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Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren't Creepy?

https://www.wired.com/story/is-it-possible-to-make-privacy-friendly-smart-glasses/
2•bushwart•59m ago

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al_borland•17m ago
The creepy part isn’t the glasses, it’s the camera. Remove the camera, problem solved.

Without a camera, smart glasses can still provide a HUD that display whatever the user might find useful. A cyclist could see their route and real-time heath metrics from their tracker. Someone giving a presentation could have a built-in teleprompter. A sales person could have product information. There are the normal things, like calendars and notifications. Instead of checking your phone or smart watch during a meeting, the glasses could show the time and next meeting, to allow someone to keep and eye on those things, without looking like they are anxious to leave.

I don’t know why there is an assumption that glasses must contain a camera. A simple button, to allow listening via a mic, if it’s going to have voice control, also avoids the creepiness from something always listening. These don’t seem like hard problems to solve, just remove the creepy parts.

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1•mapping365•1m ago•0 comments

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8•iamnothere•58m ago•1 comments

Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren't Creepy?

https://www.wired.com/story/is-it-possible-to-make-privacy-friendly-smart-glasses/
2•bushwart•59m ago•1 comments

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