels like a device literature professors would use to teach dystopian fiction writing. edit: case in point - matthewmcg's comment https://news.ycombinator…
Is it any riskier than a cell phone or laptop computer with a camera?
It's not usually recording you while you are changing.
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#118This seems like it is designed mostly not for the stated purpose, but rather to solve some data collection problem that Amazon has. Note the emphasis on full-length photos and photos from all sides including the back, something they couldn't get simply by scraping, say, http://lookbook.nu , because normally most people in sites like that don't take photos of the back.
Indeed - it would work great for training a neural net for recognizing the human form (or specific humans' forms) from any angle, instead of relying on conventional social media images which seem heavily front-oriented. Now when you happen to be walking away from the camera or trying to hide your face, ML will recognize you anyway!
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#119I've looked at this pretty hard and concluded that, inexplicably, it is not an April Fools joke.
I can easily see this selling like hotcakes. I can see a lot of fashion conscious young people loving a history of what they wore every day.
There is zero chance of this becoming popular. Zero.
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#120The HN reaction to this device is what I expected: we're somewhere between suspicious and terrified. I'll be really fascinated to know how the wider market reacts. I was one of those who believed consumers would look at the always-on living room microphone with suspicion. But I think the lesson was pretty clear that people will trade privacy for convenience. (Likely an overabundance of trust or a lack of understandin…
Even trying to see this from an outsider perspective it seems like a stupid product. As someone else pointed out, they've replaced looking in the dang mirror with a multi-step process involving a few hundred dollars of tech at least. They made sure to throw in "cloud" and "machine learning", but the average consumer doesn't care about that.
Amazon has had great success with some of their stupid products in recent years. Maybe for you and I We just want to throw on some clothes and get out the door, but for some getting dressed is a ritual. They don't want less steps, they want more. I've had GFs who'll spend hours trying on different outfits.
And the next logical step would be a virtual dressing room, that uses an augmented reality overlay of the sort we see with Snapchat's funny faces toys for trying on virtual clothes, which would convince people to buy more shit from Amazon.