if Apple went somewhere like wearable glasses with it, it'd be a hit

It would be a PR disaster, most people outside the SV bubble just find smart glasses what they really are: creepy.

Even more so because Meta is going to roll out face recognition and going to live-annotate people you encounter in the streets. Luckily that shit is not allowed in the EU.

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nozzlegear 5 hours ago | parent [-]

A few things:

- A lot of people found smart watches to be nerdy, something that only geeks would wear, until Apple made the Apple Watch. Along the same lines, everyone (on tech-oriented social media) thought the AirPods looked stupid and dorky when they were first announced, but now they're ubiquitous.

- People find smart glasses from Meta (and previously, Google) creepy, but – and it's anathema to say this around certain parts of HN – like it or not, people do generally trust Apple with their data in a way that they don't with those other companies.

- It seems like you're assuming Apple's glasses would include outward-facing cameras in the first place. Do we know that? The ideal device for me would just include the downward-facing IR cameras for gesture detection. Presumably only people under NDA can say for sure right now.

> Luckily that shit is not allowed in the EU.

What's not allowed? Facial recognition, street annotation, AI? Does it make a difference if it's local, on-device AI?

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seydor 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People have found surveillance cameras horrible since forever. No matter how many years pass and how popular they are, they never became cool

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nozzlegear 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm not sure that's true anymore, or at least I'd suggest it depends on the type of surveillance camera you're talking about. Flock cameras, traffic cameras, the big ugly gray things stuck on the side of a building that you'd avoid if you were playing Splinter Cell? Sure, not popular. But everyone and their grandma has a Ring doorbell or a Nest camera inside or outside of their home now.

Further, it's still not obvious to me that an Apple glasses product would be a surveillance camera in the first place.

	▲	seydor 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I cannot think of anyne who said "oh good, they have a camera in this place"

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microtonal 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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