[nomel]

Looking at this almost unanimously negative comment section, on a tech website, it appears you should be concerned about your safety while wearing anything that could be seen as being "smart". I imagine a non-tech crowd would be even more negative.

> for identifying creeps nearby

> I recently had to interact with an idiot wearing meta glasses.

> Would renaming to ”Nearby Glassholes” be acceptable as a PR?

> If you're wearing these glasses and recording people in public, you're asking for a sweet punch in the face.

[itishappy]

> I imagine a non-tech crowd would be even more negative.

Weird, I'd assume the opposite. The meme is "tech enthusiasts vs tech workers" implying there are people who like tech and people who understand it enough to distrust it. This tech-crowd is more aligned with the latter.

[Blackthorn]

That used to be the case (see the joke about printers) but AI completely reversed it.

[itishappy]

AI turned a lot of tech workers into tech enthusiasts (and frankly, most cool new technologies take their toll), but there are still plenty of people here who distrust AI.

[pksebben]

I find myself in the awkward place of being both. I use LLMs to offload busywork and to allow me to get work done that I otherwise wouldn't have time for, but I also see that we're walking a pretty tenuous tightrope when it comes to pretty much every concern we've ever had with technology bundled in one place and amplified 1000x.

It's the old rag of "tech is the tool, ethics are the user" in an era where people who are unethical have become loud and proud about it and the tech is recursive reinforcement power tools on steroids.

[bryanlarsen]

Given that I'm not interacting with people when I'm using these things I'm not at all worried about that. I probably meet maybe a dozen people per mile on my walks, for a few seconds apiece as we pass each other. It probably causes people to avoid me, but when I have them on I'm working or reading during my walk and am not interested in interaction either.

But if I was still commuting by public transit I would have liked to use them there.

It would be really annoying to avoid using my display glasses in a place highly suited for them just because of worries about creeping out people creeped out about a thing my glasses are incapable of doing.

[pyrale]

> it appears you should be concerned about your safety while wearing anything that could be seen as being "smart".

People don't have issues with smartphones, smartwatches, or any other "smart" stuff that isn't spyware.

The issue isn't smarts, it's supporting stasi-as-a-service.

[rubyfan]

People are sensitive to video. Looks at the reaction from the Ring Super Bowl commercial and Nest Camera video retrieval news from a few weeks ago.

Your phone and watch are spyware mostly just spying on you. Sure they could be used to spy on others but the directness of an always on smart glass camera lens in one’s face is a little more jarring.

[TiredOfLife]

That's why ICE wears masks and cops don't like being filmed.

[nkrisc]

Not advocating for unprovoked violence, but I do hope wearing things like this remains socially unacceptable. Not all technology is good.

[nomel]

I'll be sad if this kills the whole concept of HUD/display replacements. I want my 32 inch screen while I work in the coffee shop/plane! Maybe the "workaround" will be giant bulky VR setups, to cushion the punches a bit better.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

Good.

[anonymous541908]

amen