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Oakley Meta Glasses Announced With Longer Battery Life, Improved Cameras, and More
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Not many anymore but the ones i can think of are Moscot, Garrett Leight, Warby Parker
Not really the majority will let us know that they will never use anything meta.
So. Glasses I can make recordings with and getting questions answered. Nice.
A camera on my nose possibly scaring people. ok.
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?
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?
right this is really dumb, i'm dude so your going to post my conversation on youtube
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.)
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.
But no one seems to have made anything usable yet.
This stuff is surreal almost out of a Black Mirror episode
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.