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Apple Glasses Reportedly Launching in 'Late 2027' With These Features
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Hellokittystampmyfacein
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Right like a locker room or bathroom everywhere else that’s considered public space is open
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
They didn't have to even try forcing the surveillance state on us. We welcomed it with open arms - paying handsomely even!
MrTemple
macrumors 6502a
99.9% of what’s recorded by the always-on cameras in the Meta Glasses or the AVP is not saved as a clip.
I just need them to be a great heads up display. Give me directions, my notifications. I want a little popup when someone starts taking to me that tells me who they are and my past interactions with them. Would be even better if it had some type of good AI that would put up information on things going on. Imagine the old MTV video pop-up show but with good stuff you need in your life. Walk into a room, for example, and the little thing pops up that points to your AirPods with a note to remind you to put them in your pocket or to charge them.
We have to welcome it. Society is no longer built on trust at all, but on direct evidence. I'd love the glasses to always be on and recording so I have a body cam at all times so when some nut or scum or grifter tries to pull something I have the evidence to show I was justified in my reaction.
It’s true there’s cameras all over the place in 2026.
But public perception of smart glasses is very negative. Early adopter creeps and shoddy devices poisoned the well. If Apple tries now they have to answer for a tremendous amount of negative baggage.
It’d be kind of like the first person to pitch building a nuclear power plant after Chernobyl. A good idea. But through no fault of their own, they’d have some explaining to do.
Imagine the media feeding frenzy around the first person to do something creepy with the new Apple Glasses.
But public perception of smart glasses is very negative. Early adopter creeps and shoddy devices poisoned the well. If Apple tries now they have to answer for a tremendous amount of negative baggage.
It’d be kind of like the first person to pitch building a nuclear power plant after Chernobyl. A good idea. But through no fault of their own, they’d have some explaining to do.
Imagine the media feeding frenzy around the first person to do something creepy with the new Apple Glasses.
macduke
macrumors G5
I still think this is the creepiest tech product segment. I get why in the future AR glasses that look normal but have computer-like functionality will be useful. I don’t get why this is useful, except that Apple is subsidizing their R&D by selling an unfinished product until they can sufficiently minimize the other tech needed to make it more useful.
This is the opposite of how Steve Jobs worked. The iPad was in the lab going back to around 03 or 04? When Microsoft was promoting bulky tablets with horrible touch hardware and software and short battery life. Apple waited patiently and then took over the market. They did that with so many things, and now they just stopped doing that with things like Vision Pro which aren’t ready for mass adoption because of all the drawbacks. All because the law of large numbers came for their stock.
This is the opposite of how Steve Jobs worked. The iPad was in the lab going back to around 03 or 04? When Microsoft was promoting bulky tablets with horrible touch hardware and software and short battery life. Apple waited patiently and then took over the market. They did that with so many things, and now they just stopped doing that with things like Vision Pro which aren’t ready for mass adoption because of all the drawbacks. All because the law of large numbers came for their stock.
A watch makes sense … but spyglasses + pin + ring oh! … + Airpods Pro too !!!
I can’t agree more and I would be highly disappointed if truely Apple was releasing a MetaRayban like product and knowing that it was Tim last priority apparently makes me think it was time for him to step down … as for simple Xreal type of glasses with AR/VR, it is a screen replacement anywhere you are for immersive experience for movies, games, documentaries, productivity when you need avoiding the TV, some bulky monitors in your room or when you don’t have access to one … I am waiting impatiently for this and this only …
Still not really practical because I need vision correction. For instance, I use really high end progressives due to presbyopia and astigmatism. So whatever these glasses cost, plus ~$400 for an extra pair of lenses, because my vision insurance only covers (part of) one set of glasses. And a lot more complicated if they don't get the lenses right.
I still need a set of glasses without cameras because there are places I should not be carrying a camera around (locker rooms) and places where cameras are forbidden (courthouses, for instance).
bLackjackj
macrumors 65816
Not unlike your phone filming,..whats the difference? The creep factor comes from the person, NOT device.
Without any drama: Camera glasses will create legal problems in many countries. Even if people are not filming they will be suspected of constantly doing so. Imagine public restrooms and somebody wearing such a device...
Maybe this is the future but we are not there yet.
Maybe this is the future but we are not there yet.
rbbloom99
macrumors regular
Florida is a two party consent state for video (with audio) without someone’s knowledge when in a private environment. The expectation of privacy does not exist in public.
Naraxus
macrumors 68030
Just like the AVP, iPad, A-Watch, iPhone........
That might be valid for Florida but in many other countries it does exist and privacy is legally guaranteed. Wearing these video-glasses you might be violating the law on a high level. Say in big European countries the point of filming in public is that other individuals are NOT identified but just anonymous parts of the scenery.
Electronic companies cannot expect to get a global red carpet treatment legally for whatever they like to sell. And their customers might be the ones to end up in hot water. Remember google street view and the debates about it like cars with high cameras peeping over fences into peoples gardens?
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The Game 161
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diddl14
macrumors 65816
Are you seriously comparing specialized 'spacial areal footage' with 1st person, close up, live video feeds that any creep can take?
well there's an argument to be had about merits of say CCTV in terms of public safety or some such, provided safeguards are adequate, and to some extent you have privacy-focused choices online if you're really bothered, but when potentially everyone around you is a vigilante peeping Tom, it's a bit much no matter what PR spiel they'll wheel out.
The UK data watchdog is writing to Meta following a "concerning" report claiming outsourced workers were able to view sensitive content filmed by the company's AI smart glasses.
Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based Meta subcontractor, according to an investigation by Swedish newspapers.
'Siri, look away now.'