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I'm intrigued by this kind of tech as I think it could be repurposed as a fancy pair of cycling glasses. Rather than looking down at a cycle computer, have the

I'm intrigued by this kind of tech as I think it could be repurposed as a fancy pair of cycling glasses. Rather than looking down at a cycle computer, have the relevant data fields shown in a HUD and also a killer application would be to have an overlay of a rear view camera so you can see when there's gaps for turning etc. (you'd still have to look behind before performing the manoeuvre though).

vidarh 3y ago
These do not have a HUD. You can use them for voice commands, or to take pictures of whatever you happen to look at. That makes them very limited even just as cameras - a fairly large proportion of the pictures I take involve moving the camera (my phone) into angles I wouldn't get my head into with comfort. If cheap enough they could be fun as "I want a picture too fast to get my phone out and happen to have my sunglasses on" cameras, but that's not exactly something you'd expect to get you huge use. If they were cheap enough and they didn't upload everything to Facebook (which they apparently do; EDIT: someone is saying elsewhere this is optional, which makes it marginally better if I trusted Facebook not to change that down the road), it might be something you'd think is a fun "nice to have" you might not use very often, but hardly something many people will go out of their way to buy at a large added cost.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  Okay, that makes them fairly useless then. If I wanted to take lots of photos of stuff that I look at, I'd be better off with some kind of GoPro video camera just stuck on a hat.
  - vidarh 3y ago
    My thought too, not least because being obtrusive avoids all the pesky social issues of appearing to be trying to obscure that you're possibly filming. When it then also costs 3x a regular pair of Raybans (UK prices at least) and if you're happy to look like you're going around spying on people you can buy a pair of cheap spy glasses on Amazon for 1/10th the price, I don't understand what market segment they think they're going for. As just a camera, if they were detachable and visible enough that you're not looking like you're trying to get away with something, I'd be far more interested. If they're going to be permanently mounted, they need to be invisible.
mentos 3y ago
Yea I'd say a HUD inside the Ray-Ban form factor is the killer app. I'd love to double tap the side of my glasses (similar to how you double tap quest 2 headset) to bring up a HUD showing time, weather, trains, notifications from my phone, etc Something like that would be the beach head into the AR future.

vidarh 3y ago

These do not have a HUD. You can use them for voice commands, or to take pictures of whatever you happen to look at. That makes them very limited even just as cameras - a fairly large proportion of the pictures I take involve moving the camera (my phone) into angles I wouldn't get my head into with comfort. If cheap enough they could be fun as "I want a picture too fast to get my phone out and happen to have my sunglasses on" cameras, but that's not exactly something you'd expect to get you huge use. If they were cheap enough and they didn't upload everything to Facebook (which they apparently do; EDIT: someone is saying elsewhere this is optional, which makes it marginally better if I trusted Facebook not to change that down the road), it might be something you'd think is a fun "nice to have" you might not use very often, but hardly something many people will go out of their way to buy at a large added cost.

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
Okay, that makes them fairly useless then. If I wanted to take lots of photos of stuff that I look at, I'd be better off with some kind of GoPro video camera just stuck on a hat.
- vidarh 3y ago
  My thought too, not least because being obtrusive avoids all the pesky social issues of appearing to be trying to obscure that you're possibly filming. When it then also costs 3x a regular pair of Raybans (UK prices at least) and if you're happy to look like you're going around spying on people you can buy a pair of cheap spy glasses on Amazon for 1/10th the price, I don't understand what market segment they think they're going for. As just a camera, if they were detachable and visible enough that you're not looking like you're trying to get away with something, I'd be far more interested. If they're going to be permanently mounted, they need to be invisible.

mentos 3y ago

Yea I'd say a HUD inside the Ray-Ban form factor is the killer app. I'd love to double tap the side of my glasses (similar to how you double tap quest 2 headset) to bring up a HUD showing time, weather, trains, notifications from my phone, etc Something like that would be the beach head into the AR future.