| ▲ | modeless 5 days ago |
| The Meta Ray-Bans have been extremely successful for a completely new consumer device form factor. But they don't have a screen. Meta is releasing new glasses with a screen and this is a look into the display technology they are using. It is "newsworthy" for tech people who are interested in the development of new technology in displays and optics, and new computing devices more generally. This is the kind of content HN was made for, much more so than the Israel/Gaza or Bertrand Russell stories I see on the front page right now for example. |
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| ▲ | throw10920 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Periodic reminder to flag submissions that are off-topic, and comments that break the guidelines. HN is mostly moderated by users - dang and tomhow don't do as much moderation as you might think. |
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| ▲ | Octoth0rpe 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > The Meta Ray-Bans have been extremely successful for a completely new consumer device form factor. Do you have any sources on them being a successful product by any measurable standard? I honestly wasn't aware that they were even being sold, and I'm sure I don't know anyone that owns a pair. I'm not exactly their target market, but I think at least some in my social circle are. |
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| ▲ | nickthegreek 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | over 2mil sold since oct 2023. | | |
| ▲ | haijo2 5 days ago | parent [-] | | .... thats nothing. Id hardly call that a success when you consider Meta's resources for marketing. Google is also finding that blasting YT with ads of Google Pixel does not work very well. | | |
| ▲ | app13 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | 2 million hardware devices sold is not nothing, that is a pretty significant amount of hardware to ship. | | |
| ▲ | haijo2 4 days ago | parent [-] | | When you have a 1+ billion of users to market to, practically for free, it is actually a tiny number. |
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| ▲ | palata 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | To be honest the best adverstisement for the Google Pixel series is GrapheneOS :-). |
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| ▲ | davedx 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | My friend in England has a pair. They’re selling extremely well | | |
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| ▲ | _giorgio_ 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Thanks for posting, your comment was informative and didn't contain hate and boring tropes. |
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| ▲ | jamiek88 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| 2 million sold in three years is hardly ‘extremely successful’. |
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| ▲ | paxys 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Compare it to devices with similar form factors or use cases sold by competitors: - Snapchat - has been trying for a decade and has sold ~220K Spectacles. - Amazon Echo Frames - Reuters estimated less than 10,000 units sold. - Humane AI Pin - the less said about it the better. - Google Glass - neat but way ahead of its time, and barely made it to consumers before being quickly discontinued. - Hololens/Magic Leap - both duds. - Lengthy list of startups with smart glasses and other wearables that have gained no traction. Meta glasses are noteworthy because there's finally a company making an AR wearable catch on among a mainstream audience. | | |
| ▲ | rpgbr 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Or they are all failures, including Meta’s…? | | |
| ▲ | IshKebab 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Well let's just agree to call it "the most successful smart glasses ever by a long way". | |
| ▲ | paxys 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | The original iPhone sold 1.3 million units in its first year. I suppose you consider that a massive failure as well? | | |
| ▲ | charcircuit 5 days ago | parent [-] | | It's not 2007 anymore. You can't judge a product today with the standards of almost 20 years ago. Additionally, Wikipedia says it sold 6.1 million units within 12.5 months. | | |
| ▲ | modeless 5 days ago | parent [-] | | The iPhone was not a completely new consumer device form factor. There was a huge existing market for cellular phones, even smartphones with touchscreens. There is no equivalent pre-existing market for smart glasses today. |
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| ▲ | modeless 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | It is "for a completely new consumer device form factor" | | |
| ▲ | devmor 5 days ago | parent [-] | | New? “wearable camera with headphones” is not exactly groundbreaking. Even a new model with a screen would only be semi-new, other AR glasses have existed for over a decade - with Apple releasing a consumer-focused product last year. | | |
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