Maybe just a wee tad on the extreme side. Could we maybe settle on and arrange for a good kick in the arse
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Maybe just a wee tad on the extreme side. Could we maybe settle on and arrange for a good kick in the arse
Kim Dotcom?
"In January 2012, the New Zealand Police raided his home in Auckland and placed him in custody in response to the US charges. Dotcom has denied the charges, and is currently fighting attempts to extradite him to the United States.
Apple believs in augmented reality so I wouldn't be surprised if they made a pair of glasses within 5 years.
Yet he is with Miranda Kerr.. I sure he didn't wore the glasses on the first date though.
Apple loves the different cases for iPhone, iPad and now the Watch bands. Glasses are really a fashion item with literally billions of combinations and prices from $1 to $10000 for a pair even without corrective lenses.
Some people even wear ugly as **** glasses just for their identity. It's not hard seeing Apple join in with a product here. Throw in some Siri smarts, two cameras and let the iPhone be the brains for identifying people, places, moments, dangerous situations and so on.
Google glass was cool but a bit to early and I just can't see myself speaking to the glasses. If they where more passive and just needed a command now or then it would be nice.
However, I got laser surgery a couple of years ago because I hated glasses so I find it hard to wear a pair again. It would really have to be awesome hardware, incredibly light and super useful in day to day life.
Spy glasses have been avaiable for long time. Check amazon. The more expensive ones are used a lot in investigative journalism. I expect voyeurs, pedophiles would choose one of them rather than this snapchat product.
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I presume he is making the point that our eyes do not send rectangular images to our brain. Peripheral vision does have 90-degree corners.
how has nobody come up with glasses with a camera that small that look unidentifiable instead of being a giant eyesore?
They've been available for years, on amazon and elsewhere.
Yeah, but obviously when Apple do make them, they will be done properly. Be very stylish, offer great functionality and be completely indispensable in everyday life. Yeah thou we shalt sing the praises of thee holy AppleVision™.
There is a huge market for augmented reality. Not only for law enforcement and military. Also, they have had body cameras and augmented reality for 20 years. I'm sure a fighter pilot would never go without again.
That we aren't using them yet is because of the bulk. You would look ridiculous wearing a 5 kg helmet and a backpack with the cpu/gpu and battery, walking down the street.
Who are you taking photos and videos for today? Yourself I guess?
I think this will be more of a passive system at first, always on video that empties its buffer after some minutes. If you find out that you want to save the footage or snag a picture you just tell the system. Like after a car accident, skiing downhill or seeing someone trip hilariously. Save it and go on with the day.
With all the AI work being done today it's not unthinkable that this will be done by itself. Understanding situations and people that you want pictures of. Go to your kids birthdays and its all saved for later, with highlights picked out by itself, like the awesome lego set your kid opens or when they blow out the candles.
And the trend continues in the Cult of Apple community ... it's bad until Apple says it's good ... then the Cult says it's great.
"Black Mirror" is excellent and thought-provoking. Charlie Brooker has been making interesting television for many years.
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It would appear that in 5 years we'll have contact lenses with these and other functions.
Nah, it's bad until someone, anyone makes it good. These are just, well, scabby dobber (feel free to google
) is my first thought looking at that photo, other than people will finally legitimately be able to call you four eyes Smart glasses will only take off when you can read on them like an autocue and the camera's are pretty much invisible. You would also need a more intuitive way of using them, for example following the motion of your eyes and very little need to actually touch them or the frames. For these reasons I'm not sure our current tech is anywhere ready enough.
Not only this but many places have strict laws on recording capabilities, which make them difficult from a privacy point.
Not only this but many places have strict laws on recording capabilities, which make them difficult from a privacy point.
Only records 10 seconds of video with each tap - what a giant pain.
If the camera in a smartphone can be as small as they are, how has nobody come up with glasses with a camera that small that look unidentifiable instead of being a giant eyesore?
I got these beginning of the year. They were awesome on the roller coasters and rides at Disney with the family. http://www.pivothead.com/smart/
Cook obviously has just cashed the cheque from his latest share options exercise......hope he paid the tax on it!Stay tuned.
I can see the retards using them to record girls and masturbate later.
Sorry if you do not like that fact.
Sorry if you do not like that fact.
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This is just so effing stupid and makes me figuratively weap for our future.
I truly think social media has turned into a net negative and things like this sure help cement that.
I truly think social media has turned into a net negative and things like this sure help cement that.
There is a sci-fi TV show Black Mirror where this is the future. It's interteresting and explores a lot of the implications. The episode is slightly ruined by the main finding out his wife is a skank but blames the technology for ruining his life instead of his wife being a cheating skank, but overall very cool future exploration.
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Vertical videos are the worst. If my wife takes them I delete them without looking at them. They are the worst. Turn the dang camera people. Real vision has dramatically more lateral vision than vertical.
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Lol. Ok buddy. That's America. Constant shooting and the Wild West. Just stay out of Chicago and Detroit and a few other big cities and you will be pretty safe.
Social Media are the new TV... And I stopped watching TV around 18 years ago and never missed it. Quite the opposite: It totally annoys me when I come to a place where a TV is running. By TV, however, I mean regular TV programs - I still like watching good series and movies. But for that you don't need a TV receiver.
Social Media is another thing I avoid like the plague. It's just additional useless noise on a planet that's already too loud. You just don't miss anything when you don't use FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn and all the other related useless services. The Internet was a nicer and more interesting place before social media took it over like lower class and intellectually undemanding programs and shows took over TV. These days, when you are forced to watch TV, you literally feel the higher functions of your brain switch off bit by bit. Social media on the Internet is no different.