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When Google Glass first released back in 2012 I was running a conference technology startup, and since we had a database full of speaker and attendee profile ph
by simonw 5mo ago
When Google Glass first released back in 2012 I was running a conference technology startup, and since we had a database full of speaker and attendee profile photos the obvious thing we could build with Glass would be a "your glasses help you spot the people you are planning to meet in a crowded room" app.
The Google Glass developer terms strictly forbid building that, and it didn't take more than a few seconds of deeper thought to understand why.
- bigbuppo 5mo agoYeah, but Meta is the stalker that planted the bushes outside your house so they can have a place to hide while they're fapping as they're getting more data from you so they can... I mean, they don't know what they want to do with the data, but they have it. They also said they like the way you smell.
- slim 5mo agoThey now what to do with it. They sell it to gov
- CSSer 5mo agoAnthropic (re-?)confirmed this.
- zdragnar 5mo agoAnd yet people with Google glasses were called the glassholes. What will we can people with Meta glasses?
- pj_mukh 5mo agoHow about Dad! I use them to film my toddler doing cute things without having to pull out the phone constantly and being more present. It'd be nice if people didn't call me names for doing so :)
- vorpalhex 5mo agoBuy a proper camera. Your memories will be a lot higher quality and you'll go from creepy guy uploading toddler footage for Zuck to watch to someone who loves their kid enough to run a real camera.
- pj_mukh 5mo agoThis is screaming and downvoting into a void. Parents have enough to carry around just because you don’t like a feature that is default off unless you ask for cloud analysis. I don’t care what happens to Zuck, cancel him to all hell for all I care but maybe be a little more curious about why people use the tech they do past “people are stupid”.
- vorpalhex 5mo agoI'm a parent of two, one of whom is a baby. I rock a Sony zv-e10ii. Image quality is real. That glasses camera is teeny tiny. At the most basic layer, it's going to look like a bad camera from decades ago by the time your kids are old enough to want to see those photos. Meta sells that device to generate data and profit from "services". Zuck said so directly in an earnings call: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zuckerberg-explained-ai-glasses-become-001241327.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zuckerberg-explained-ai-glass... You are the frog being boiled. Your glasses are the pot.
- pj_mukh 5mo agoFine in the crib, out in the open at a critical moment when your kid runs into your arms, screw image quality, you want that moment captured and with active kids there's about 2-3 of these moments every day. "the best camera is the one you have with you". If I don't like something about my hot frog pot, I'll just switch to the Apple glasses when they come out [1] ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . Zuck doesn't have much room to maneuver without shooting himself in the foot. My larger point stands, not all who wear cameras deserve to be maligned. [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-glasses/ https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-glasses/
- vorpalhex 5mo agoJust drop the gl. Seems to get the point across.
- outside1234 5mo agoOnly because they couldn't figure out how to sell ads doing it tho
- aaron695 5mo ago[dead]