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Arguing about whether to call this kind of behavior a harassment or "a bit" of a harassment is in my opinion all besides the point.

This video mainly shows a person approaching other people in public and recording them with these glasses. Which is one of the typical scenarios in which such a glasses are probably going to be used. And that video shows that even the Meta employees themselves generally do not seem to like it very much.

That is the point.

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Do you know how harnessed I feel by people wearing pervert glasses around my kids?

You've got guys like this just doing it on their cell phone, imagine how excited they are for the glasses: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-prosecutor-fired-a...

We already have thousands of videos made by way more hostile people, who test the patience of people in public and even get themselves occasionally arrested, and they're very obviously holding cameras and shoving those cameras in people's faces.

I'm not sure how it follows that glasses will encourage more of that behavior.

I don't know if I agree that man-on-the-street pseudo journalistic stuff is one of the "typical scenarios." Any time I see a product like this I think:

    1) Can I use it to watch a more immersive movie without bothering people who may be in the next week?
    2) Can I use it to make my games more enjoyable, either console or PC?
    3) Can I use it to record IPSC/USPSA matches?
    4) Can I use it for work?

I don't think these will make more people bother strangers on the street, it's just another way the same people can do that.

That's fine for you, but why on earth do you think every other person out there will only use these for innocuous nerdy reasons? Ask any adult woman you know and there's a good chance she will have at least one story of being stalked or getting really creeped out by someone. Consumer tech that enables creepy behavior will be used in that way by too many people.

> why on earth do you think every other person out there will only use these for innocuous nerdy reasons?

I don't, which I why I didn't say that :)

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