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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by everdrive »

ryukoposting wrote: post #217
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…

A HUD reduces the difference in focus distance between "looking at road" and "looking at speedometer." It matters more as you get older, because your eyes focus slower.

If you have a nice old-fashioned speedometer you don't need to read it, you can just glance at the angle which will work well for poor focus.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by 999900000999 »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #811
999900000999 wrote: post #806

Just a thought experiment, if I interview at Meta can I use these glasses ? "I ABSOLUTELY love your mission, and I envision everyone wearing these! It's cool if I use them during the interview, I feel this will help me understand the end user experience."

There's decorum. You can wear the glasses, but it doesn't mean you should be recording confidential meetings, anymore than you should be recording your partner during an argument. Just because your iPhone has a video function doesn't mean it has to be on all the time.

Correct, but isn't the entire point of these glasses to make life easier.

Of course I would ask for permission, and I'm 99% sure they would say no, but what if I'm actually interviewing for the AR team ?

What better way to embrace the product than to use it ?

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by spot »

bemmu wrote: post #71
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.

Exactly, felt like the wristband was the big thing. I don't want the glasses, but I'm somewhat curious if it'd be useful as an extra input device when using a computer.

yes and even more useful with a phone. or a TV so I don't have to find the remote. lots of possibilities beyond glasses.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by everdrive »

drdaeman wrote: post #145
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…

> 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 eyeballs and you. They wouldn't do this if the conversation is important to them. Not as much as one would glance on a smartwatch when they get a chirp, which, I believe is perfectly socially acceptable in most business/casual situations. And if the…

>I don't think this technology introduces anything new to this issue.

This belief shows up time and time and again and is nearly always false. We had the written word before the internet, and before the printing press, so blogs are just like a hand-written letter. Gossip has always existed, so twitter does nothing new. There have always been things which eat at our impulse control, such as sports gambling and casinos, so smart phones are nothing new. etc.

What this view really fails to understand is that the constant here is human nature. Human nature is built more or less the same way as it has been for thousands of years. What changes is how technology allows human nature to play out, whether or not any given technology interacts poorly with human nature. New problems can exist purely based on scope, scale, reach, ease-of-use, lack of friction, etc.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by inerte »

drdaeman wrote: post #145
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…

> 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 eyeballs and you. They wouldn't do this if the conversation is important to them. Not as much as one would glance on a smartwatch when they get a chirp, which, I believe is perfectly socially acceptable in most business/casual situations. And if the…

I disagree because the apps are designed to be addictive, so the conversation might actually be more important, the person might agree and say the conversation is more important, but they can't control themselves. It's hard to muster the willpower to fight "social" media.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by reissbaker »

ajuc wrote: post #695
rhetocj23 wrote: post #677

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In this world even a self driving car doesnt help if an individual sporadically walks infront of a car at close range due to being distracted.

Fucking pedestrians even more and destroying cities is a big reason self driving cars should never happen.

Self-driving cars are massively safer for pedestrians and passengers, as per Waymo's safety reports.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by numpad0 »

Youden wrote: post #413
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…

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?

Not necessarily disagreeing, but I'm not sure automotive HUD technically qualifies as one.

Airplane HUDs occupy center of the vision, literally showing where you're going. Car HUDs don't, and instead stay out of sight, as it's illegal to do in cars what they do in planes. That makes car HUDs just heads down display that happens to be transparent.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by metabagel »

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…

Ideally, the glasses would stop displaying content when you are physically present with someone and conversing with them. Or you turn the glasses off for a bit to avoid being distracted. Not really a deal breaker, in my opinion.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by strogonoff »

afandian wrote: post #581
strogonoff wrote: post #573

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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.

That's crazy. If you want to play something minecraft-like, Luanti (VoxeLibre) is really excellent. I play it with my child, and it's indistinguishable from 'real Minecraft'. https://www.luanti.org/

I am looking at Vintage Story, to be honest. Inspired by TerraFirmaCraft mod, it is indie and seems determined to stay that way.
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