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What are your thoughts on Smart Glasses? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by popjam@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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).

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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.