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sonofaresiii t1_jdhg725 wrote

Reply to comment by TonyzTone in NYC’s Museum of Failure opens to make us feel better about our lives by NYY657545

iirc they were immediately met with tons of privacy concerns and were banned from a lot of places with the indication that if they actually became widespread, they'd be banned pretty much anywhere.

To my recollection, that's what actually killed it. I mean there were lots of factors, but that's the trajectory I remember, because I was really interested in them and thought they were cool, then I started seeing articles about all the different places you couldn't take them without massive privacy violations, which made them effectively useless.

Like, say someone bans them in bathrooms. Reasonable, but now imagine having to take off your glasses every time you go to the bathroom. The usefulness starts wearing down.

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TonyzTone t1_jdhlgej wrote

Ah yeah, that’s a good point. I do remember that was what effectively killed them.

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justpackingheat1 t1_jdhzz3e wrote

If I'm not mistaken, it was because the things randomly took pictures every 5 seconds or something ridiculous and sent that info to Google so they could "have a more accurate" Google street view or some dumb shit.

Like, yes, THAT'S the world we want to live in. Tech companies need to pull their heads out of their asses

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Talktotalktotalk t1_jdhrj6d wrote

I wonder what Apple plans to do about this when they release some kind of glasses down to the line

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hornyjacks t1_jdi84o4 wrote

They don't have to do anything about it. When Apple releases one, everything will think it's the coolest thing ever, and forget about privacy concerns.

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sonofaresiii t1_jdhuwqt wrote

Yeah man I don't know. I remember a similar thing when they integrated the camera into their macbooks, and all of a sudden macbooks were entirely banned from secure places (like government facilities)

and apple didn't really seem to give a shit. But I think the glasses ban would be way more widespread, since they're always on someone's face.

Maybe they'll market it as more specialty items, rather than always-on items? Like, "Put them on while driving for AR navigation enhancements!" or something

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good2goo t1_jdi6owp wrote

Whatever company made the rayban partnership probably had it right. It was a limited use case but at least it looked normal.

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