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Halfway through watching it, I was wondering if they also owned my eye "insurance" company, EyeMed, since the chains they showed they own are all the ones EyeMed makes you go to. I always felt like it wasn't true insurance....more of a discount plan that you pay to join. Sure enough..... As much as the government steps in to stop monopolies, I wonder how this was allowed to happen. I just buy generic readers now on e-bay and have one pair of prescription Zenni glasses (which I just checked to make sure weren't also owned by them).

Thanks for the video.

It was already answered about EyeMed being owned by Luxotica, but I will add that vision and dental "insurance" are not actually insurance plans, legally or even in name. They are "managed care plans" (benefit/discount plans) with a yearly maximum that prevents them from ever going into the red.

Traditional insurance typically protects against unexpected, high-cost events (e.g., medical emergencies or car accidents). Dental and vision "insurance" is more focused on routine maintenance and predictable expenses.

Worked in insurance adjudication in retail and hospital Pharamcy.
 
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The only true independent was Maui Jim. But they sold off in 2022.

At least it wasn’t to Luxottica.
 
I would not mind smart glasses as I wear glasses already and if they can be purchased with prescription lenses. I do not like the idea of a camera taking pictures/video, that is creepy.
 
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I knew I'd seen those somewhere before.

The minute I saw that Zuck pic I was reminded of the weirdness from Wonka and the hair/glasses of the singer from from The Buggles.

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JUST took delivery of some prescription Ray-bans Monday (ordered them right before the announcement) and they might be my favorite piece of new tech in a very long time. Battery life is abysmal though so that doubling of it would have been nice but I still prefer the Ray-ban frames.

However at the same time I don’t really wear them in many public spaces since I think the judgement might be a bit harsh.

So… yeah, hopefully these start to catch on a little more.
 
I would not mind smart glasses as I wear glasses already and if they can be purchased with prescription lenses. I do not like the idea of a camera taking pictures/video, that is creepy.

Yeah, quite creepy. The white ones at least let you see the camera holes. The black ones, not so much. You can be recorded as you speak without noticing it.
 
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It will be interesting to see when Apple jumps into the ring. Obviously the ultimate dream is to have a full Vision OS experience in this form factor but we have a ways to go.

Will they come in with basic audio, AI and camera functions or will they compete with Google and also add in basic display functions? Hopefully the latter.
The dream is actual AR. Not cameras feeding you a latent view of your environment. No one is going to walk around looking at a video of their environment instead of actual vision. The most ironic part of vision pro is its name: vision is the one thing it disables.
 
I would not mind smart glasses as I wear glasses already and if they can be purchased with prescription lenses. I do not like the idea of a camera taking pictures/video, that is creepy.
I think that ship has sailed. People are taking photo and video all the time, and you are always being recorded.

To me, it would be convenient to be able to capture what I'm looking at, without having to take my attention off of it. I hate when I record something important that the kids are doing, and instead of watching it with my eyes, I'm looking at it through a view finder.
 
Just realized Ray-Ban and Oakley are owned by the same parent company. I was going to compliment Meta signing deals with different companies, thinking maybe they were trying to lock Apple, Google, etc. out of making a similar product. Is there another trendy sunglasses brand that is independent?
Not many anymore but the ones i can think of are Moscot, Garrett Leight, Warby Parker
 
I’m sorry, I will not pump video of where I am to any social media and especially not facebook
 
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So. Glasses I can make recordings with and getting questions answered. Nice.
A camera on my nose possibly scaring people. ok.
 
I hate Facebook (sorry "Meta") probably more than most people and will never use any of their products but gotta hand it to them. They are doing a good job with these glasses. They are about the only Facebook product I think is good (even if they are still a privacy nightmare). They are a huge win for the blind community and give more independence to disabled people.. not just blind people.


Also, Apple should be embarrassed. Apple fans got a clunky $3,500 headset instead lmao.

But hey I guess Apple are "always late on purpose" right? They do it "right" eventually... when are we gonna get Apple specs?
 
Yeah but anyone I knows starts wearing smart glasses with a camera pointed at my face the entire time during convos and private moments, I’ll just stop hanging out with them.

Smartphones have already doomed us with doomscrolling, social media, short form videos, and countless other ways to keep us addicted and disengaged from the real world while seriously harming our mental health. Now imagine that but hacked up to 100 with smart glasses taking over your vision 24/7 and a camera always running.

Nope, I’m checking out.
right this is really dumb, i'm dude so your going to post my conversation on youtube
 
Was going to be critical but now I want to look as cool as this guy:

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I think all Oakley frames are ugly, but wear a prescription pair for cycling. I just looked at the HSTN line that the Meta frames are based on and the originals with those chunky angles are not that much better looking without the added bulk in the Meta version to accommodate the technology.

Sorry, but to me, the design resembles something you might find in the toy aisle at Target.
I have the Ray-Ban versions, and thought I might be interested in these, but you're right, the design for these looks way worse somehow. I think the existing Ray Ban Wayfarer glasses were the ideal glasses for this, since they were already a little chunky to begin with. They're definitely not as conspicuous as these (also because they're black and the cameras don't stick out as much. I know a couple people who have the Ray Ban versions and didn't even know they were Meta glasses.)
 
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While I don’t care for these particular glasses, I would love something like this for cycling that could show a mini map and some basic stats. Would be safer than glancing down at my phone to check I am going the correct way on a new route.
But no one seems to have made anything usable yet.
 
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Good to see this. Happy to see an increase in video resolution compared to normal Meta glasses. Waiting to see Apple release AR glasses.
 
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I don’t get it, in the ad beside the ‘record a video’ it’s basically AirPods with Siri today. They’re not asking anything about 'what am I looking at?' 'How do I fix this?' 'what can I cook with these ingredients?' or stuff that would use the cameras and AI.
 
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