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Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by Jemmeh »

QasimK wrote: post #148
nradov wrote: post #112

I think there's definitely a market for endurance athletes. Runners and cyclists would like to see time, speed, distance, cadence, power output, navigation, etc without having to look down at a wristwatch or bike computer. Those people are accustomed to spending a lot on sports equipment. There are existing products like the Everysight Raptor and Garmin Varia View but they're bulky or goofy looking or obstruct vision…

I agree in general that it would be useful in these situations. As someone who wears glasses, I find it impossible to run with them because of the movement or them just falling off. Are people who wear glasses able to run with them - am I doing something wrong?

At the gym I don't really need it on the machines. Treadmill is flat, ellpitical removes bounce. But if I'm sprinting outside they can start to slide.

Get a strap for your glasses and have it pulled fairly tight to your head. They are cheap. One similar to this. It needs to be the correct shape for your glasses frame so it's probably best to go to a real store and try a few straps in person.

https://www.amazon.com/Peeper-Keepers-Eyeglass-Retainer-Hold...

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by mrguyorama »

QasimK wrote: post #148
nradov wrote: post #112

I think there's definitely a market for endurance athletes. Runners and cyclists would like to see time, speed, distance, cadence, power output, navigation, etc without having to look down at a wristwatch or bike computer. Those people are accustomed to spending a lot on sports equipment. There are existing products like the Everysight Raptor and Garmin Varia View but they're bulky or goofy looking or obstruct vision…

I agree in general that it would be useful in these situations. As someone who wears glasses, I find it impossible to run with them because of the movement or them just falling off. Are people who wear glasses able to run with them - am I doing something wrong?

I ran cross country and track and field with no trouble while wearing normal prescription glasses, as did several friends. I wear my glasses fairly snug, but unfortunately everyone's ear and face shape is odd in their own ways, so it might not be possible to get a secure fit that is also comfortable.

Worst case scenario: Companies make what are essentially prescription goggles, like you can see in the NBA

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by gnicholas »

Interesting that they chose red as the display color. One of the co-creators of Google Glass said that they initially all thought red would be good, but after trying different colors the consensus was that it was terrible. This was because there wasn't enough contrast with the background environment.

It sounds like Intel's tech is fundamentally different—they paint your retina with a laser—and this may make the background issue irrelevant. And it was certainly part of the safety pitch, which was that this is a very low-powered laser. If it had blue or green in it they couldn't make this claim.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by tritium » 

  Q. Hey, this won't just try to show me 
     more Twitter bullshit, will it?

  A. No, no, no! Heh heh! It will show you
     Yelp bullshit. Much better, yes?

  Q. Ah... so the advertising will finally 
     be the kind we all yearn for?

  A. Yessssss!
Wow. Thanks guys.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by cr0sh »

com2kid wrote: post #120
maltalex wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm pretty sure humanity is already past the point where this question is timely. We have many cameras watching us all day long and ten years from now there will be even more. Really? Do you have cameras looking at you all day at work? Or at home, while interacting with your family? I hope not. I also hope that you'd object to any attempts to put such a device. It's true that society by and large accepts CCTV camer…

> Do you have cameras looking at you all day at work? Anyone who works in an office complex does. Anyone who works in a retail store does. Bus drivers have cameras recording the entire time the bus engine is on. Aside from a farmer in a field, I'm hard pressed to think of a job that doesn't take place under a security camera. Taxi Driver, delivery agents, street food vendors, and people who work at home remotely.

> Aside from a farmer in a field

While not constant, farmers probably do have cameras "pointed on them" in their fields - land surveys using aerial and satellite photo capability are common. I'm sure competitors also overfly each other's fields using drones and whatnot to keep tabs on who is growing what and when. Plus there's the fact that some farmers use drones on their own fields for a variety of reasons (though this last doesn't really count).

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by malka »

jpm_sd wrote: post #118
mjlangiii wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just my two cents; I'm a father of 4 and I'm okay with not capturing those moments on film. And I mean that in two senses. One, I'm fine using my very imperfect memory to recall special moments and two, because of the logistical problems with grabbing the camera I'm not willing to risk missing out being fully in the moment. The occasionally photograph from an event or time period seems sufficient to conjure up the fe…

I completely agree (father of 3, here). It's just not that important to record these things. Live in the moment!

what if you could record them AND live in the moment ? that's the endgame imo

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by viraptor »

com2kid wrote: post #120
maltalex wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm pretty sure humanity is already past the point where this question is timely. We have many cameras watching us all day long and ten years from now there will be even more. Really? Do you have cameras looking at you all day at work? Or at home, while interacting with your family? I hope not. I also hope that you'd object to any attempts to put such a device. It's true that society by and large accepts CCTV camer…

> Do you have cameras looking at you all day at work? Anyone who works in an office complex does. Anyone who works in a retail store does. Bus drivers have cameras recording the entire time the bus engine is on. Aside from a farmer in a field, I'm hard pressed to think of a job that doesn't take place under a security camera. Taxi Driver, delivery agents, street food vendors, and people who work at home remotely.

Taxi drivers have cameras pointed at the customers often.

But I'm surprised you can't find other examples. The bank I go to has a camera. Maybe the supermarket at the exits. That's pretty much it for the town - almost everyone I interact with has no cameras. Some never will - for example doctors.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by eutropia »

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #155

These are only normal if you enjoy keeping up with the latest fashions. I don’t like huge thick rimmed glasses and I never will.

As someone who wears glasses that look like those every day -- I think they look great! Big glasses like these help frame my overly-large head and face features, making me look better :)

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by cr0sh »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #16
pi-squared wrote: post #9

Yeah, right - "no one will use it for every tweet notification, it will only provide contextual information" - it will be used for whatever people want to use it and we know what people want to use it for (porn).

It's a monochrome display. Pretty hard to use it for porn.

Never had a classic mac, huh?

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by com2kid »

khedoros1 wrote: post #153
com2kid wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Do you have cameras looking at you all day at work? Anyone who works in an office complex does. Anyone who works in a retail store does. Bus drivers have cameras recording the entire time the bus engine is on. Aside from a farmer in a field, I'm hard pressed to think of a job that doesn't take place under a security camera. Taxi Driver, delivery agents, street food vendors, and people who work at home remotely.

> Anyone who works in an office complex does. Maybe change that to "many people"; "anyone" isn't accurate. For example, at my workplace, there are security cameras at a couple of the doors, but none in the office itself. I don't think I'd stay long if there were a bunch of cameras here.

> Maybe change that to "many people"; "anyone" isn't accurate. For example, at my workplace, there are security cameras at a couple of the doors, but none in the office itself. I don't think I'd stay long if there were a bunch of cameras here.

All the big tech cos I've seen have cameras everywhere. The cameras aren't typically for the employees, they are to keep visitors from walking off with valuables.

I've heard of my coworkers having entire computers swiped, and smaller items like phones were also at risk. An old office manager had someone go through a pallet of desktops and haul more than one of them off.

With many millions of dollars of hardware just sitting around, not to mention the IP contained on the machines, security cameras are a rather good idea.

These buildings are of course locked, but lots of vendors pass through, and determined people can tailgate past checkpoints.

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