Maybe a thing? Personally, I don’t want to walk around with cameras on my head for any reason. Besides, the whole headcam idea is cheugy. But, Apple doesn’t ask for my opinion.
Katie
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Agreed, I am never buying anything that has a forward facing wearable camera. I think this would be a terrible move for Apple, even if the camera is only used for AI. Who need this when you can open the phone and use that camera with AI? Using a phone, to me at least, is much better for privacy and won’t make others uncomfortable like with the Meta “Pervert Glasses” because it’s obvious that you’re filming/taking a photo when you hold up a phone.
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I’ve always had a problem quickly remembering names. And I’ve been fascinated by the idea of smart glasses since I first read about HUD glasses in the books Daemon and Freedom by Daniel Suarez.
But now I’ve decided that even a feature, that could ID the person in front of me, isn’t worth walking around with a camera on my face.
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This assumes that your hands are always free to pull out your phone and use its camera. I can think of many situations where that is simply not the case: everything from tradespeople with tools in both hands; parents tending children; caregivers tending the ill, the elderly and the disabled; the disabled themselves; first responders; to … the list goes on and on. I think their implications for accessibility are obvious. And, if it gets peoples’ heads out of their phones, so much the better.
The scuttlebutt is that the images captured will be of extremely low resolution; will not be videos; and will be sent to Visual Intelligence, but not Photos—i.e., “to give Siri eyes” and thus more context about your immediate environment. (One thing I’d like Apple to do: strip out anything that would enable facial recognition.)
In short: Apple, take my money.
I hate to think that my non-nerdy friends and family will think I’m a pervert because I’m wearing AirPods. Please no, Apple.
There could be massive benefits for partially sighted people. For that reason alone, I’d never say no to something like this.
But I recognise the privacy angle.
The problem with anything like this is that there’s always someone who wants to abuse the technology, but if it can improve the lives of millions of other people, I would hope we can find a way to control it.
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Haha, I know what you mean, but your phrasing makes me picture a Tim Robinson sketch where he’s (per usual) been caught doing something. “Now everybody thinks I’m a pervert because I’m wearing AirPods!” “No, it’s because you ___.” “No, it’s because of these AIRPODS with little cameras on them!”
For the record, I wouldn’t wear them, but it’s not so much the pervert angle as visual intelligence still seems clunky and I don’t generally like to talk to Siri with AirPods on.
I’d most like a camera on my watch, which could definitely be argued as having creep potential.
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Remember the reception Google Glass users got when they entered a public restroom, or other areas where cameras aren’t welcome? It’s probably not your friends and family you would need to worry about.
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We used to have someone visit the Genius Bar that was annoying as a human being. One day they came in wearing Google glasses and would not stop recording. A manager had to tell them that none of us consented to be filmed. The term “glass-hole” was never more appropriate.
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