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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by rhetocj23 »

llmthrow0827 wrote: post #113
wronglebowski wrote: post #22

The live demo of this is brutal. https://x.com/ns123abc/status/1968469616545452055

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…

People dont realise how amazingly efficient touch interfaces already are.

THere is no need for these stupid glasses. Some refuse to accept it - especially Zuckerberg who relies on folks like Apple to make his money. Thats really whats driving this project if you tear away all the BS.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by milkshakes »

dakiol wrote: post #460
milkshakes wrote: post #404

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Among Meta's many technical contributions: React PyTorch osquery GraphQL Presto/Trino RocksDB Jest OCP Llama

We don’t need any of those. So many brilliant people working at facebook and wasting their talent.

with the exception of maybe llama, each of these releases represented not only solid, accessible implementations, but actually also a paradigm shift and a massive investment. then they gave each away for free, and continued to invest in them for years. _you_ might not need any of these, but the internet as we know it today certainly is built on the shoulders of each of them, and in some cases, continues to use them directly.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by xutopia »

Meta for a company meant to connect people is doing its darnest to reel us into a virtual world rather than the real one.

Imagine seeing everyone with glasses with suspicion because you don’t know if they’re filming you, reading notifications or actually conversing with you.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by rhetocj23 »

endymion-light wrote: post #672
jackbrookes wrote: post #630

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reads a bit like like a pre-PC take: "Why use a computer when a cookbook works fine?" Imagine it’s 1992: Cookbook: Open book, follow steps. PC: Turn on tower, wait for DOS, fiddle with floppies, pray the printer works, hope the shareware recipe isn’t weird. Not saying you're wrong but its easy to miss the big picture

honestly cookbooks genuinely are better i got the art of italian cooking recently and it's genuinely far easier to get a recipe than trying to scroll through a 50 page monologue about the intracicies of someones childhood before even listing the ingredients

Indeed. There is an element of trust with an actual cookbook - it signals quality.

The internet over time has been riddled with junk, especially since the cost of production of information is just your opportunity cost of time. Even that is going away with the use of LLMs....

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by paxys »

dandellion wrote: post #665
jackbrookes wrote: post #631

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> why have mechanical keyboards become so damn popular and not "keyboards on screens?" I mean... have you ever used a phone?

My phone has so far replaced zero of my keyboards.

The vast majority of the planet uses a touchscreen phone or tablet as their primary (and sometimes only) computing device. The tech audience on HN is very far removed from how the rest of the world uses technology.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by lfaw »

anal_reactor wrote: post #362
neilv wrote: post #133

What do people think about the (almost hidden) cameras in glasses? With traditional cameras, feature phones, and smartphones, if someone wanted to be creepy with the camera, they'd have to point the device at someone, which tended to look exactly like they are using the camera. (IIUC, some countries even required a shutter sound, for anti-creepy reasons, when the pointing of the phone wasn't enough warning.) Now, the…

Many years ago there was some summer camp and the staff organized a game "take a picture of your team leader without having them realize you're taking a picture". I completely obliterated the game by downloading an app that allowed me to record "in the background". I got a few good shots by showing a funny picture to people while having the front-facing camera on. Then I got other shots by turning on the back camera,…

So, your point is: "things are already bad now, no harm in making it worse"?

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by mcdonje »

XCSme wrote: post #541

Didn't Google Glass do the exact same thing and failed? Not because of the technology issues, but social issues. People nowadays want to disconnect from technology more, not to have it even closer.

Google Glass looked unusual and was nerd-coded. Social norms are extremely strong. The only way something that looks like Google Glass would take off is if the tech is established with the well-to-do having elegant devices, and then something like Google Glass becomes working-class-coded.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by dostick »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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!

Next time adjust steering wheel position so it doesn’t obstruct

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by rhetocj23 »

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #660

"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 — all without needing to pull out your phone. It’s technology that keeps you tuned in to the world around you, not distracted from it." WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCK DID I JUST REA…

"Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are designed to help you look up and stay present."

Didnt that stupid AI pin have the same tagline?

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