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Just wait until smart glasses finally take off! At least people can ignore their smart watches, it'll be hard to ignore a flashing icon in your field of view.
by shard 6y ago
Just wait until smart glasses finally take off! At least people can ignore their smart watches, it'll be hard to ignore a flashing icon in your field of view.
- save_ferris 6y agoThat's very true. Philosophically, it's kinda hard to envision material gains in quality-of-life without major consequences with these kinds of technologies. They largely exist to take us out of our physical, in-person interactions because there's something more important to look at/respond to/whatever on the screen. Stuff like the Apple Watch and smart glasses definitely give me Black Mirror vibes a whole lot quicker than mobile technology ever did, but then again, Black Mirror came out after mobile had already largely taken off.
- canada_dry 6y agoA whole new subset of body language indicators - eye movement watching - will be part of dealing with AR users.
- mhh__ 6y agoMaybe I'm a bit autistic but I already watch people's eyes quite a lot The only useful thing I ever learnt from my art teacher was when he taught us how to pretend to make eye contact with people.
- xkcd-sucks 6y agoHaha you must be a man if you don't already pay attention to eye movement