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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Tepix »

rashidae wrote: post #382

I got so excited watching these videos and going through the product page. I completely ignored the price tag without putting any resistance and I thought to myself: I'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS! Not only that... I started to think about ways I could use this!! I pictured myself using them... I visualized it all, and then remembered when I felt this way when the Ipod was released, and then again, when the first Pebble watch…

You seem to be based in Europe. Do you not realize that using these glasses in public will violate the GDPR, making this gadget useless?

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by newman8r »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #601
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…

Switching from just basic Oculus accounts to Facebook accounts was the dumbest move, I say that from someone who was really enjoying the Rift and Quest 1 hardware. Whole thing was pretty effortless until that moment, then logging into it became this massive chore where you're bounding between the phone and headset twice, really tedious if you're not a big facebooker so haven't used their login flow in years and it wa…

That was the day I stopped developing for VR completely. Kind of dodged a bullet because the space didn't explode the way I thought it was going to.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by ramon156 »

strogonoff wrote: post #573
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.

iirc there's a YouTuber that wants to sue Microsoft for this weird rugpull, although I doubt it will happen

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Tepix »

thefz wrote: post #474
zmmmmm wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Even less is needed to generate danger: I found myself checking my phone twice during a car trip because when listening to music through the USB-C to Jack dongle, it believes I am blasting music at full volume through my ears and decides to cut off the volume to 10% after 20 minutes. Don't, and I mean DON'T decide things for the user.

Can't you let your phone know that the USB-C is not connected to headphones?

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Post by bamboozled »

aacook wrote: post #99

It seems like there are a lot of negative comments about Meta's glasses which is surprising to me as a regular user. I bought these both in clear and sunglasses and I love them. I've recorded some of the most amazing videos of my baby with them. Listening to music is fantastic as it's different from regular headphones since you can still hear the world around you — I've even done a few longer bike rides with them and…

You record your intimate family encounters using Meta products? Sorry for your family.

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Post by bamboozled »

garbawarb wrote: post #144
lurking_swe wrote: post #119

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> Listening to music is fantastic as it's different from regular headphones since you can still hear the world around you Many earbuds, like Airpods, have transparency mode. The end result is the same…music while hearing background noise. In fact airpods are better because of the ANC mode that tunes out noise except conversation and other “important” sounds. I can also wear airpods indoors without looking like a dork…

I wouldn't want to wear earbuds while doing anything active, the chance of them falling out is too high.

I ski, run, weight lift and do construction work in mine, never had them fall out, ever.

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Post by NamlchakKhandro »

gpderetta wrote: post #546
Youden wrote: post #413

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You mean a HUD projected on the windshield itself? That's not my experience with it at all; I don't have to "look at" it, when my eyes are focused on the road in front of me, the HUD is sharp enough and positioned so that I always know my speed etc. without having to actively look for it. Your car might have settings to adjust it somehow, have you tried those?

Same. In fact it is significantly better and less distracting than having to glance at the dashboard. Owning a car with a HUD, I definitely miss it in other cars. I recently hired a car where I had to duck under the steering wheel to check my speed!

Steering Wheel?

wahhhh? is this real life.

Here in the future we use our thoughts.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by ml-anon »

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.

Luxxotica is already terrible, predatory brand that makes shitty products.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by NamlchakKhandro »

paxys wrote: post #9

I saw the keynote, and while everything about the glasses was more or less as expected, seeing Zuck easily navigate the interface and type 30 words per minute while barely moving his fingers was a true WTF moment. If they can actually make the neural interface work that well then Meta has won this round.

If it was going to blow up then why hasn't those laser beam projected keyboards blown up, or why have mechanical keyboards become so damn popular and not "keyboards on screens?"

This isn't going anywhere.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by latexr »

vasco wrote: post #287
throwoutway wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP is taking videos of his baby with these when Meta's page here doesn't event mention data privacy or security of the user's information or how it protects them

All babies look the same, out of anything private you could film by mistake, a baby seems pretty harmless.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-cs...
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