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Meta should use their Kylie Jenner et al connection to design a camera that is both stylish and obvious. AFAICT the main use case for camera glasses is very si
by bryanlarsen 2mo ago
Meta should use their Kylie Jenner et al connection to design a camera that is both stylish and obvious.
AFAICT the main use case for camera glasses is very similar to the "gopro on your helmet" use case for cyclists:
- to record cool first-person video to upload to TikTok et al
- to warn cars / creeps "I'm recording this and will send footage to the cops"
AFAICT, influencers generally want people to know they're influencers. They're using meta glasses not because the glasses let them go incognito, they're wearing them because a gopro on a helmet is dorky.
And obviously an incognito camera is going to be much less useful staving off harassment than an obvious one.
- j45 2mo agoAt some point, incognito will scale to hidden and I think that's the part that has to be reimagined. It's not about hidden camera, it's about cooperative and consent based.
- esperent 2mo agoI'm sure someone other company will make exactly those glaces, obvious and stylish recording devices. In the meantime, it's quite telling that Meta is choosing not to. They want recording to be constant, impossible to detect, and normalized. That's why the camera light is so subtle and easy to cover. The more constant surveillance is normalized, the more they have data about every single facet of our lives to sell to advertises.
- Jcowell 2mo agoI’ve said this before but Apple should make glasses where the whole frame glows when it’s in active use. Siri colors for using Siri’s , a distinct color for recording , a long exposed color for pictures, visualizer for music. Gives it the safety factor and a distinct look.