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1. wireless data transfer and how that affects the performance
2. EMG: this is alright, but seems to be a bit overhyped
3. MicroLED: clearly the best display technology available, but how close is color display to consumer price levels?
4. silicon carbide: great material, interested in seeing it at scale
5. magnesium frame: super awesome to see this being pushed as wel
Wow. Something seems to have really changed at Meta in the last few years. I really thought the company had run out of innovation juice during its peak evangelism of "the metaverse." And I know I wasn't alone in that sentiment. But they continue to impress across the board.
harumph. This tech is cool, but there's a worrying trend of important tech companies creating larger than life PR announcements without anything I can actually get my hands/eyes on
Pretty cool
Glasses that let you record people without their awareness / consent?
Downright creepy
I think the best play here would be to release them without any camera functionality at all, or the connotations will be that weird, sweaty guy that no one wants to sit next to on the subway (see: Google Glass).
I have to assume there are folks out there for whom the maximum chonky appearance is appealing. I think we still have some room to grow there in terms of aesthetic for the majority though. undoubtedly a progressive achievement in the field, despite it all
Everyone was crapping on Zuck for his pivot from FB to Meta, and I was generally in the minority for supporting it. I even bought a quest 3, even though I refuse to use instagram. This turnaround for the company has been legendary. I think there’s something to say on “betting on people”. I didn’t believe in Meta or the technology, necessarily - for some reason, I believed in Zuck. He was willing to put his entire emp…
"the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses" is... one way to describe it. They look totally goofy. But the tech seems amazing, assuming those videos actually reflect reality (which is hard to say, since this is not a real product, just a prototype announcement).