The past year has been filled with announcements about new smart glasses from companies big and small. Don’t expect the deluge to let up anytime soon.
  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
    183·
    17 days ago

    Unless they run a version of Linux where I can install my own software I’m not interested.

    I suspect they’ll become like OpenWRT routers where the stock firmware is total garbage but you can replace it with something open source to super power the device.

    • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      17 days ago

      I suspect they’ll become like OpenWRT routers where the stock firmware is total garbage but you can replace it with something open source to super power the device.

      Honestly I don’t imagine that as likely the case. Bottom line almost every practical use of AR that comes to mind, requires a ton of AI stuff rolling it in the background. Identify what shit is, who people are etc… Without that you are basically just looking at a hands free camera. Guessing with small form factors etc… not much is going to be processed locally so we aren’t looking at much that has value in the independent firmware space.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    17 days ago

    Still need legislation on this so every fucking dork walking around in these isn’t just feeding facial recognition data data to whomever which can then be accessed by anyone with enough money to pay for it.

    • athairmor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      17 days ago

      See, you just need to wear glasses that project something to foil the facial recognition. Of course, they’ll come up with something to jam your obfuscator but you can upgrade to full body EM cloaking. Of course, they’ll implement…

      It’s just going to be a constant escalation until rich people don’t go out in public anymore and poor people get regular back room body modifications.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      This can already be done with a tiny camera and a pocket computer, and we don’t have regs around it.

      Glasses would make that simpler, but the cat’s out of the bag.

  • dindonmasker@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    17 days ago

    As a +10 year VR enthusiast. I am very much looking forward to all the new VR headsets that will come out in 2025 by tech giants. Maybe they don’t know how to make a great VR headset yet when even some major players who have been making VR headsets for years are still failing sometimes. Samsung have been making my favorite smartphones so i’m hoping their take on it will be good.