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I'll be the outlier and say that given the perfect circumstances, I would buy Smart Glasses. BUT in no way, shape, or form would I buy META Smart Glasses.
I work a retail job where I'm staring at shelves for like 80% of my shift, it would be dope as hell to have smart glasses and have a video playing in my vision while I'm working.
But until there are more of an "open source" type Smart Glasses that aren't supported by one of the big companies like Meta or Apple, I'll join the rest of y'all on staying far away from them.
There’s open source but not video capable. The Brilliant Labs Halo glasses coming in November are more of an informational companion with a peripheral-view display rather than a field of view overlay. So it’s not what you’re looking for now, but maybe a generation or two later it’ll meet your needs.
That's still really cool to hear though, definitely looking forward to see where that is in a few years.
No, none of this. It doesn't matter if there are "good guys" versions. It shouldn't be a thing at all because it never goes the good way. They'll be bought out by Google or apple, and add in ads and tracking software. Or they'll get big and change core values. Remember when googles motto was like, don't be evil, or something like that? It definitely isn't that anymore. There is no scenario where this kind of tech doesn't turn bad.
A spec that can be 3d printed and hand assembled by the user (with the exception of the lenses) could work well - hard to enshittify that.
Until it's not. It's just best to abandon this tech tree altogether.
An open source license could solve this. If they sell out, just fork it and pick up where they left off.
Do you own anything tech then? Not sure this mindset applies only to smart glasses.
I wonder if a 3d printable frame could be possible with the lenses and SOC produced separately. Maybe it could be paired with a phone to offload the work.
I think they’re pretty much all paired with a phone for a lot of the workload.
Same for me. The technology is cool. Big tech corporations are not.