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Folks have been predicting that the next big shift in computing will be onto glasses that we wear and away from our phones. The tech just hasn’t been there yet
by ericskiff 1y ago
Folks have been predicting that the next big shift in computing will be onto glasses that we wear and away from our phones.
The tech just hasn’t been there yet and most of the devices that do this are heavy clunky and hot
Meta is investing billions to get out ahead of this shift and to own the entertainment and data (and thus advertising) layers that sit on top of the real world through these glasses
The rumor mill is abuzz that Facebook finally making a play for it in the next set of smart glasses after a few years of sticking to VR headsets and audio/camera only glasses
- actionfromafar 1y agoFacebook is trying so very hard to be Innovative Online Industries.
- Mr_Eri_Atlov 1y ago"I get that reference."
- Octoth0rpe 1y agoAnd that's the whole book
- actionfromafar 1y agoNo deep insights there, but it was a beautiful romp while it lasted :)
- adrr 1y agoWhy do they call the smart glasses when they just send everything to the smart phone? Nothing is done on device.
- delecti 1y agoThey're also called smartwatches, when most of them are pretty useless without a phone. Even if they offload everything to the phone, they're still much "smarter" than normal glasses, which just sit there doing nothing but correcting vision.
- withinboredom 1y agoYou know, I never thought of this until I took my phone into a repair shop. I was just like “give me a call, I have my watch.” Two seconds after I walked out … I was like, “oh, that’s not going to work…” so I just sat around for an hour.
- adrr 1y agoIf you have wifi calling enabled on your mobile account and your watch has wifi connection, you can receive calls to it. Or you can get a watch that has mobile data connection.
- withinboredom 1y agoYou still need the original phone to forward the call. If it is out of commission, nothing will happen.
- wmeredith 1y agoIt's a marketing term not a technical term
- sqircles 1y agoThe "old man yelling at the sky" part of me can only hope the side effects of something like this gaining traction might be that physical-world advertisements fade away.
- wmeredith 1y agoI'd love ad-blokcer in my glasses. Replace every billboard I see with fine art.
- privatelypublic 1y agoOr dad jokes.
- sunrunner 1y agoThey’ve actually had this cool feature at art galleries and museums for quite a while now ;)