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by notafraudster 1746 days ago
I would genuinely like a half-decent camera mounted to my glasses. I mean, it's Facebook so it's going to be bad like all of their hardware products, and it'll additionally be tied to Facebook which is a bad thing, but I'm just saying theoretically I wouldn't mind this category of product.

Mostly I'd use it to "take notes" when I need a quick shot, rather than taking out my phone camera. I can't tell you how many times I've been sketching a proof on a whiteboard and then had to take a phone photo for later reference, and it's just one of those minor inconveniences I imagined I wouldn't have to deal with in the year 2525.

(And yes, I acknowledge that smart glasses are a privacy nightmare and there's any number of negative social externalities)

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I can't speak to Portal, but my Quest 2 is a _fantastic_ hardware product.
Is Portal a bad hardware product, or did anyone even buy one due to Facebook's privacy scandals? Say what you will about Facebook's invasion of privacy but the Quest 2 is great hardware.
And the ability to act like a dash cam for my head and store 'current time - 60 seconds' footage would be nice as well. When in creative meetings, I have a hard time brainstorming while taking coherent notes of any kind. I also don't want to have to sift through the full hour recording to find the nuggets that are in there.