I hope it fails miserably. I don't want people taking unwanted pics in the bathroom.
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Apple Smart Glasses Launching in 2026
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With the Meta ones you can have prescription lenses put in. I am sure it'll be the same here.
Can watches or phones secretly record people without their knowledge? Not like these babies can!
I have a pair of the MetaxRayban glasses and it’s actually quite good at directing the audio in a very discreet way — something I’m positive that Apple would be able to improve upon. They would essentially BE AirPods. The Meta Glasses have to be really cranked for others to hear their output and they adapt for competing ambient noise.
Would AirPods pro be better quality-wise? Undoubtedly... but glasses aren’t meant for the best, and immersive audio experience. It is a quick, convenient, and discreet way to be able to hear some audio, take small bursts of photos and video, take calls, get notifications, get info on items you are looking at, get translations of what you see and hear, and a host of other actions and experiences that don’t require a phone in your hand, or things in your ears.
This has awesome potential for remote visual assistance services for the blind. Being able to ask an AI or a human assistant what I'm looking at, or be able to get remote assistance with directions to a place while walking would be awesome. Apple just announced an API for AVP to allow apps for the blind to access the cameras, so having this in a more portable form factor would be awesome.
It’s a very simple answer — I have the meta x rayban ones and I got them from my optometrist — with my prescription, and my benefits covered it.
Siri is a key part of the experience. HARD pass. Siri seems to be getting worse, not better. Over the past week, song requests via Carplay which it could previously pick out, are now coming through incorrect and sometimes wildly wrong. Casting envious eyes at the quality of AI implementation on the other side of the fence
But they aren’t the same type of product. One is a niche VR/AR product, the other is an AI accessory. This won’t have VR capabilities — never mind AR — just like the AVP is not a public use product, it’s a stationary product for use at home or work... so they are not in the same space at all.
Also, a lot of the lessons learned from the AVP's hardware and software will work its way into these. Even if the AVP is an abject failure (which it isn't, but I know a lot of people like to rag on it and say it is), it might have been worth it if it results in a better experience for the "glasses" that are almost certainly have a greater potential of being a hit than AVP.
It would have cannibalized them if it were still the AR product that it is supposed to be. Read the article. They stripped all of that out so they can ship. All because Tim Cook is mad at Meta and Google for beating them.
From the Bloomberg article: "Much of Apple’s glasses work is being done by the Vision Products Group, which developed the Vision Pro headset. The team is working on new versions of that device as well, Bloomberg News has reported. That includes a cheaper and lighter model, as well as one that tethers to Macs for applications that require low latency, or less lag."
I was thinking the same thing. But if your prescription changes, it would cost a bundle to replace the lenses. And there are so many variable to that. For example, I have progressive lenses. I doubt Apple Glasses would come that way. But it's about a year away, so we'll see....
Those glasses won't provide full 3D vision — that's not remotely possible in that small light-weight form factor. If they are like the Meta Ray-Bans, they won't include any display at all. The Andorid XR glasses have a tiny display on the right lense only, looking like this: https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/0...ps-ezgif-com-resize.gif?format=mp4&width=1200
Who is making them?
Both Meta and Google partnered with established glasses brands.
See above, i think that depends if they make them look like a normal pair of glasses I agree. If we end up with eyepods pro i'm not as sure.
From the description, these glasses won't visually augment (e.g. via a display in the glasses) anything, but rely on voice alone? DOA as far as I'm concerned. The only way I'd wear GLASSES is to SEE something! If it's just gonna be some sensors so Siri knows the environment, they should do what Jony Ives seems to be doing: use a necklace based gadget.
One very difficult thing for true AR glasses is the displays and optics. Citing Meta’s Project Orion. Even though there are other forms and paths for waveguides; aiming for 70º FOV, it's still expensive and low yield. Apple can move mountains though.
Same- and how are camera equipped glasses handled in private areas? Bathrooms/gym locker rooms for example.
Weirdos can easily claim they're prescription eyeware. Employees cannot ban glasses (for those of us who actually need them to see) or inspect every pair for hidden cameras.
But how else will other - and clearly inferior - people know you're wearing these Apple iFrames? It's not enough to be wearing their new product, you have to be seen to be wearing their new product. Never forget this is an essential part of Apple marketing going back all the way to the original white EarPods.
No explicit mention of exclusivity in the partnership between Luxottica and Meta.
"Better made (than)" comment could suggest one of Ray-Ban's stablemates that has a reputation for higher quality materials, such as Oliver Peoples or Persol, together with one of the high end Essilor lenses.