I tried Google's 3 new Android XR glasses prototypes, and they're incredible (www.androidauthority.com)

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[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

Not for me, I hate them. BUT. I watched a documentary recently where a blind man wore a pair (the Meta ones maybe?) and was able to use them to navigate around on foot, alone, without other aids. He also tried out a self-driving car, and showed how he already uses his phone's AI to help him; for example he gets it to describe the shirt he's about to put on. The programme shook my ideas up. I hate AI, driverless cars, all this tech that takes away our autonomy in various ways. But I hadn't considered that for many people it's liberating, it gives them independence.

[-] antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I really dread the world we are barreling towards where corporations are going get people to pay them to become 24/7 surveillance drones for them.

Devils advocate this tech could be amazing for things like surgeons, mechanics, engineers, etc. Any job where a HUD with relevant data or overlays might be advantageous when physically interacting with the world in a way that would preclude you from easily accessing that data (not enough hands, screens, etc)

[-] eleitl@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago

If it's not self hostable open source that's a hard NO from me.

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

Amen, brother (or sister).

[-] duckCityComplex@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The article keeps using the phrase "upcoming XR revolution" but I don't see this gaining much traction outside purpose-built implementations for specific jobs, and a subset of tech enthusiasts.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

This will put the 3D TV industry out of business.

[-] lath@piefed.social 11 points 22 hours ago

If it's like meta glasses, then this is about surveillance and identification tech.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

CreepTech.

[-] duckCityComplex@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

Very true, and a big part of the reason most people won't want this.

It's like the "AI pin you wear that absorbs literally everything you see and hear" product that was pitched a couple of months ago. Kill it with fire!

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Those glasses will have to be illegal to wear in public. You can't legally just walk around recording everybody. Which these glasses do.

[-] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

You absolutely can. There is no expectation of privacy in any public place except restrooms. You just can record in private homes and of course any private business can set their own rule for recording, but otherwise anybody can record anything in a general public place.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

You absolutely can. There is no expectation of privacy in any public place except restrooms.

American standards are third world standards, in civilized countries you cannot just record people, it's only generally true if you are in a public street, where there absolutely are situations that are protected by privacy such as accidents. Also if you sit in your car or in a restaurant, those are private situations. Glasses that continuously register what you are looking at, are therefore most likely illegal in such situations.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

in civilized countries you cannot just record people

UK has CCTV everywhere.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

UK also isn't in the EU, and lack of protection of privacy was a serious problem when they were.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Take a video camera to a playground full of kids and get back to us.

[-] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Look, I know you are trying to make a point and/or troll, but the fact of the matter is that it is perfectly legal to do so. At least in the US. Even if parents don't like it or protest and even if they get some wanna-be-superhero cop to make an arrest, it would just get thrown out in court. As long as it is public property anyone can record or take photos of anyone else.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

It's very much not legal to film random children in Europe

[-] ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Are you sure about that? People already do that using smartphones...

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

When people do that with smartphones, it's a conscious decision by the user to record whatever they are recording, and it's up to the user to decide whether it's legal.
Google Glasses record indiscriminately, and will also record illegally, for instance in a situation where there has been an accident, where the people involved have privacy protection. Or if you go into a restaurant, where people also have an expectation of privacy that is protected. Or if you are sitting in your car, which is also protected by privacy.
So unless the glasses correctly can account for all privacy situations and stop recording, they should be illegal. And since the privacy situation can only be determined AFTER having actually recorded it, I don't see how they can be legal.
Except maybe in USA, where laws don't matter if you are a tech company.

[-] vetehinen@lethallava.land 0 points 18 hours ago

@Buffalox@lemmy.world @ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com what are you basing this idea that they're constantly recording on? I haven't seen anything that says that is the plan for Google or the case for any current devices and at least for now the battery life concerns are probably something that just prevents it from being a possibility.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It has to be recording at least for temporary storage to "observe" the surroundings as exemplified.
Usually the way Google does that is to use a centralized service to treat the data, that means these recordings are also sent to a server.

This creates immense surveillance potential, and in EU USA and American companies are not considered safe to handle or store such data.

Even if the recording is deleted seconds after, it is still recording, and "someone" could decide to store it permanently based on the content. For instance based on face recognition.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

People don't get it.

FBI, CIA, DHS, can access your smart TV, while "off" and use the speakers as microphones to listen to you.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I wouldn't be surprised. Same on phones tablets laptops etc.

[-] vetehinen@lethallava.land -1 points 16 hours ago

@Buffalox@lemmy.world in what demonstrated uses is it doing that? I've only seen it observe when asked to in any of the demos and that's certainly how Meta's current glasses do it - you have to request it to take a look.

Meta's live AI mode does let you have a continuous conversation about your surroundings but that something that you also have to ask for on purpose and that will consume a considerable amount of battery.

[-] vetehinen@lethallava.land 1 points 16 hours ago

@Buffalox@lemmy.world I'm not saying these companies wouldn't want to have it constantly on if they could though, Meta already made a video where they showed that it is exactly what they'd like to do at some point in the future if the hardware was able to.

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