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Google's First AI Smart Glasses Launching This Fall With iPhone Support
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Respectfully, what does the "I don't know..." statement really mean?
How many people do you know? 150? 500? 1,000? There's over 8 billion people on this planet.
Hey look, this is an opinion forum where people share their opinions, I get it. That said, c'mon folks!
It could also be said that he underestimated the vast number of gullible people who trust without verifying. Who are so easily impressed they believe the marketing pitch and are lured in by easy and convenient.
twinlight
macrumors 6502a
I can definitely see a use for this in some sports and I will probably try a pair some day. Sunglasses + headphones without noise cancellation for runs or bike rides and the occasional fpv photos while doing these activities. But walking around with them will probably not happen.
kotaKat
macrumors regular
I think you're overlooked the part about the wall-sized 2-way TVs that could never be turned off. I think we're there already, or extremely close to it. TVs haven't turned fully off for decades now, and rumors of pixel-cameras in the displays have only increased in the past decade.
When this is exposed people will complain, much as they did with the Xbox that was watching its customers, but the manufacturers will sell this as some ambient light sensor that will automatically adjust the white balance and gray scale and people will beg the manufacturers to take their money. I'm sure some will wonder why a 1080p ambient sensor will be needed, but that will get drowned out in noise.
rensuchan
macrumors newbie
Honestly if this sort of sensor was used in the glasses too, I think people would take a lot less issue towards the technology.
Haiku_Oezu
macrumors 6502a
Hey I never claimed they were good spy glasses!
But yeah, camera glasses basically
rensuchan
macrumors newbie
While I quit a while ago (but am probably going to start again soon), I used to be a decent league bowler. I immediately pictured the technology able to provide real-time shot analysis and logging so you can learn more about how consistent you are, log your adjustments, etc. It would be a fantastic tool for that sort of sporting application, and I'm sure many others related to sports I don't know as much about.
I concede this point. I also think Apple will do a much better job of making sure the lights can't be tampered with without major risk of bricking your device. I doubt Meta cared to over-engineer that aspect of their product because their CEO wants to spy on everyone anyway.
deckard666
macrumors 65816
I said it back in google glasses mark 1 days - No-one wants to wear glasses who doesnt have to so its a fail for me at the first hurdle and unless it completely replaces my phone why would I want 2 devices ?
I lost my Meta Ray-Ban sunglasses on a hike this week, so I'll be waiting for Apple's glasses to ship... someday. All I need is good audio and access to Siri from my glasses (I can't wear earbuds or over-the-ear headphones). Oh, I'd also like Find My integration so I can locate them the next time I lose them.
I really wonder how realistic the Google demos are -- they feel a *lot* like what Apple showed in that ad campaign from WWDC... two years ago.
Google knows very little about me, so I don't think I'll be hopping on their bandwagon to use their "intelligent eyewear".
I really wonder how realistic the Google demos are -- they feel a *lot* like what Apple showed in that ad campaign from WWDC... two years ago.
Google knows very little about me, so I don't think I'll be hopping on their bandwagon to use their "intelligent eyewear".
That's why my current iPhone is inside a SpyFi case: sliding covers for both the front and back cameras.
I was unaware of these, checked out their site, ordered a case. Thank You!
I wonder if the tech exists to make perfect eyeglasses. I am nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other, and need to wear bifocals or the newer "progressive" lenses for perfect vision, but the correction needed varies on the distance to the subject I'm viewing.
If you could make adjusting glasses that gave everyone 20/20 vision, I'd be all in, and would likely let some creepy tech company spy on me too.
If you could make adjusting glasses that gave everyone 20/20 vision, I'd be all in, and would likely let some creepy tech company spy on me too.
With cameras mounted in the frames and individual UHD HDR displays for lenses, it's definitely possible. It would also be very 3D, like a Viewmaster slide.
Go read the first two books that Daniel Suarez wrote: Daemon, and Freedom. You'll see the possibilities both good and bad of the tech you're speaking of. If it could be implemented in the manner Suarez lays out I might support it. But I sure as hell won't support it coming from something like Google or Facebook.
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BSDnostalgia
macrumors 6502
So, when the glasses provide the user with incorrect information, and, the user acts on it, who is responsible if the resulting action causes damage?
Enjoy your stint in jail for assault if you actually do that to someone just for wearing glasses.
Even if they are recording, you'd still be in the wrong if it's a public space.
Besides the fact there is a bright light visible whenever they are recording anyway. So it would not be a secret recording of you.
Let's be clear, that "bright light" can be suppressed by the user, at least on Meta glasses, as demonstrated earlier on this thread. There are doubtless other hacks (e.g. SW hacks) to eliminate the light.
Google Glass failed partly/largely because of the fact that people don't like being spied on with video, especially at close quarters. Yes, many of us accept the video monitoring now common in many cities, stores etc, but having a conversation with friends, and recording it secretly is still unacceptable to most people, I suspect.
It is utilizing similar services to your phone's map apps I'm sure so the same liability as those. You'd be responsible.
Do you ask these questions about Apple Maps/Google Maps or is just the glasses that you are biased against?
jerryjohnson
macrumors member
Smart glasses finally make sense when they stop trying to replace phones and start becoming an AI layer for real life.
Real-time translation + navigation + memory assistance is the killer combo, not AR gimmicks.
Real-time translation + navigation + memory assistance is the killer combo, not AR gimmicks.
I agree, plus let's get the weight down to say 25g (the weight of my regular glasses I'm wearing right now).
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
I would also add that I think Apple would do well to make a version that, even if it has some cameras for its own functionality, are guaranteed to not be able to unknowingly record, or even at all.
There is room in this space to really lean into that privacy angle and differentiate themselves from the PervGlasses™️
Hey Apple: remember this? Do this.
I said it earlier but to be fair some may have missed it. I do not own AI glasses, but I also think the fear mongering and paranoia surrounding them has gotten insane.