And do you think they will be mass adopted to replace smartphones once the technology becomes good enough or will the general public revolt against them like they did with google glasses? Meta just released a new pair of smart glasses which lets you have a discreet POV camera ready to film at all times, discreetly listen to music, view a projected screen just by looking to the side which is not observable to others, talk to an always present AI for any thoughts or questions that pop up during the day, discreetly send text messages by drawing letters on your leg, have instant translation for speech or text that pops up in your view, etc…
Soon man will sell another ads in their vision, while collecting the info on how best to manipulate them at the same time.
Nobody needs these glasses.
please make it fucking stop
The same as when Google tried it.
Privacy Invasion turned up to 11.
Burn them with fire.
If you wear smart glasses and try to approach me, I’m ignoring you and walking away. I don’t care who you are, I don’t talk to cyborgs.
If it becomes a huge thing this might age poorly.
I remember when wireless earbuds first came out. The sentiment was the same “You’ll never see me with those because I’ll look like a crazy person talking to themselves.” Now it’s completely normal and society accepts it.
I still think people look mental lol
Yeah when I cross someone in the street using them at first they still look to me like they’re off their meds and talking to sky daddy out loud. It goes faster than before for me to realize “they must have an earbud in” but that’s still my first reaction.
And, honestly, even after I realise I still think they look like a pillock
If it was just a screen, general purpose processor, and customisable OS then I’d have one already.
I don’t feel like paying a monthly subscription fee for a product to lie to me every time I ask a question, and relay everything I do back to a company who will sell my personal data to anyone.
I love my Pebble watch and enjoy playing with new tech. If a company like Pebble can make one without the spyware, bloatware, and AI, then I’ll probably get one.
I am a wearer of (regular prescription) glasses. The closest I get to “smart” glasses is my XReal, which is not much more than fancy head mounted display. Which is exactly where I see the added value. The creepy concept of an always present AI, camera’s constantly online etc terrifies me. No one needs this. Plus, what do they expect, all people with clear vision to now start wearing this facebook commercial constantly? I truly hope this never leaves the gimmick-level it deserves and dies a quick and painful death.
I’m holding out for the far less obtrusive Smart Contact Lenses powered by the eyes synaptic energy. It’s just a matter of time.
while they aren’t really out yet, I can already say I don’t want one unless they are significantly dumbed down, with 0 (zero) running costs (beside charging the battery, of course)
as with home assistants, “AI" and many other examples, they seem like cool tech that could be useful but it’s unfortunatelly ruined by the companies peddling them… hard pass for me
Wearable tech has been kicked around since the 70s.
I think it will eventually stick.
They’re nothing but just a new way for companies to track us more intensely 🤣
I think if they ever get good enough that a lot of people are wearing them, a lot of companies will put rules in place to keep employees from wearing them at work.
Restaurants, hotels, and other service industries don’t want their employees posting video of insane customers to their personal TikTok profiles. Any company with any sort of technical or financial or medical data won’t want employees to be able to take photos or video secretly.
I could see companies even attempting to ban them for customers. Like banks, airports, stadiums or other areas where large crowds of soft targets would gather. Schools to protect the security and privacy of children. It’s one thing to go in a record with a phone; that is visible and draws attention. Being able to record completely in secret will be unappetizing to many (except when the government does it, of course, no one must question our police).
My only devil’s advocate to this is that phone cameras are already very prevalent and this is only a minor issue in society atm. Fuck camera glasses, though.
Privacy nightmare
I would absolutely love to try them, just would prefer open source to anything being offered rn.
I don’t trust any of the companies coming out with these to not be tapping in and accessing any of the devices data.
