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If the Thalmic Labs name doesn't ring a bell, they're the former makers of the Myo gesture control armband (which was just discontinued). By all customer accou

If the Thalmic Labs name doesn't ring a bell, they're the former makers of the Myo gesture control armband (which was just discontinued). By all customer accounts I've seen it was an expensive gadget that never worked reliably enough to be useful for anything, so hopefully they do better with glasses.

webmaven 8y ago
These glasses use a physical joystick (on a ring) to control and interact with the display, so it seems they are playing it very safe and this time around. Of course, there are other ways to screw up (build quality, battery life, connectivity), but by eschewing anything fancy like voice control (ala Google Glass) they're signaling a certain conservatism that is reassuring.
- wlesieutre 8y ago
  It looks like they have built-in Alexa. Personally not interested in carrying an Amazon smart device with me everywhere, but it'll probably work for people who don't care.
relyio 8y ago
I've tried the Myo a bunch of times, at hackathons and such. I think it was a good product. It actually worked. The thing is that it wasn't that useful and they never found product-market fit. Yet, it was an avenue worth exploring. If you are curious you can find used Myos on eBay, see for yourself. There is a world between them a leap motion for example.
- wlesieutre 8y ago
  Interesting. I'm curious, but not $100 curious.
- 0x5345414e 8y ago
  I had one and every single person that tried it had issues with it in the first few minutes. A hackathon is one thing, but it didn't work even close to well enough to be a mainstream consumer product.
jcelerier 8y ago
> By all customer accounts I've seen it was an expensive gadget that never worked reliably enough to be useful for anything, so hopefully they do better with glasses. I've seen multiple very cool live performance from artists using Myo
mijoharas 8y ago
So I saw a reference to Myo on the page, but I don't see any reference to thalmic labs. Looks like they renamed the company.

webmaven 8y ago

These glasses use a physical joystick (on a ring) to control and interact with the display, so it seems they are playing it very safe and this time around. Of course, there are other ways to screw up (build quality, battery life, connectivity), but by eschewing anything fancy like voice control (ala Google Glass) they're signaling a certain conservatism that is reassuring.

wlesieutre 8y ago
It looks like they have built-in Alexa. Personally not interested in carrying an Amazon smart device with me everywhere, but it'll probably work for people who don't care.

relyio 8y ago

I've tried the Myo a bunch of times, at hackathons and such. I think it was a good product. It actually worked. The thing is that it wasn't that useful and they never found product-market fit. Yet, it was an avenue worth exploring. If you are curious you can find used Myos on eBay, see for yourself. There is a world between them a leap motion for example.

wlesieutre 8y ago
Interesting. I'm curious, but not $100 curious.
0x5345414e 8y ago
I had one and every single person that tried it had issues with it in the first few minutes. A hackathon is one thing, but it didn't work even close to well enough to be a mainstream consumer product.

jcelerier 8y ago

> By all customer accounts I've seen it was an expensive gadget that never worked reliably enough to be useful for anything, so hopefully they do better with glasses. I've seen multiple very cool live performance from artists using Myo

mijoharas 8y ago

So I saw a reference to Myo on the page, but I don't see any reference to thalmic labs. Looks like they renamed the company.