[audunw]

Why glasses? I’ve paid a lot of money not to have to wear glasses.

I might use some kind of camera attached to my head if it was something most people used. Would be nice to be able to capture moments instantly.

I haven’t seen a use-case for low quality augmented reality that would make me use glasses daily. Then again, I personally don’t find smart watches worth it and lots of people use those.

I think the Apple Vision kind of illustrates what it’d take for really compelling augmented reality. If it can replace my TV I might actually use it. But then they clearly don’t intend for you to use them outside. And I’m still not sure if it’s worth the discomfort of wearing tightly fitting glasses.

[gorjusborg]

> Why glasses? I’ve paid a lot of money not to have to wear glasses.

Because it's the only socially acceptable way to point a camera at people without tipping them off.

That's one reason google glass didn't take off as well. When you show up at the party waving your camera around on record, people tend to find a way to distance themselves.

[makeitdouble]

It means that either this line of product will ruin glasses (false positives of people assuming your thick frame glasses are a hidden camera) either people really aren't tipped off and we'll have a moral panic about private footages overflowing in the media.

I see a future in smart glasses, in particular for notifications, but they absolutely need to tip off people when the camera is pointed at them.

[justinclift]

> they absolutely need to tip off people when the camera is pointed at them.

Which is already "too late", as most of the time the person will be recorded before they've noticed it.

Not sure there's a perfect solution to the problem though, as it's the intersection of several concurrent conflicting requirements. :/