TL;DR: Meta is beta testing advanced AI features on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. Beta testers in the US can opt-in for early access to features like camera aided visual translation/summarization of text and asking any questions related to the image or topic within a certain period of time. Meta plans to make it available to everyone next year.

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Once again

    If a friend starts wearing these around, I will hang out with them a lot less. If at all

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      7 months ago

      What about all of the smart securicams all over the place these days? Those are just as much of a privacy risk.

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        7 months ago

        No, they really aren’t, because they’re at a fixed location and are all monitored by different mega corporations.

        The closest thing is Ring doorbells, and even those are only located at people’s doors.

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          7 months ago

          And they sell the data from them as a secondary revenue stream. Not just Ring doorbells, too: IoT security cameras are all over Shodan.

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    7 months ago

    “I see a wooden sculpture of the state of California…”

    Walks into wall

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    7 months ago

    Apart from all the important critique: “…creating a beautiful and modern decorative piece” Seriously? It’s commenting about what you need to find nice?

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      7 months ago

      The subtext there is “looks much less like a tech toy, which is why Glass didn’t catch on.”