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@Anivia@feddit.org @FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca Quest is hard to compete with since Meta has driven the cost fairly low, pretty sure Frame is going to have a somewhat higher price tag, hopefully so much less than the Index that it matters.

I don't deny these can cause privacy issues as does the ubiquity of small devices with high quality cameras in general but I don't think this law professor really understands the tech very well if she's worried about "nudification" in connection to these.

There's nothing in particular about smartglasses that would enable such a use and they're considerably worse than a regular phone for that in every regard except for the covert picture taking. They completely lack the displays and processing power needed for it unlike, say, a phone.

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@JackbyDev@programming.dev @return2ozma@lemmy.world well that's still Waymo's argument I think. Elon is a bit different in many ways...

@MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works yeah, as displays get added these can be very helpful for deaf people as well since they already offer real-life captions for conversations for example.

@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.

@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.

@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.

@VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social @BrikoX@lemmy.zip listening, sure... just like all our phones and smart home speakers and watches tend to be these days... but what's your evidence it is always looking? I don't think that is currently the case but I certainly wouldn't rule out them doing it in the future once it becomes less of an issue for the battery life of these.

@Gullible@sh.itjust.works There isn't a problem that could not be solved by legislation here. The police is already able to give tickets to self-driving cars in some states. You can certainly argue that the megacorps aren't inclined to care when the amount of money involved is tiny but then again that problem exists in most places just as much when it comes to fining rich people. You could always up the amounts if the politicians are willing to do that.

The more consequential thing that can already be done currently is grounding the entire fleet if there's a good reason for that so it's not like officials are completely helpless.

@artyom@piefed.social I saw a headline that they're open to other vendors using it. With the Deck it took them a long time and there's still not any kind of public build process AFAIK though.

@echodot@feddit.uk I don't think that's the determining factor for whether something is useless for AR. AR can be useful even just because it lets you be aware of your surroundings. Then there's the fun of combining real-world objects and structures with virtual ones. Quest 3 can be good for both to some extent.

@jj4211@lemmy.world the SoC is better than Quest 3 so that is also a notable improvement. Comfort seems likely to be significantly better than with Quest 3 and default strap. Wireless dongle is included in the price. Will have to wait for reviews to know how some other aspects compare.