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[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh I would love a computer on my face to that isn't part of some BS like meta. How fun would it be to look at an object and ask "what is it" and it can find the answer. On a sidebar giving you real time health updates like heart rate, O2 levels, ect. Oh theres a storm rolling in, good to know I'll roll my cars windows up.

Or my fav, your approaching a flock camera, here is an alternate route.

Plus news/rss/emails all in a AR setting.

But we all know this is probably never going to happen because these scumbags want to monetize/teach their failing AI to make a buck.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Honestly this is one of the biggest bummers for me. I love new tech that comes out, but every time I see something my first thought isn't "oh boy I wonder how I can use this" it's "ah great I wonder how that's gonna gather data on me"

It sucks, the "user data" market has taken all the whimsy out of tech for me.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I had high hopes for Google Glass because of the previous work of the GA Tech professor who led it, until it came out. That thing was a regression in both privacy and functionality compared to his self-built wearable computers from the '90s or 2000s.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh I would love a computer on my face to that isn't part of some BS like meta. How fun would it be to look at an object and ask "what is it" and it can find the answer. On a sidebar giving you real time health updates like heart rate, O2 levels, ect. Oh theres a storm rolling in, good to know I'll roll my cars windows up.

Tbh, I don't see how this is significantly better than a smartphone or smartwatch, besides the gimmick factor of having a HUD