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interesting to look at their site from a couple years ago. no mention of AI, they are simply "Open source eyewear." https://web.archive.org/web/20220809080848/

interesting to look at their site from a couple years ago. no mention of AI, they are simply "Open source eyewear." https://web.archive.org/web/20220809080848/https://www.brilliant.xyz/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220809080848/https://www.brill...

bastawhiz 3y ago
If you scroll to the bottom of the linked page, they have a link to the Monocle product
- YurgenJurgensen 3y ago
  "Scrolling to the bottom of the page" is easier said than done, since it's doing that annoying scrollbar hijack thing that's apparently still in vogue.
  - TaylorAlexander 3y ago
    The archive.org link? It scrolls normally, though part of the background does not scroll.
- TaylorAlexander 3y ago
  Ohh the Monocle is cute: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/623cc6cc56889b045032bfc1/62a8fa1e027f45020449571e_Photo_Clip.jpg https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/623cc6cc56889b045032bfc1/62a...
serf 3y ago
if Google Glass had come out later you can be guaranteed that it would've been billed similarly. There is a formula here : Make a product with a semi-useless privacy-intrusive camera, when the audience balks at having a camera on it you say "it's AI!" -- suddenly the people in front of the camera seem to stop caring that they have a new angle of the panopticon to avoid. It's the damnedest thing. my gut feeling is that trick would have worked to make the Glass palatable -- similar tricks worked for the current iteration of VR sets : 'It's okay that the device has six cameras pointed at you recording to god knows where, they're used for tracking.' the trick being that the tracking included is unlikely to only be your hands/posture/VR-significant things if it stands to produce company X or Y a revenue stream.
- navaed01 3y ago
  True, the utility of a camera draws attention away from any nefarious possibilities. I also think our relationship with cameras is different from when google glasses came out. My seven year old niece will film herself dancing using her mums phone and even though its just recorded to the phone she'll intro the video 'hi everyone', probably from the content she's exposed to, tik tok etc. 'Audience by default'
  - JKCalhoun 3y ago
    Also, it was Google. I still would not wear something like that if it came from Google (or Meta, or any number of companies that make their money off our data).

bastawhiz 3y ago

If you scroll to the bottom of the linked page, they have a link to the Monocle product

YurgenJurgensen 3y ago
"Scrolling to the bottom of the page" is easier said than done, since it's doing that annoying scrollbar hijack thing that's apparently still in vogue.
- TaylorAlexander 3y ago
  The archive.org link? It scrolls normally, though part of the background does not scroll.
TaylorAlexander 3y ago
Ohh the Monocle is cute: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/623cc6cc56889b045032bfc1/62a8fa1e027f45020449571e_Photo_Clip.jpg https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/623cc6cc56889b045032bfc1/62a...

serf 3y ago

if Google Glass had come out later you can be guaranteed that it would've been billed similarly. There is a formula here : Make a product with a semi-useless privacy-intrusive camera, when the audience balks at having a camera on it you say "it's AI!" -- suddenly the people in front of the camera seem to stop caring that they have a new angle of the panopticon to avoid. It's the damnedest thing. my gut feeling is that trick would have worked to make the Glass palatable -- similar tricks worked for the current iteration of VR sets : 'It's okay that the device has six cameras pointed at you recording to god knows where, they're used for tracking.' the trick being that the tracking included is unlikely to only be your hands/posture/VR-significant things if it stands to produce company X or Y a revenue stream.

navaed01 3y ago
True, the utility of a camera draws attention away from any nefarious possibilities. I also think our relationship with cameras is different from when google glasses came out. My seven year old niece will film herself dancing using her mums phone and even though its just recorded to the phone she'll intro the video 'hi everyone', probably from the content she's exposed to, tik tok etc. 'Audience by default'
- JKCalhoun 3y ago
  Also, it was Google. I still would not wear something like that if it came from Google (or Meta, or any number of companies that make their money off our data).