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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by bluecheese452 »

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…

That is the pretty close to the world we already live in. They call it then genz stare.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by throw-the-towel »

1oooqooq wrote: post #702
dahrkael wrote: post #434

Earlier quoted context omitted.

people scan their retina in exchange of coupons amd shitcoins in mall booths

desperate people do that. Scammer Altman went to Argentina during the peak economic crise of the century to make that offer. likewise, most USA government backed benefits require people to submit all sorts of biometric to a private company who used to monetize coupons for military deployed personel, called gov.id or something.

I've seen them in Chile, which wasn't in crisis. Always had a queue waiting to be scanned.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by hollow-moe »

paxys wrote: post #137
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…

There's a pretty bright light that turns on when the camera is recording, and if you try and cover the light the camera won't work. Their existing glasses are pretty popular and there haven't been big compaints about it. If you really wanted to do secret recordings there are plenty of better and cheaper glasses in the market for it.

What a relief, they really thought about it, exactly like the AirTags with the warning buzzer.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by wpm »

divan wrote: post #575
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.

A smart watch or bike computer fixes this problem already.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by bergie »

pier25 wrote: post #304
paxys wrote: post #236

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Meta has close to 4 billion people worldwide using one or more of their products. Their brand problem doesn't extend much further than the HN comment section.

You can use their products and still hate the brand. I use Whatsapp daily (as does everyone I know) and there's no way I'm buying anything from Meta.

I was able to avoid WhatsApp until we started our current multi-year sailboat cruise. All the local cruiser communities are on WhatsApp. So when we got to the Canaries, I created an account.

But I'm making sure WhatsApp will not be used for anything outside this context. That way I can nuke it when we're back home.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by paxys »

1oooqooq wrote: post #732
paxys wrote: post #680

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So you are saying people won't buy these glasses because Meta is evil, but they also don't know what Meta is?

the glasses require a FACEBOOK account. they got away on whatsbook by not mentioning Facebook anywhere. including NOT requiring a Facebook account.

> the glasses require a FACEBOOK account

They do not

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by devin »

bluecheese452 wrote: post #741
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…

That is the pretty close to the world we already live in. They call it then genz stare.

the millennials I know are worse than their children

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by 0_____0 »

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…

These specific glasses haven't been released yet. Hitting brick and mortar at the end of the month per TFA

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by sundar_p »

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…

I'm with ya. Meta is making these to get your data, not really to make a compelling i/o-enriched pair of glasses.

The changes to their privacy policies plainly show the bait-and-switch.

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