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Good. Finally. These never should have even been prototyped. Fool of an idea.

To you, sure. Meanwhile I have about 7 legitimate uses, almost all of them involving recording things down in mines while I need both hands free to keep myself from dying.

You stay in your bubble if it makes you uncomfortable. Real people have real uses for this tech, whether you like it nor not.

almost all of them involving recording things down in mines

How are the glasses more beneficial than the far, far more durable helmet-mounted cameras that construction workers use, or the industrial-grade chest-mounted cameras used in many other industries?

Also, how well do the glasses function underground? Are there pico cells down there to provide connectivity?

"How are the glasses more beneficial than the far, far more durable helmet-mounted cameras"

Helmets add lots of head space - not usable in very tight areas, especially the ones I'm in where you have to breathe out to get through a gap.

"Also, how well do the glasses function underground? Are there pico cells down there to provide connectivity?"

They work fine. Typical 4k action glasses actually have decent low-light performance (mine work great with the fluorescent reaction of rocks from a ~200mW output UVC lamp) and I just upload once I'm above-ground and have the memory card put into my laptop.

You can't use a GoPro or one of the many body cameras where it is clearly obvious to everyone who sees you that you:

(a) Have a camera (b) Are recording?

I agree, I think people are being far too cynical.

It's just like AI, people discount the positives and magnify the negatives.

<--- Who are these people. It's like they are from a different planet.

What a silver lining... "oh this date rape drug works great as an animal tranquilizer and I need it at my farm! Don't ban it!"

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