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Re:Apple reportedly shelved its plans to release AR glasses ... by ericd on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:02AM (#34441755)
Yeah, I have one of the Explorer models, it was also great to be able to wink to take a picture - it made it much easier to capture fleeting moments than pulling a phone out, especially when I didn't have hands free. It was also super easy to check emails/texts and decide if I needed to pull out my phone, which ironically made them less disruptive.

Shame about the PR backlash, all I ever got from anyone was curiosity and a desire to try it out, which makes me think that the PR backlash was partly manufactured by trumping up an unrepresentative sample. It's not like these things were recording video constantly (though a query-able augmented memory made via transcription/abstraction of always-on video would be awesome).

Re:Apple reportedly shelved its plans to release AR glasses ... by WeylandYutani on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:07PM (#34443474)
The issue was that people couldn't tell if you were recording them.

We are all extremely aware that everything we do can end up on the internet and potentially damage us.

Re:Apple reportedly shelved its plans to release AR glasses ... by ericd on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:15PM (#34445710)
I believe they made it so something lit up on the front when recording?