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Is it just me or is this article fairly scattered and confusing? First off I’ve never heard of these supposed “glass holes” before so either their hype failed

Is it just me or is this article fairly scattered and confusing? First off I’ve never heard of these supposed “glass holes” before so either their hype failed or the title has mismatched expectations with the zeitgeist (“have arrived”). They proceed to show several tweets of people using them but don’t provide a polished critique of their own (at least not up front). It also felt like a more accurate description about what makes these different from Oculus headsets would have been nice. I’ll admit to not having finished the article. It was just really poorly written in my opinion. Maybe someone else can point out what it is that makes it so seemingly unpolished and tabloid-like? I’m having trouble with it.

caslon 3y ago
If you haven't heard the term "glasshole" before, you must not have been online much ten years ago. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-handling-the-end-of-google-glass https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-ha... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/rise-term-glasshole-explained-linguists/316015/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/rise-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/google-glass-advice-smartglasses-glasshole https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/google-gl... https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasses-glassholes-coming-back https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasse... It was a pretty popular term for people who used Google Glass. This is because they recorded video footage in public wherever they went, in a way that initially didn't notify the people around them. It's a pretty scummy move (and I say this as someone who loves Meta's VR products), and I don't think it really needs to be explained beyond how well it was explained in the article.
- morkalork 3y ago
  I'm of the age where I agree with it being weird and scummy but I can't help but believe that popular perception will eventually drift. There's kids today who've probably been recorded in some manner or another nearly 24/7 since birth. Everything from internet enabled baby monitors, Alexa/Google home, to nest/wyze home security cameras. What's one more on a person's head?
- RockRobotRock 3y ago
  >It was a pretty popular term for people who used Google Glass. Okay, so maybe 10k people.
  - rexpop 3y ago
    Many more people discussed it than participated in it, directly. That is how the term gained popularity.
furyofantares 3y ago
I'm fully aware of what "glassholes" are and theres still just isn't anything in this article. Just enough words to make it look like there's more here than five embedded social media posts.

caslon 3y ago

If you haven't heard the term "glasshole" before, you must not have been online much ten years ago. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-handling-the-end-of-google-glass https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnj7gw/how-glassholes-are-ha... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/rise-term-glasshole-explained-linguists/316015/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/rise-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/google-glass-advice-smartglasses-glasshole https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/google-gl... https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasses-glassholes-coming-back https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasse... It was a pretty popular term for people who used Google Glass. This is because they recorded video footage in public wherever they went, in a way that initially didn't notify the people around them. It's a pretty scummy move (and I say this as someone who loves Meta's VR products), and I don't think it really needs to be explained beyond how well it was explained in the article.

morkalork 3y ago
I'm of the age where I agree with it being weird and scummy but I can't help but believe that popular perception will eventually drift. There's kids today who've probably been recorded in some manner or another nearly 24/7 since birth. Everything from internet enabled baby monitors, Alexa/Google home, to nest/wyze home security cameras. What's one more on a person's head?
RockRobotRock 3y ago
>It was a pretty popular term for people who used Google Glass. Okay, so maybe 10k people.
- rexpop 3y ago
  Many more people discussed it than participated in it, directly. That is how the term gained popularity.

furyofantares 3y ago

I'm fully aware of what "glassholes" are and theres still just isn't anything in this article. Just enough words to make it look like there's more here than five embedded social media posts.