Mentra Brings Open Smart Glasses OS With Cross-Compat

10 months ago by 73ms to c/augmented_reality

There are a few very different pathways to building a product, and we gotta applaud the developers taking care to take the open-source path. Today’s highlight is [Mentra], who is releasing an…

karashta 3 points 10 months ago

I'm just not sure how I can ever feel okay with a technology that is openly constantly scanning everyone around me. I really really love the idea of using it to help me learn things like edible local flora or live price comparisons, data on how sustainably something was made...

But how do we keep it from being so incredibly invasive of everyone else's privacy?

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GetAwayWithThis 3 points 10 months ago

I would be content with notification HUD and navigation clues

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SpikesOtherDog 2 points 10 months ago

I would love to say that if will be fine if it stays offline, or is processed locally, but the reality is that it would be useless offline and is rich for abuse.

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nutbutter 1 point 10 months ago

I wonder why they went with an MIT license, rather than something like GPL.

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