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Re: Facebook Sunglasses – No Thanks

#5

Post by xwdv »

beervirus wrote: post #3

I remember when I used to be excited by wearable computing that didn’t look awful. I guess I expected it to be my device instead of just physical spyware. Grim meathook future, as jwz says.

People even used to be very excited about tiny computers inside their bodies and brains or uploading their consciousness into some kind of network. Very naive.

Re: Facebook Sunglasses – No Thanks

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Post by notafraudster »

I would genuinely like a half-decent camera mounted to my glasses. I mean, it's Facebook so it's going to be bad like all of their hardware products, and it'll additionally be tied to Facebook which is a bad thing, but I'm just saying theoretically I wouldn't mind this category of product.

Mostly I'd use it to "take notes" when I need a quick shot, rather than taking out my phone camera. I can't tell you how many times I've been sketching a proof on a whiteboard and then had to take a phone photo for later reference, and it's just one of those minor inconveniences I imagined I wouldn't have to deal with in the year 2525.

(And yes, I acknowledge that smart glasses are a privacy nightmare and there's any number of negative social externalities)

Re: Facebook Sunglasses – No Thanks

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Post by Loughla »

notafraudster wrote: post #7

I would genuinely like a half-decent camera mounted to my glasses. I mean, it's Facebook so it's going to be bad like all of their hardware products, and it'll additionally be tied to Facebook which is a bad thing, but I'm just saying theoretically I wouldn't mind this category of product. Mostly I'd use it to "take notes" when I need a quick shot, rather than taking out my phone camera. I can't tell you how many tim…

And the ability to act like a dash cam for my head and store 'current time - 60 seconds' footage would be nice as well. When in creative meetings, I have a hard time brainstorming while taking coherent notes of any kind. I also don't want to have to sift through the full hour recording to find the nuggets that are in there.

Re: Facebook Sunglasses – No Thanks

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Post by jensensbutton »

notafraudster wrote: post #7

I would genuinely like a half-decent camera mounted to my glasses. I mean, it's Facebook so it's going to be bad like all of their hardware products, and it'll additionally be tied to Facebook which is a bad thing, but I'm just saying theoretically I wouldn't mind this category of product. Mostly I'd use it to "take notes" when I need a quick shot, rather than taking out my phone camera. I can't tell you how many tim…

I can't speak to Portal, but my Quest 2 is a _fantastic_ hardware product.

Re: Facebook Sunglasses – No Thanks

#10

Post by Loughla »

xwdv wrote: post #5
beervirus wrote: post #3

I remember when I used to be excited by wearable computing that didn’t look awful. I guess I expected it to be my device instead of just physical spyware. Grim meathook future, as jwz says.

People even used to be very excited about tiny computers inside their bodies and brains or uploading their consciousness into some kind of network. Very naive.

The problem is, until we are post-scarcity or post-money (I don't know what that word is), then the incentives are there to abuse a system of brain/computer interface and uploaded consciousness. That being said, I don't believe we can ever really get to post-scarcity or post-money (again, what's the word?) without those two things being integral.

Removing the 'negative' from a person's life and allowing them to exist perpetually is, I believe, required to avoid the current selfish race to the bottom of hoarding resources and capital.

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