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Post by isoprophlex »

dontlaugh wrote: post #499
xdfgh1112 wrote: post #409

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This is such nonsense. The new Batman game on VR has full motion and smooth turning. It's not on rails at all. Games have got better at reducing motion sickness, and players also adapt over time.

The many of us who get motion sickness have simply stopped bothering with VR. Since the market has shrunk anyway after the initial excitement, the few VR games left can afford to be less accessible.

Indeed. I put on any kind of VR helmet for more than 2 minutes and I'll be queasy and/or throw up outright. My level of motion sickness is maybe extreme... but i guess that definitely messes with the total addressable market.

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Post by wrboyce »

chrischen wrote: post #238
cco wrote: post #228

I understand the existential problem that Meta faces here, but those forces have created a worse product. As a Meta Ray Ban owner my biggest takeaway is that these glasses shouldn't have a CPU. They should be a dumb camera, mic, and speakers for my phone. Interacting with Gemini on my phone would be the ideal product here, but of course that means Meta doesn't reap any of the data rewards. So of course, since they do…

There’s a Chinese AI glasses brands (Solos) that integrates with ChatGPT and I’m wondering if simply being paired with a better AI model will make it significantly more useful. One thing Meta seems to be completely ignoring up until now is Asians and Asian markets (lack of low bridge fit models, lack of translation features for any Asian languages despite ChatGPT being state of the art at it).

I’m almost certain there are low bridge fit Meta Ray-Ban glasses.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by strogonoff »

solid_fuel wrote: post #309

Meta locked two games I already paid for - Blade & Sorcery VR and Beat Saber - behind account verification on the Quest 2. I already bought both of these, played them for a while, but now it won't let me use the headset without "verifying" my facebook account by sending them a photograph of my drivers license. Neither of these games are online, neither allow me to interact with other users in any way. I will never bu…

Microsoft pulled the account verification trick with Minecraft after forced account migration a few years back, locking accounts and forcing customers to verify mobile phone number to even launch the game.

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Post by fraboniface »

zmmmmm wrote: post #168
SchemaLoad wrote: post #116

>Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are designed to help you look up and stay present. With a quick glance at the in-lens display, you can accomplish everyday tasks—like checking messages, previewing photos, and collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts Can you imagine trying to talk to someone face to face, but they are giving you a blank stare as random notifications and tiktok videos are being beamed inbetween their eye…

I do think we're in for a bit of a reality check on how human attention works. I have a HUD in my car that shows me directions, speed etc and when I'm looking at that the rest of the view out the windscreen is hardly even there to my visual perception even though I'm looking right at it. This seems to be getting largely overlooked but I feel like over time statistics are going to emerge that HUD type displays are inc…

"The World Beyond Your Head" from Matthew Crawford is exactly about this. Definitely recommend reading!

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Post by divan »

chupchap wrote: post #263

I've been using the RayBan Meta glasses for a while now, and the main reason I like them is because they do not have a display ( https://balanarayan.com/2024/12/31/ray-ban-meta-long-term-re... ). Another screen to glare at is the last thing I need, but I can imagine there are people who want one of this. I use them for taking videos when I'm out and for listening to music without putting on headphones or earphones. W…

Same, but I would love to have map navigation displayed occasionally. I use bicycle in the city a lot and so many times I had to pull the phone (+unlock with face ID) while cycling, just to see the directions, and it's both frustrating and dangerous.

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Post by incone123 »

mrweasel wrote: post #526
JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

Which makes you wonder about Ray-Ban. Are they aware that their involvement with Meta risks hurting their brand? Those of us who are critical of Meta might be niche enough that it doesn't matter, but they must have factored that in.

You would avoid ray ban conventional glasses in protest at their association with meta? Don't forget to avoid the rest of Luxottica Group's products. I would bet (on Polymarket) against such a boycott gaining traction.

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Post by croes »

hdjrudni wrote: post #258
llmthrow0827 wrote: post #113

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All the VR/AR/XR demos are so insanely trivial and yet still manage to be much more difficult than current methods of doing things. Like, really, cooking? Normal method: * Search for a recipe * Leave my phone on a stand and glance at it if I forget a step Meta glasses: * Put glasses on (there's a reason I got lasek, it's because wearing glasses sucks) * Talk into the void, trying to figure out how to describe my prob…

I dunno, if these worked perfectly I don't think it'd be awful to be able to open my fridge and say "what can I make with this" and it could rattle of some suggestions based on my known preferences and even show me images in their new display. Hands-free while cooking (not having to touch my phone with messy hands) is not a bad thing either.

But your $800 glasses are exposed to the cooking area with steam, grease fumes, heat etc.

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Post by mft_ »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

This. The tech would have to absolutely world-alteringly amazingly unmissable for me to even consider using anything tied to the Meta ecosystem.

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Post by wrboyce »

geuis wrote: post #138
dylan604 wrote: post #82

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>Apple and Google go out of their way to hide the url when doing searches on Google from mobile Safari. What? It's only 2 clicks away. You can click the copy button after hitting the share button. /s

Yup. I can go to any other of billions of domains in the world and just see the url, but because Google and Apple have a special compensatory friendship we can't do that.

I use Kagi so I don’t get the search terms in my address bar, I get the full url like you would any other site, and I find it very annoying. Well, I did, I’m used to it now but it is definitely a step backwards imo.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by mft_ »

mrweasel wrote: post #526
JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

Which makes you wonder about Ray-Ban. Are they aware that their involvement with Meta risks hurting their brand? Those of us who are critical of Meta might be niche enough that it doesn't matter, but they must have factored that in.

I doubt it is to any measurable extent.

The (literally) billions of people around the world using Facebook and Instagram don't care.

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