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Here's When to Expect Apple's Answer to Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
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I will likely not interact with anyone wearing these unless there is some kind of indicator that you are or are not being recorded.
pretty sure Nokia, Blackberry etc had phones and huge market share long before Apple did anything. Were they behind then?
Same with Sony etc on the MP3 players. Apple had nothing.
Apple were apparently behind then too.
I use glasses because I find contact lens annoying.
So aside from helping feed Meta's AI climate debacle, privacy invasion, and selling of the privacy of other people you see without their consent (assume they're on 24/7 regardless of your settings, because ... well it is Meta after all) ...
... what is the draw?
And I assume you DO tell everyone you see while wearing them that you are invading their privacy and sending it to Meta without permission?
Given the price point of smart sunglasses, Apple would likely have to sell upwards of 10x the number of sunglasses as Vision Pros to make the same profit. The 3-5 million units Kuo projects absolutely would NOT make the smart glasses "far more successful". It would take 5-7 million to be AS successful. To be FAR MORE successful would take 20 million units in the first year.
Amazing that it will take Apple so long to get a clone of an existing product out the door, seemingly without even trying to surpass it. Remember, this is just a pair of glasses with a camera, microphones, speakers, battery and touchpad...
I'm amazed someone hasn't come up with a version with a basic HUD or display (controlled via a touchpad in a similar manner to the jog dial in Mazdas or BMWs) that can show basic information.
I'm amazed someone hasn't come up with a version with a basic HUD or display (controlled via a touchpad in a similar manner to the jog dial in Mazdas or BMWs) that can show basic information.
Do these places ban mobile phones? Cos, you know, they take videos too...
Did you read the article?
At the time I thought why would Apple spend so much money developing a car? Then I saw the Xiaomi SU7 - another can from an electroncis/smartphone maker and wow! How did Apple not manage to produce something like that with their massive budget?
I’ve used it. Besides the privacy implications and garbage build quality. It’s good
I think the perfect hybrid between the Vision Pro and a proper pair of AR/VR glasses that doesn't exist yet would be in the form of the Carerra Top Car sunglasses. They wrap around the face, and block out a lot of peripheral view. Also, they look really cool. I would wear them/use them in the gym, and in my restaurant job. If an infrared app is made for it I could look at a piece of meat and determine its temperature. This is what I want from Apple and nobody else.
“… he said that Apple's glasses will allow users to take photos, record videos, and listen to music, …”
If you are still skeptical, you must know that the Vision SE, Apple’s advancements of this public surveillance technology, will eventually sway you. For example, the temple tips are AirPods resting in rather than on your ears. Best of all, the heptic subwoofer is a true Apple innovation serving as the nose bridge. Tap it once to make your nostrils flutter and cheeks vibrate at frequencies of 20-60hz, twice to make the whole frame bounce up and down and sideways in sync to the beat!
If you are still skeptical, you must know that the Vision SE, Apple’s advancements of this public surveillance technology, will eventually sway you. For example, the temple tips are AirPods resting in rather than on your ears. Best of all, the heptic subwoofer is a true Apple innovation serving as the nose bridge. Tap it once to make your nostrils flutter and cheeks vibrate at frequencies of 20-60hz, twice to make the whole frame bounce up and down and sideways in sync to the beat!
I’m not sure I’d invest in a product I’d wear just in case I want to take a picture or video quicker than I could with my iPhone. Is that really the use case or am I missing something obvious?
Ray-Ban and Oakley are the same company. Their parent, EssilorLuxottica, controls the majority of the market for eyeglasses and sunglasses in Europe and North America (and >20% market share globally). Like Apple, they're vertically integrated, since they own many of the optical and sunglasses retail store chains too!
Absolutely correct. I also believe many people will choose to wear glasses or sunglasses based on the design they like. Personally, I’d wear something like the Ray-Ban Wayfarer, but definitely not anything from Oakley. 😎
So if Apple doesn’t partner with a major eyewear brand like Ray-Ban or Oakley, and the design doesn’t appeal to me, I doubt I’d buy it, and I suspect the general public would feel the same.
Well, thanks for the correction. I have never used them so I was only going by what was stated in the article.
Easier to stomach on the Vision Pro over something inherently designed to be worn as sum protection throughout the day, but point taken.
Probably the most useful use case is that you could for example get the glasses to identify something you're trying to understand. Your car engine for example and label the pertinent bits and provide instructions as to what to do with it when you're trying to service it. I see more use cases for it as an augmenter for technical workers but day to day for your average joe not really. There's nothing that most can't already do with a phone and/or watch. The marketing is grinding into high gear to persuade everyone that they cant possibly live without these and they're worth getting indebted over/getting loans for/credit card bills. It's this BS which is why most will retire poor. They're quite frankly a solution looking for a problem for 99% of people.
