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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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[–] Barrington@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just want the screen built into the glasses. So I guess the ability to cast to them or mirror my phone screen would be enough. I don't need the AI, camera, probably a lot of other features. I guess my use case my not be the same as everyone's.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

If we had decent privacy, they could be amazing. Imagine something like Facebook, the way it used to be advertised, that could identity your friends and give you some of the information they've chosen to share with you.

Instead of trying to frantically remember your friend's new partner's name, you get a subtle name bar above their head. Maybe you get a reminder about their birthday, or a life event they've shared.

Unfortunately though, we're currently stuck with the shitty version that going to extract all the data it can, and sell it to whoever can afford it :(