Smart glasses from Apple, Samsung or Microsoft: okay, I'll check it out.
Smart glasses from Facebook or Amazon: yikes!
Smart glasses from Facebook or Amazon: yikes!
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Facebook Debuts $299 'Ray-Ban Stories' Smart Glasses
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This is the future. I don’t know if I like it but AR is going to be big.
They don't sound very smart, they're just sunglasses that also have cameras and a mic/speakers.
Republic can be interpreted in many ways. I like to believe it was a thought experiment in taking the idea of a perfect society to the logical extreme. An enlightened dictatorship
Good luck with that. In NO world would you be LEGALLY allowed to do any of those ridiculous things you just suggested.
I have no plan to purchase these as my Facebook use is limited, but I have a feeling this will sell better than most expect. The Portal devices look cheesy as hell, but they are selling too.
On the other hand, most of the people vapid enough to want something like this will be upset they won’t be in the picture. So who knows.
On the other hand, most of the people vapid enough to want something like this will be upset they won’t be in the picture. So who knows.
Given the lack of interest in Snap’s Spectacles, wondering how long these will last. Slightly different product, but same target audience right? Rich Gen Z.
This is completely untrue. No (US) city or business can "ban" a camera on glasses.
Google Glass was never a real product and Snap Spectacles have been around for 5 years with ZERO reported incidents.
Where are your sources? Do you routinely harass people who point a camera in your general direction?
In fact, it is allowed. Google Glass was banned in many locations due to privacy concerns. But then again, you aren't old enough to remember.
Can You Really 'Ban' Google Glass?
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Great news. I’ve recently decided to go by she/her and will be wearing these to the women’s bathroom.
Have you been to Earth-1218? Because it's already happened many times, including in response to people wearing glasses with cameras.
For me... Smart glasses is the glasses that would adjust automatically to my vision...
It's very true. Businesses can ban any article of clothing they wish. Cities can do the same if it's for the public good. Say, you wear it to a bar and someone doesn't like that so they remove them with their fist. Sure, they go to jail, but when that happens again, and again, and again, eventually someone suggests a proactive solution.
It happened with Google Glasses, which was a real product because people had them. It happened a lot too. Multiple bars and restaurant altercations occurred due to one person refusing to take the glasses off. They got banned from many public places.
Sucks for that kid, and all others of their generation to have literally every day of their lives since birth, be documented and owned by corporations, for all eternity.
Sure, but this is also the MacRumors forums. Where people who like Apple stuff hang out. And Apple isn't in the business of selling my personal information.
Their track record is better than Facebook’s. Snapchat also doesn’t have a lot of self-reported data on me. Snapchat spectacles are a great product that does what it needs to do. Very pleased with them and would much sooner buy another pair from them than Facebook. To each his own though, just my opinion.
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Doesn't mean im sharing it on Insta/FB. Just like when I was a kid and all the parents held their big camcorders at the soccer games or birthday parties. My family has recently converted those to DVD and its nice to have.