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Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses by sterlind on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:24PM (#37681535)
HUDs like this are already common on fighter jets, and even some passenger aircraft, precisely so you don't have to look away to check gauges. Are you saying riding a motorcycle requires more concentration than flying an FA/18 Hornet?
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Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses by CommitSyn on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @07:29PM (#37682940)
In the jets, are all parts of the HUD always visible and they train to work around them as if it weren't part of the window but rather a permanent obstruction, or does the text pop up unexpectedly while they're flying?

> Are you saying riding a motorcycle requires more concentration than flying an FA/18 Hornet?

Are you saying that building strawmen is more important than the visibility of an FA/18 Hornet?

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Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses by sterlind on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:16PM (#37683942)
the BMW motorcycle HUD doesn't have text that pops up unexpectedly, as far as I can see from the demo video. quite the opposite: the HUD stays in one place, and it only displays speed and navigation info, and it doesn't seem very obstructing.

maybe we're talking about different smart glasses?

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Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses by CommitSyn on Thursday October 05, 2023 @07:13PM (#37785407)
In that case yes I believe I envisioned it differently than you. If the text is correctly sized and in a box that's always there, where you expect information to be and doesn't block your view, I don't think that would be distracting.
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