Wearable tech has been kicked around since the 70s.

I think it will eventually stick.

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.

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).

I think were I a man of stronger convictions, I’d rip off and smash any pair of camera equipped glasses I’d encounter.

This sounds awesome except the ever present AI. I know my phone and anyone else’s phone and basically any Internet connected device in my vicinity is actively spying on me at all times, I dont need a constant reminder.

I really want a screen on the inside of glasses though. If I could do 2 menial jobs AND catch up on all the TV everyone keeps recommending me I would be so happy.

I think they’ll become mainstream eventually. It seems obvious to me that they’d be useful and eventually a far superior experience to a smart phone. If and when they start to gain steam, there will be a backlash of some degree that will likely die out because the vast majority of people have no concern for digital privacy. I think the google glass backlash was a result of them looking weird and the personalities of the people willing to drop $1000+ to get one and wear it around.

I think the real question is what kind of world will bring them into mainstream. With surveillance on the rise, I imagine the most powerful people would actually like everyone to have cameras on their faces.

I think the new meta glasses will be decently popular relative to the rest of the MR market, but will ultimately be held back by the tech industry’s insistence on AI. I don’t think any new technology will become mainstream so long as AI is a headline feature, it’s too inconsistent as a feature and wildly unprofitable as a technology. Once the AI bubble pops and the economic consequences are sorted out, that’s when I think smart glasses will get big.

So I worry if we’ll live in 1984-esque surveillance hell by then or if somehow things will turn around. Either way I think smart glasses are coming and they’ll be common soon.

please make it fucking stop

Great for pervs. I thought we went through this bullshit with Google Glass and the Glassholes.

EU privacy laws would have to be rewritten for smart glasses to be usable in public. Let’s not do that.

The same as when Google tried it.

Privacy Invasion turned up to 11.

If it was just a screen, general purpose processor, and customisable OS then I’d have one already.

I don’t feel like paying a monthly subscription fee for a product to lie to me every time I ask a question, and relay everything I do back to a company who will sell my personal data to anyone.

I love my Pebble watch and enjoy playing with new tech. If a company like Pebble can make one without the spyware, bloatware, and AI, then I’ll probably get one.

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.

I’m holding out for the far less obtrusive Smart Contact Lenses powered by the eyes synaptic energy. It’s just a matter of time.

while they aren’t really out yet, I can already say I don’t want one unless they are significantly dumbed down, with 0 (zero) running costs (beside charging the battery, of course)

I am a wearer of (regular prescription) glasses. The closest I get to “smart” glasses is my XReal, which is not much more than fancy head mounted display. Which is exactly where I see the added value. The creepy concept of an always present AI, camera’s constantly online etc terrifies me. No one needs this. Plus, what do they expect, all people with clear vision to now start wearing this facebook commercial constantly? I truly hope this never leaves the gimmick-level it deserves and dies a quick and painful death.