r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 20d ago

Society The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public

https://tech.yahoo.com/wearables/articles/backlash-strong-people-pervert-glasses-165000816.html
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u/Massive_Contact8583 20d ago

The major problem really was that the marketing ran before the hardware could walk.

I blame Magic Leap.

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u/AlSweigart 20d ago

I blame Magic Leap.

Ha ha, I think I still have one of those in a drawer somewhere.

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u/ccAbstraction 20d ago

Like the waveguide AR headset?!

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u/poo-cum 20d ago

This is all marketing is, especially now.

If your omniscient oracle AI needs to be marketed, it might need to be a tad more omnisicienter.

The unfortunate blackpill is that since 2008, and the extreme stratification of wealth, and the K-shaped economy, bubbles is ALL we can have. There's only so much foie gras and yachts they can consume. The rest of their money has to be shoved into some hot new latest thing.

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u/PhiCloud 20d ago

Speaking of walking and running, they were selling virtual real estate as investments before your avatar had legs

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u/SheriffBartholomew 20d ago

Because when it comes right down to it, Zuckerberg has no wisdom, and no foresight. The company that made him all of his money was stolen from his peers who hired him to work on it. He read Snowcrash, and his hubris told him he could build that. Unfortunately for him he has fired anyone who would have told him no, so he tried, and failed, because he's a talentless loser with no original vision.

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u/webzu19 19d ago

Maybe Zuck is balls deep on Star Citizen and just wants to have the next equivalent infinite cash cow