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Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles

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Re: Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles

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Post by clydethefrog »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #143

I like it. Seriously, "creepy" is just a word that means "I can't accept the reality doesn't work the way I'd like it". That said, I worry about implementation. My guess is that it's going to be directly and permanently tied to Snapchat itself. Which significantly reduces the potential usefulness of this product - not everything you record is something you only want to have sent directly to Snapchat. Personally, I wa…

You first paragraph sounds like something out of Dave Eggers' The Circle.

I thought the book was quite heavy handed three years ago, but statements like "Privacy is theft" are becoming more and more normal.

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Post by triplesec »

mozumder wrote: post #62
jrockway wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on the number of vlogs I see on YouTube shot with DSLRs, I don't think many people care about being filmed. I probably show up in hundreds of videos from bike commuting over the Brooklyn Bridge. It doesn't matter. I'm guessing 99.99% of the videos go unwatched anyway.

You ever talk to kids? They're well aware of privacy invasions and when to put away the camera. They're trained on proper social media etiquette.

genuine question: do you have evidence for that? This interests me

Re: Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles

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Post by bunkydoo »

Well I'll be completely straight and say this isn't anything new. (You've been able to buy similar video glasses from china for about 5 years now) but if it can properly integrate with the app, and slim down a LOT more. To the point the camera is unnoticeable - they could finally start making some money. Well, until the Chinese knockoffs start rolling in

Re: Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles

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Post by stephenr »

7952 wrote: post #168
ellisdewalt wrote: post #119

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Not sure how it's brilliant. Secondly, it still suffers from that fact that literally everyone is creeped out by a rando staring at them with two cameras. At least a phone is halfway obvious when in use.

Maybe the main market will eventually be little kids. This is obviously a toy after all, and who would ever be creeped out when ot is used in that context.

I'm guessing you haven't been the obvious standout (in terms of being different, not amazing) in a crowd.

I live in Thailand and having occasional locals who literally eye-ball fuck you without blinking because it's so novel for them to see a foreigner, I can tell you that someone just staring at you is creepy, regardless of their age.

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Post by mgiannopoulos »

keithwhor wrote: post #134
flohofwoe wrote: post #124

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I can't tell whether your comment is satire or serious, I should quit the internet today ;) Also, that 'thing' looks even more ridiculous then Google Glass.

Dead serious. "Cool" is all this product needs to be successful. People buy sunglasses. People like Snapchat. At $129 this is a no-brainer. Don't underestimate the power of social signaling.

The price is quite right. The design remains to be tested in real environments with real people. Let's not forget the reactions to Google Glass. Framing (pun intended) of the intended use will be everything

Re: Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles

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Post by PavlovsCat »

jrockway wrote: post #37
supercoder wrote: post #36

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So if an young guy who you rated as attractive came up to you and started filming you , that wouldn't make you at all uncomfortable ?

Based on the number of vlogs I see on YouTube shot with DSLRs, I don't think many people care about being filmed. I probably show up in hundreds of videos from bike commuting over the Brooklyn Bridge. It doesn't matter. I'm guessing 99.99% of the videos go unwatched anyway.

> Based on the number of vlogs I see on YouTube shot with DSLRs, I don't think many people care about being filmed.

That's because they cut the ones who don't want to be filmed out.

> It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter to you. And you know what, that it doesn't matter to you doesn't matter to me, so this gains nothing.

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