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It is absolutely incredible to me that Facebook thinks it still has the social capital to pull a product like this off. To me the question of whether smart glasses are a good idea in general either socially or commercially is somewhat secondary to the elephant in the room: "would I wear glasses made by Facebook?" And... no, of course not, of course I wouldn't do that. I guess people buy Oculus still so it's not like…
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> someone who had their phone in their hand? I feel like I have a good idea when someone is recording or not. Phone orientation and behavior is different.
With the macro lens mode on iPhones now, you can take a video of what’s directly in front of you while pointing the camera at a downward angle. There’s no way to tell a person doing that apart from a person who’s texting, other than looking at their screen.
> Brain imaging has shown that the brain cells which are activated when a test subject can see that they are being stared at are distinct from the cells activated when the starer's eyes are averted away from the subject by just a few degrees
From Wikipedia[1], but I admit the claim is needing a citation but I feel strongly for the gaze detection argument at least.
I can't believe that people think that they need to give META yet even more access to human life. I just don't believe in the upside being reality.
Wearing Google Glass made you a glasshole. Snapchat Spectacles spectacularly never took off. I hope these Smart Glasses make you look dumb and nobody buys them. I think the major issue is the camera, for me ... What i would pay for is minimalist eyewear with a heads-up display. That would be useful
Thing that will die out 2 years from now:
I'm having very complicated feelings about this.
Now if Meta would only get that website layout of theirs working on this Chrome browser that runs on my two year old Samsung Android phone, they would be a whole lot credible to me.
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I am currently in the middle of rebuilding a pair of 6.2L small block Chevrolet engines. By a factor of six these are the largest engines I've ever worked on, and the rebuild is far more extensive than anything I've attempted before too. During the teardown, part of my process (let's not dignify it with "workflow") has been photographing the incredible amount of crap that's been bolted to the engines as I remove piec…
For what is worth, on my phone double click on the power button located on the side jumps into camera mode (even if locked). And pressing the volume down takes the photo. Then one click on the power button to turn off. click-click, click, click. And assuming the Google software doesn't decide to lag too much, it's quite quick to, and it reduces how much you touch the phone with dirty gloves. edit: I should add that y…
The pixel is very quick to get the camera open, as you say.
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I am currently in the middle of rebuilding a pair of 6.2L small block Chevrolet engines. By a factor of six these are the largest engines I've ever worked on, and the rebuild is far more extensive than anything I've attempted before too. During the teardown, part of my process (let's not dignify it with "workflow") has been photographing the incredible amount of crap that's been bolted to the engines as I remove piec…
Take comfort in one thing: you’re rebuilding one of the most popular and prolific platforms for hot rodders in the last 20 years. You can probably throw a rock and hit someone who can legitimately help you, haha. Rebuilding a junkyard ls (okay yours isn’t a 5.3 ) is like the rite of passage
Does 312 mean anything to you?
Edit: it's you--I stalked your comments. Emacs? Christ, I thought I showed you a better example.
Lack of HUD is why I wouldn't get these. I suppose if I was taking more pictures / video I might be more interested, like at the beach or something, but I don't find myself doing these things as much. Maybe this would make it easier for me to capture my life around me (my SO thinks i don't take enough pictures or video of our life), could alleviate having to remember to pull out the phone and such. Add a HUD like goo…