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[–] ArkhamNightshift@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Google glass. Sounded like we'd all be wearing these glasses that we'd not be able to do without, but even looking back that sounds like such a poor idea. I try to not be on my phone as much as I can, I can't imagine wearing glasses with an interface in my direct vision constantly, especially when a lot of it would be shit like emails, LinkedIn notifications of people I might know, and my siblings sending me 12 Instagram posts in a row.

[–] Mr_Blott 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would've been awesome for maps though

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

smartwatches are surprisingly good for directions/routing. they vibrate one way for left turns and another way for right turns.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I wanted to be like the kid from Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and have a mouse wired up to it. Lol.

[–] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just wanted to be able to read a book without (possibly) straining my neck :(

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I feel like it would probably be terrible for your eyes, but I feel ya.

Audio books maybe?

[–] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

They're just not the same for me, unfortunately. They have a place, but I prefer reading.

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are audiobooks with subtitles still audiobooks?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

'multimedia device'

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Companies keep trying to recreate something similar for motorcycle helmets

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Guess what, they're already working on the 3rd version.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

I want smart glasses that are a scaled down smartwatch. Give me like 3 lines of text & a vibration function.

If I could insert the interface from my Pebble into a pair of glasses I would be content.