Posted: Today 2:41:25 PM EDT
Anyone here use/have used them? Pros and cons? Just curious 
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Everyone in our area calls them pervert glasses. There is even an app to out the wearers called "Zuckoff" on app store. I thought they would be kinda neat, but they attract all of the wrong kinds of attention, and are unlawful where I work. |
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Originally Posted By rDigital: Everyone in our area calls them pervert glasses. There is even an app to out the wearers called "Zuckoff" on app store. I thought they would be kinda neat, but they attract all of the wrong kinds of attention, and are unlawful where I work. What the fuck is "Click Allow to prove you're human" have to do with anything? |
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I’ve had a pair for a while now. Pretty well retired them a couple months ago due to the pervert sect of our society making them publicly verboten. They did work well and the AI + camera information capabilities were nice to have. Pictures and video did work well enough when grabbing my phone wasn’t an option. I view the purchase more of an attempt to get more innovation put into the sector so that we do get some truly useful options. I’m currently researching the Even G2s to see if they’re worth getting and if the capabilities are worth it. I do see some benefits of losing the camera and gaining a HUD but I’m not sold yet. ETA Cons- the speakers are louder than you think. Battery life isn’t the greatest and you cannot wear them powered on for maybe a half day at best. They’re banned at a good number of places now. I would not buy if I was looking now just due to the limitations on places they are allowed and that goes for all glasses with cameras. There are some really cool ones in development if you go down the YT rabbit hole. I’m curious to see what actually makes it to market. |
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Wife and I have been using them for the last 3 months. They're a lot more handy than I originally thought. Wife is learning Mandarin and uses the real time translation feature while practicing with her Chinese colleagues. There's a little bit of a delay but it helps. I've actually used mine by looking at Chinese restaurant menus and asking it translate for me. My daily use is largely taking pictures of notes, presentations and chalkboard stuff while I'm at school. I send those to Anki and they make flashcards for me to study later. The only things I don't like are that the glasses are little heavier than regular glasses and the battery life isn't great. I haven't made it 6 hours yet. Looking forward to hearing about the Gen 3s released today. |
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Originally Posted By Smokey0844: I've had a pair for a while now. Pretty well retired them a couple months ago due to the pervert sect of our society making them publicly verboten. They did work well and the AI + camera information capabilities were nice to have. Pictures and video did work well enough when grabbing my phone wasn't an option. I view the purchase more of an attempt to get more innovation put into the sector so that we do get some truly useful options. I'm currently researching the Even G2s to see if they're worth getting and if the capabilities are worth it. I do see some benefits of losing the camera and gaining a HUD but I'm not sold yet. |
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| Relevant to my interests. We like to take videos of some of our builds and post them on social media. I thought a pair of these would be great for filming those types of videos. I was however, going to try the cheap $50 pair off TikTok before I spent several hundred on these though. Zero desire to wear them in public. |
I've borrowed them for an FPV shot, that part is cool. No longer do you have to wear a gopro on your head. So many possibilities with them.  81MM Mortar POV |
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Originally Posted By ttushooter: Saw some dudes get kicked out of the gun show for walking around and filming with meta glasses this past weekend. We don’t allow them in the retail side of our shop and they’re not ballistics rated to my knowledge so they aren’t allowed on the range either. We also ban any photo taking or videography in the retail side so it’s not just about the glasses. |
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Originally Posted By PacNW5: Wife and I have been using them for the last 3 months. They're a lot more handy than I originally thought. Wife is learning Mandarin and uses the real time translation feature while practicing with her Chinese colleagues. There's a little bit of a delay but it helps. I've actually used mine by looking at Chinese restaurant menus and asking it translate for me. My daily use is largely taking pictures of notes, presentations and chalkboard stuff while I'm at school. I send those to Anki and they make flashcards for me to study later. The only things I don't like are that the glasses are little heavier than regular glasses and the battery life isn't great. I haven't made it 6 hours yet. Looking forward to hearing about the Gen 3s released today. Have she looked at the Even G2s? The text translation in the HUD is one reason I’m interested in them. |
| I have a set and wore them at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School, and they worked great. I don't use them that often, but they're pretty neat. |
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Originally Posted By talontsi_95: Unless you tape over the indicator light or something, everyone knows what you are doing. People are drilling them out and clear epoxying over the light. There is a cat and mouse game between Meta and modders on this right now. If Meta detects the light is modified, they bork the cameras. |
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Honestly they have a lot of upside - and they WOULD be more popular with the visually impaired crowds (think: hands-free calls, text-to-speech menus, reading the mail, chatting with family). Unfortunately the learning curve on actually setting up the specs, needing a phone or computer and a Meta Account to actually use them is why I think they're not terribly popular. If they dumbed it down for "normal" people I think it would be more popular. I have a coworker who uses them to record his soon-to-be Ex Wife making threats and generally to document her craziness. He keeps them on at home whenever possible - It's saved his ass after she called the cops and claimed he was dangerous, stole his firearms, etc. Ohio is a 1-party state IIRC, so he was able to use the videos in court. |
| I think they can work decent as FPV action cams where you don't need the ruggedness of thigs like go-pros. I know a fair amount of competition shooters have started using them to film runs, etc. they could be useful for stuff like youtube except for their native aspect ratio's and clip length limits. |
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"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary"
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Just today I watched an idiot try a Roni chassis that popped open and he apparently didn't realize he flagged himself. He even questioned what I was talking about when I said I thought it was a bad idea to post a video where you point a hot gun at yourself, so I posted a screenshot lol. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By imq707s: I don't even know what the point of wearing those glasses is....... Just so you can record people on video without them knowing? Or just so you don't have to hold a camera/your phone? Almost real time translation and the ability to use the camera and AI for information as well as keeping my hands free from having to hold my phone was my purchase reasoning. Also music without covering my ears. I also looked at it like I was funding future devolopment. |
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