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RobotToaster 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

Google glass was more a victim of it's time, normies weren't used to everyone carrying a camera everywhere back then.

dmschulman 5 months ago [–]

Google Glass failed because they made the user look like they were wearing a high tech computer on their face ala Dragon Ball Z. It looked odd. Meta and Snap learned from this, but it had nothing to do with smartphone cameras not being part of daily life.

The first iPhone was 2007. Google Glass came out in 2013

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