Game developers: 🥲

Can’t say I’m a fan of the monthly fee.

Snap OS has an interesting interface where the palm of your hand brings up a menu. I don’t think it’s the most user-friendly approach though.

When I made this post 😁 but it's a guess based on my experience. I don't know if there's a way to see stats of when most people are on Lemmy.

Love his channel, so many cool projects!

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Thanks :) Yeah works great indoors! It's washed out in full sunlight though.

I feel like Meta and Apple are stuck trying to give you a point and click desktop experience using a completely novel device.

Glasses like these with an inconspicuous form factor and simple yet useful features could do for smart glasses what the Pebble watch did for smartwatches.

If they added speakers to let people hear music or make phone calls via the glasses, it'd be an even more compelling device, especially with an intuitive UI.

Just looked it up and these cost $600. +$100 for sun clips. +$150 for prescription lenses.

At that price point, these likely won't gain mainstream adoption.

Honestly me too. They could even get rid of the camera and I'd want it even more.

Looks like the grandaddy of this:

Sure, assuming the glasses' UI would let you control audio being piped to the earbuds. But I think Google Glass had bone conducting speakers that weren't heavy or power hungry. Maybe there's a good reason they left speakers off the G1 that I'm not considering.

I personally think these features are useful, though I find the design of the gps navigation to be heavy handed. But the price is way too high for what you get.

Fair point, but if this was done using smart glasses it would make for an interesting experience, imo.

I hadn't heard of those games. Might be what I need to get in shape 😁

I have the XReal Air 1 and XReal Beam accessory. I can't speak to the newest devices they have released.

For watching movies (e.g. Netflix, Prime, YouTube) and playing videogames, these glasses are exceptional as they act as a giant screen floating in front of you. If you have a Steam Deck, it's plug and play. If you have a Switch or PS/Xbox, you'll need the Beam accessory. Watching movies or playing games while lying down facing the ceiling is something to experience 😋

They can also be used as an extended display for your computer for productivity, though results are mixed.

XReal isn't directly compatible with all phones/devices, so you may need the Beam to use an incompatible device. If you use Beam, you can also pin/anchor the display to reality which works surprisingly well.

You can also use the glasses as a screen for Samsung Dex (turns your Samsung phone into a laptop with a virtual screen). If you set Dex's wallpaper to black, you start to feel like Iron Man.

XReal isn't intended to be worn throughout your day as a daily driver. I'm using it in a way it wasn't designed for. I'm designing apps for some future "perfect AR device" and XReal seems to be a good test bed due to its features and active community.

So for media consumption and gaming, I recommend it. For productivity, your mileage may vary. For grocery shopping, use at your own risk :)

Sure, but when smartglasses become ubiquitous, it's much easier for bad actors to blend in and reduces the "barriers to entry". Furthermore, it makes it much easier for bad corporate actors to abuse this functionality.

I guess $300 is justifiable if cycling is a hobby or athletic pursuit. Some people drop $200+ on a pair of simple Oakleys.