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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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If this means I can go to a public performance and no longer have to try to look past the sea of upthrust arms and glare of 1000 brightly lit screens to see what I came to see then it can't come quickly enough! Particularly since I feel it will inspire the next product which is an IR flood light that renders all digital cameras useless, since there are so many people oblivious to the fact by trying to capture the exp…

Good cameras (well, practically every camera now) come with IR-cutoff filter, so the IR light to "blind" the cameras would be pretty much useless. And the IR-filter is actually a problem for those of us who like astrophotography and have to resort to modding or (expensive) special editions of cameras.

>Good cameras (well, practically every camera now) come with IR-cutoff filter

Oh well, thanks for telling me that, Dr. Zoidberg. I wonder if flooding some IR would be enough to add enough ghosting or whiteout as to make the video captured undesirable.

Re: Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

An actual comparable product, GoPros, start at $200

True, this isn't even VR. If it only was, then it might finally become more mainstream.

In no way, shape, or form does this have anything to do with VR
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