Pretty cool
Glasses that let you record people without their awareness / consent?
Downright creepy
I think the best play here would be to release them without any camera functionality at all, or the connotations will be that weird, sweaty guy that no one wants to sit next to on the subway (see: Google Glass).
I did wear the Wayfarers around and only one person commented on them (a hotel manager who recognized them while checking me in) but I definitely didn't feel comfortable just taking pictures of people without their knowing, ended up returning them because I never got a picture worth sharing anyway.
Besides, if there wasn't stigma they wouldn't have to make it so stealthy.
I think in this instance it's probably "let Meta record people and associate the data to their shadow profiles". Doubly creepy.
Sergey Brin sitting sad in the corner after reading this
Thats basically all cameras. AR is coming, whether meta makes it work or not.
There are ways around this, but they either require a massive public backlash, or actual regulation that requires explicit and provable permission before non-anonymised pictures/captures can be taken.
You can put a piece of tape over it, fill it with black nail polish, let the smoke out of the LED, or otherwise keep the light from being visible.
Props to Facebook for making it less circumventable.
I get it, it's icky. I feel the same way. Nevertheless, this is already a thing.
There are few things I could care less about than what some nobody I’ll ever see again thinks.
>if I saw someone wearing these in public
If you specifically, who I don't know and likely never will saw me wearing something like this in public and did not approve, my care factor would be nil is what I meant.
If I was to wear these in a less public setting, where perhaps I have to interact with you on a regular basis, sure, my opinion may be different.
My apologies if I misunderstood what you were trying to say.
That's not to say I would wear something like this or use it, but if it's what comes to pass, eh.