First time seeing a “NO META GLASSES” sign in the door of a shop! I’m not surprised… and I expect we might see more of these kind of things in the years ahead.
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@danyork Given the ways those glasses can be used to creep on women and upload the videos later, leading to more harrassment, this is a good thing.
Yes there are accessibility uses, but like with the first iteration of google glasses, creeps ruined it for everyone else.
@danyork Given the ways those glasses can be used to creep on women and upload the videos later, leading to more harrassment, this is a good thing.
Yes there are accessibility uses, but like with the first iteration of google glasses, creeps ruined it for everyone else.
@danyork it's a touchy one as I use mine for hearing assistance from time to time (conversation focus) due to me having impaired hearing, plus they're prescription - technically a disability aid.
@danyork when these glasses are combined with prescription lenses, it will create some weird situations...
@glaurent And from what I have read on several sites, various companies ARE making these available for prescription lenses!
@danyork as they should since there's obviously a pretty large market for those... so whoever creates AR glasses that are privacy oriented is going to win big.
@glaurent Yes, I think it will be interesting to see if someone does create privacy-oriented AR glasses.
For instance, Bloomberg reported recently that Apple is experimenting with different designs for smartglasses - https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/12/apple-reportedly-testing-four-designs-for-upcoming-smart-glasses/
Apple has certainly been talking about privacy in many ways. What will their smartglasses be like? (They also have AI models running locally on an iPhone that could perhaps keep a lot of processing local.)
It's a strange new world!
@danyork Apple are the ones I had in mind in my previous toot. If there's a company that can pull this off, it's them. For all their many shortcomings, one thing they don't screw around with is privacy.
