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With their spectacles (albeit failed (1)) product, I always just suspected they were playing the long psychological game by getting consumers used to wearing an
by mojomark 8y ago
With their spectacles (albeit failed (1)) product, I always just suspected they were playing the long psychological game by getting consumers used to wearing an oversize eyeglass frame with built in cameras. Then, when someone with actual decent AR display tech is ready to integrate, they would already have a platform generally accepted (with little privacy foul complaining) and ready to go. While they waited maybe they could make a little $$$ with basic non-AR pic/vid apps. It seemed like it as the anti-Glass at the time. Alas, didn't pan out.
1. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/28/why-snapchat-spectacles-failed/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/28/why-snapchat-spectacles-fa...