You all may call it dumb, stupid, etc. May be it is for you. And may be it is, as an everyday thing to use. But I can see the niche this is aimed for. For the young kids, advertisement, promotion, celebrities' social media posting, etc. This isn't going to be the next big thing but more like what Go Pro is.
You all may call it dumb, stupid, etc. May be it is for you. And may be it is, as an everyday thing to use. But I can see the niche this is aimed for. For the young kids, advertisement, promotion, celebrities' social media posting, etc. This isn't going to be the next big thing but more like what Go Pro is.
When I see ridiculous looking contraptions such as this, it reminds me why I like Apple's products so much. Simplicity being the word. For years we've been hearing pundits talk about Apple's lack of innovation and how companies such as Google are doing great stuff with Project Ara or Glass. Where are they now? I'm willing to bet that in few weeks time, this thing will be nothing more than an afterthought.
Why bashing? At least they have the courage of conviction. The teens and the market will decide whether it is a good enough product or not. It is intriguing, and reminds me why competition is a good thing.
Everyone is failing to account that the demographic for these is prob 11-17 years old....and this group is obsessed with SnapChat. I can see this catching on as a fad and having several iterations in the future
ha! I saw these photos somewhere else and didn't read the article to find out it was the CEO. I wrongly assumed they had intentionally hired the model with the most punchable face. They should sell these embedded in a helmet, to protect the wearers from being hit with baseball bats, shovels, etc.
It's inevitable that someone will do this with 3D or stereo-capable video, if Snap doesn't do it. The current, next hardware problem is how stereo video will be viewed. Presumably that's the kind of weable that Apple has been working on, judging from their patents for video display glasses.
Please link to where you've seen these "round videos."
Edit: Never mind, I see the videos are at Recode and elsewhere. They're just wide angle shots, seems to me, which I don't care for either. But then they're in 2D, which is the real problem.
I'm pretty sure that the whole thrust of this device is toward 3D video, meaning it will eventually have two cameras, if it doesn't already. And that will make all the difference. Being one-eyed and split-brained was the creepiest thing about Google Glass. Not to mention it was aimed at left-brained Google types — no accident the camera was on the right side, in other words.
Please link to where you've seen these "round videos."
Edit: Never mind, I see the videos are at Recode and elsewhere. They're just wide angle shots, seems to me, which I don't care for either. But then they're in 2D, which is the real problem.
I'm pretty sure that the whole thrust of this device is toward 3D video, meaning it will eventually have two cameras, if it doesn't already. And that will make all the difference. Being one-eyed and split-brained was the creepiest thing about Google Glass. Not to mention it was aimed at left-brained Google types — no accident the camera was on the right side, in other words.
Thanks, I'm familiar with this two-lens-over-a-phone approach. This one is wonkier than most. The gif demo they have doesn't even have any parallax. You really need two cameras to shoot the video, which they say nothing about. There are a lot of cheap Chinese plastic phone viewers out there, most with no serious attempt at optics, or 3D for that matter.
You all can laugh all you want, this is a seriously interesting product, if it can have two cameras
The real applications — or implications — would be revolutionary, if that were the case.
Yeah, that’s what they said about Google Glass too. These will be banned in the same locations the Glass was. Instead of Glassholes we’ll have Snapassholes. What part of CREEPY do nerds not get?
When I see ridiculous looking contraptions such as this, it reminds me why I like Apple's products so much. Simplicity being the word. For years we've been hearing pundits talk about Apple's lack of innovation and how companies such as Google are doing great stuff with Project Ara or Glass. Where are they now? I'm willing to bet that in few weeks time, this thing will be nothing more than an afterthought.
It all depends on whether he manages to get his supermodel girlfriend, and her friends to wear them.
Being one-eyed and split-brained was the creepiest thing about Google Glass.
Not even close. The creepiest thing is that you never know if you're being recorded and you are recorded without your consent. It's just wrong. There's a reason the users are/were called "Glassholes."
People no longer have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any public space. Everyone is constantly being recorded without their express consent, everywhere they go. This argument is a non-starter.
if someone is wearing these in the gym locker room, you may have a point. Otherwise, not. The next generation will think nothing of cameras embedded in everything.
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The first now bankrupt and the latter a shell of its former self.
These are cheaper -- and arguably better looking and more useful!
most punchable face. They should sell these embedded in a helmet, to protect the wearers from being hit with baseball bats, shovels, etc.
http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/14/dani-mathers-gym-pic-photo-police-report/
https://boards.greenhouse.io/snapchat/jobs/193727#.V-abJZBHarU
It's inevitable that someone will do this with 3D or stereo-capable video, if Snap doesn't do it. The current, next hardware problem is how stereo video will be viewed. Presumably that's the kind of weable that Apple has been working on, judging from their patents for video display glasses.
It all depends on whether he manages to get his supermodel girlfriend, and her friends to wear them.
People no longer have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any public space. Everyone is constantly being recorded without their express consent, everywhere they go. This argument is a non-starter.
if someone is wearing these in the gym locker room, you may have a point. Otherwise, not. The next generation will think nothing of cameras embedded in everything.