And do you think they will be mass adopted to replace smartphones once the technology becomes good enough or will the general public revolt against them like they did with google glasses? Meta just released a new pair of smart glasses which lets you have a discreet POV camera ready to film at all times, discreetly listen to music, view a projected screen just by looking to the side which is not observable to others, talk to an always present AI for any thoughts or questions that pop up during the day, discreetly send text messages by drawing letters on your leg, have instant translation for speech or text that pops up in your view, etc…

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    I think if they ever get good enough that a lot of people are wearing them, a lot of companies will put rules in place to keep employees from wearing them at work.

    Restaurants, hotels, and other service industries don’t want their employees posting video of insane customers to their personal TikTok profiles. Any company with any sort of technical or financial or medical data won’t want employees to be able to take photos or video secretly.

    I could see companies even attempting to ban them for customers. Like banks, airports, stadiums or other areas where large crowds of soft targets would gather. Schools to protect the security and privacy of children. It’s one thing to go in a record with a phone; that is visible and draws attention. Being able to record completely in secret will be unappetizing to many (except when the government does it, of course, no one must question our police).

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      My only devil’s advocate to this is that phone cameras are already very prevalent and this is only a minor issue in society atm. Fuck camera glasses, though.

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    If you wear smart glasses and try to approach me, I’m ignoring you and walking away. I don’t care who you are, I don’t talk to cyborgs.

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        I remember when wireless earbuds first came out. The sentiment was the same “You’ll never see me with those because I’ll look like a crazy person talking to themselves.” Now it’s completely normal and society accepts it.

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            Yeah when I cross someone in the street using them at first they still look to me like they’re off their meds and talking to sky daddy out loud. It goes faster than before for me to realize “they must have an earbud in” but that’s still my first reaction.

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    I can really see the potential in them. Like, I keep envisioning glasses that analyze what is infront of you, help to magnify, help people with eye issues and plenty of other things.

    But, as I’ve see what has been done with VR least with Facebook, is that I can see the technobro applying some dystopia level shit on there. Be prepared to see ads - that you can’t close.

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    Soon man will sell another ads in their vision, while collecting the info on how best to manipulate them at the same time.

    Nobody needs these glasses.

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    as with home assistants, “AI" and many other examples, they seem like cool tech that could be useful but it’s unfortunatelly ruined by the companies peddling them… hard pass for me

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      Honestly these devil bargins are insane. Like do i want these gimmicks, yes, i love automation and instant access to information, but not at the expe se of security and privacy of myself and everyobe around. Like wth no stay away creeps

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    It would be great for my industry. I’m in the trades and sometimes worry on jobs that I could get put in situations where it’s a he said she said kind of thing. Having video of everything I’ve done would be handy. Also if someone happens to be a wanted felon and I could get some money from crime stoppers through facial recognition, that could be handy too.

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    I would absolutely love to try them, just would prefer open source to anything being offered rn.

    I don’t trust any of the companies coming out with these to not be tapping in and accessing any of the devices data.

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    I assume you’re recording me and I don’t want to talk to anyone who has them.