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Apple Smart Glasses: Everything We Know About Apple's Answer to Meta Ray-Bans
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I wouldnt have thought that I’d want Meta glasses or Apple’s option, but it actually sounds like a great device for running & hiking. It sounds like it’ll have open-ear audio, camera to take photos of wildlife (which is the only reason I carry my phone with me currently), and navigation.
I have the Meta RayBans. Good quality polarized sunglasses and a friend got them in clear + Rx so wears them full time.
Usefulness? 1/10. It’s nice to listen to music, but AirPods or similar would be better. Taking videos and photos is cool, but quality is about 1080p. AI? Worse than Siri, it’s garbage.
Would be cool if Apple’s could have a display that mirror the phone or watch for fitness and navigation. But in typical Apple fashion, severely limited and probably won’t be a fitness thing. Wouldn’t use it for Siri, as that’s garbage.
So, what’s there to do? See notifications, music, camera? Meh
Usefulness? 1/10. It’s nice to listen to music, but AirPods or similar would be better. Taking videos and photos is cool, but quality is about 1080p. AI? Worse than Siri, it’s garbage.
Would be cool if Apple’s could have a display that mirror the phone or watch for fitness and navigation. But in typical Apple fashion, severely limited and probably won’t be a fitness thing. Wouldn’t use it for Siri, as that’s garbage.
So, what’s there to do? See notifications, music, camera? Meh
Craig Federighi is just weird. In the last keynote he looked like he had recorded the audio after the video.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I thought it was a case of the audio and video being a tiny bit out of sync with each other, but it might have been the case that there were problems with the original audio track and the whole section needed to be redubbed. His voice didn’t sound as if it was in the same-sized room as his body was. It was just noticeable enough to be distracting, but minor enough to wonder if it was really happening or I was just overtired and imagining it. Glad to hear it wasn’t just me.
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Spot-on. One just needs to keep in mind what you do with the photos afterwards, and not violating one of the four privacy torts (should you decide to make them public).
That’s interesting to know. I’m not in the USA, so it’s slightly different.
Is there an exemption for photographing or videoing military sites, infrastructure or military activities ( e.g. testing and training ) This is considered illegal in certain European countries, and elsewhere, I imagine.
If you’re on public property, you can photograph or film whatever you want.
I’m a veteran of the US Navy and I can tell you that you won’t be able to photograph anything spectacular happening on a military establishment, from a public area… well maybe catch the Blue Angels practicing over NAS Pensacola area lol.
I know it would kill a significant part of the functionality but i would like to see a version without the cameras.
Maybe I am just a weirdo
Maybe I am just a weirdo
Again, interesting. Go to Greece, for example and you’ll see huge warning signs around the edges of military land saying very clearly that taking photographs of anything on that land, even when you are on public land, is prohibited and subject to prosecution. This also some public infrastructure, including bridges, train lines etc (but I find it hard to believe they would prosecute for taking a photo of a bridge).
I’m willing to bet a bit of black nail polish will take care of that issue (small light indicator).
Yeah that won't last long. People will get used to the expectation of everyone recording.
Will be interesting when they are recording all the time. That still seems at least a decade out given battery and storage.
Yeah, but you need criminal energy for that. It’s not like everyone wearing smartglasses will be doing it.
Defintely so. He was probably redubbed (Melodyne style) and he also looked heavy on botox, almost an avatar. I'd say he was 80% real.
If these could be based on a software solution to address prescriptions, could it be that these could be updated via software for prescription changes over time? Imagine being able to have near immediate prescription updates applied to your "glasses" as soon as you upload the data from the eye dr.
Sorry, it's not quite so absolute or factual as that. There are Fourth Amendment issues, and reasonable expectation interpretations. Lots of case law interpreting the statutes, and many states have different interpretations.
Katz v. US, US v. Haqq, Rakas v. Illinois, Gonzales v. Uber Techs Inc., etc.
Since Meta's glasses are $300, apple glasses are going to only be $899 with a higher storage option for $999.
This is one of the best use cases I’ve found for the meta raybans, especially when you’re holding them and you can just say “photo” or “video” and you’re capturing memories hands free. When you get your phone out to take a photo they’re immediately distracted by it and stop doing whatever you were trying to capture. With the glasses that’s not a problem. Genuinely good functionality for the price, I’d recommend getting the meta’s now rather than waiting for Apple, baby’s only gonna take their first steps once!
I want Apple iFitness glasses.
Just give me metrics and data from Workout-app on Apple Watch in AR-view (HUD). And sound from Music or Podcasts, and we are good to go.
A camera for a descent Strava-shot would be nice, but not neccesary.
Just give me metrics and data from Workout-app on Apple Watch in AR-view (HUD). And sound from Music or Podcasts, and we are good to go.
A camera for a descent Strava-shot would be nice, but not neccesary.
The competitors tech that lies to me all time, steals copyrighted works, can't give me basic answers that are true, uses more power than the earth can sustain, and tells me it can do something then spits out the same wrong answer over and over again even though I ask for something different? That competitors tech?