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Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by jkubicek »

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.

This depends entirely on how well they fit you. My daughter regularly does flips on the trampoline while wearing non-pro Airpods and they don't fall out

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by everdrive »

drdaeman wrote: post #855
everdrive wrote: post #824

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>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…

Very fair point, thank you! I'm not sure I entirely agree with everything, but I was definitely missing the change in the accessibility of the disruptions. You're probably right that the more immediate the notification is, the higher are the chances that it'll interfere with our attention in a way that's could introduce some undesirable effects. Definitely there's a difference between a mail arriving, phone or watch…

Thanks for the response, and I apologize if I came off too sharply!

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by coolspot »

bigshot wrote: post #849
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…

Wait… you’re praising the audio? Mine must have something wrong with them. I cannot listen to music or any audio really unless I’m in a silent environment. If I’m outside and there are cars driving by, or wind, or any other ambient noise, the glasses speakers aren’t loud and full enough for me to actually hear anything at a level that I would deem appropriate. And when you max out the volume, the audio breaks down —-…

Same.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by refulgentis »

sigmar wrote: post #187
bemmu wrote: post #71

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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.

they've been bragging about how good that neural wristband is for years. It's strange they haven't ventured to make a smartwatch with it. Maybe because Zuck has been so focused on AR/VR

I worked at Google on watches some distant time ago, these floated around.

IMHO the tell on why there's a delay is the original comment expressing wonderment at Zuckerberg demonstrating 30 WPM.

i.e. it sucks.

It's nice technology, engineering, glad they had the courage, sure its useful for its purpose.

However, in practice, humans being humans, the odds I regularly put on a glove, to get 30 WPM, on my glasses computer...very low.

(also, looking back at the original comment...neural interface? wtf? It's not neural...)

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by Kaytaro »

bigshot wrote: post #849
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…

Wait… you’re praising the audio? Mine must have something wrong with them. I cannot listen to music or any audio really unless I’m in a silent environment. If I’m outside and there are cars driving by, or wind, or any other ambient noise, the glasses speakers aren’t loud and full enough for me to actually hear anything at a level that I would deem appropriate. And when you max out the volume, the audio breaks down —-…

I've never had a problem with loudness, in fact I only use them around 50% volume even walking outside next to a busy road. But I agree the audio quality is about the same as a phone speaker.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by 542354234235 »

NamlchakKhandro wrote: post #619
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.

>why have mechanical keyboards become so damn popular and not "keyboards on screens?"

Both are popular. Literally 100s of millions of people use keyboards on screens, so I'm not even really sure what you think you are trying to say. The desktop computer market isn't likely to move away from mechanical keyboards, but the phone/tablet market did a long time ago. Something with more accuracy, or that can be used for touch typing, without taking up device real estate, could definitely blow up in that market.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by robotnikman »

baby wrote: post #708
postexitus wrote: post #625

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How do your friends feel when you are having a conversation and you are constantly pointing a camera at them?

Nobody cares, and everyone loves the candid videos I take with it

Seems like things have changed since Google Glass was released. When they were first released, I remember there was a huge pushback against them because of the cameras they had. Some businesses would even ban you from entering if you were wearing them

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by 542354234235 »

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.

You said it wouldn't "blow up". You didn't say it would replace mechanical keyboards. It wouldn't. Noone said people were going to switch from using a mechanical keyboard to that. WE are talking about its usefulness for phones/tablets. Also, a phone's on-screen keyboard replaces a mechanical keyboard in that phones dont have a mechanical keyboard and people dont use a mechanical keyboard as their input device for that phone. If my car doesn't have a mechanical key, it has been replaced by a digital key. It doesn't matter if I make 5 copies of my house key.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by dmoy »

rossant wrote: post #396
ptmcc wrote: post #202

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I've run many hundreds of hours with two variations of AirPods and they've never once fallen out

Might depend on the shape of your ear canal. Mines seem to be weirdly shaped so nothing holds.

If you struggle, there are two escalations you can try:

1. Foam eartips ($10-$20) might be sufficient.

2. Custom fit silicone tips ($150-$250). These will work, for basically any ear. But ....... you gotta really want it.

Re: Meta Ray-Ban Display

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Post by robotnikman »

NamlchakKhandro wrote: post #619
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.

Having a keyboard with tactile feedback is much easier to use than a touch screen keyboard, an you're way less likely to make mistakes. The main reason you don't see them on phone anymore is because having a keyboard on a phone takes up space, makes the phone cost more, and in the case of sliding keyboards adds more points of failure as well. For phone, a touch keyboard is good enough.
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