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New categories of things to wear are really hard to get people to adapt without some instantly-compelling use case. I'm having trouble coming up with a mildly i

by _jal 3y ago

New categories of things to wear are really hard to get people to adapt without some instantly-compelling use case. I'm having trouble coming up with a mildly interesting use case for this. Get it to the point where it can constantly observe my surroundings and make the sort of suggestions a partner might ("if we stop at the hardware store first, we can get those fresh bagels Bob likes from the place that closes early", ) and maybe there's something to talk about.

schnable 3y ago
Asking the price of vintage photos of a solar eclipse isn’t a killer use case for you?
notahacker 3y ago
Real time translation and direction finding seem like the obvious use cases for an always on device attached to your chest, plus the standard Siri questions without having to grab a phone. Those are more niche than a phone, but big niches You just might have to deal with reactions to always on cameras and the annoyance of being admonished by LapelClippy on a regular basis
- dbish 3y ago
  We know how the glasshole situation went :) Siri question type things I can use my watch for real time translation is neat but it has to be a big and frequent use case to differentiate from just taking my phone out and using google translate (which i believe i can also do on my apple watch).
  - notahacker 3y ago
    I think audio translation when it's quite close to real time will feel more natural without the phone in the hand than with it especially with a well functioning gesture interface, but yeah, there's nothing that stops a phone from doing it. Also agree this is more a smartwatch competitor than a phone competitor. The fact that smartwatches sell at all is proof there are (much smaller) markets for wearable devices that do stuff that can be done at least as well on a phone if you get it out your pocket, the argument for separating the powerful internet connected functionality from the watch and having it on some other wearable on your chest is that actually I like the wrist-mounted device that tracks my activity and sleep to not need charging every day...
themoonisachees 3y ago
I'd rather not. From "here is an actually interesting suggestion based on your habits and what i know about the people you interact with" to "Shop at walmart today! Don't forget about their crazy deal on flat screen TVs!" Is about half a step, and they're already selling this with a subscription service.

by _jal 3y ago

schnable 3y ago

Asking the price of vintage photos of a solar eclipse isn’t a killer use case for you?

notahacker 3y ago

Real time translation and direction finding seem like the obvious use cases for an always on device attached to your chest, plus the standard Siri questions without having to grab a phone. Those are more niche than a phone, but big niches You just might have to deal with reactions to always on cameras and the annoyance of being admonished by LapelClippy on a regular basis

dbish 3y ago
We know how the glasshole situation went :) Siri question type things I can use my watch for real time translation is neat but it has to be a big and frequent use case to differentiate from just taking my phone out and using google translate (which i believe i can also do on my apple watch).
- notahacker 3y ago
  I think audio translation when it's quite close to real time will feel more natural without the phone in the hand than with it especially with a well functioning gesture interface, but yeah, there's nothing that stops a phone from doing it. Also agree this is more a smartwatch competitor than a phone competitor. The fact that smartwatches sell at all is proof there are (much smaller) markets for wearable devices that do stuff that can be done at least as well on a phone if you get it out your pocket, the argument for separating the powerful internet connected functionality from the watch and having it on some other wearable on your chest is that actually I like the wrist-mounted device that tracks my activity and sleep to not need charging every day...

themoonisachees 3y ago

I'd rather not. From "here is an actually interesting suggestion based on your habits and what i know about the people you interact with" to "Shop at walmart today! Don't forget about their crazy deal on flat screen TVs!" Is about half a step, and they're already selling this with a subscription service.