Why Snapchat making augmented reality glasses isn’t that bad an idea

https://devdiner.com/opinion/why-snapchat-making-augmented-reality-glasses-isnt-that-bad-an-idea

by akent • 10 years ago

15 24 10 years ago

tmikaeld3• 10 years ago

Not sure if i want any friend to be wearing a camera (inside anything) that's constantly photographing or filming me while talking with them...

The writer doesn't seem to mind though.

nilved3• 10 years ago

Nobody wants that, but you better get used to it. The world we live in is post-privacy.

I mean, my phone and watch can silently record you, too. As can Google Glass, the dozens of CCTV cameras you encounter daily, and Steve Mann's face. It will hardly be any more time before consumers are able to see through walls.

sachel1sta• 10 years ago

The future is not set in stone. You cannot predict the future. You cannot even tell what happens in the next 5 minutes.

Privacy is a significant concern for many. Not just individuals, but organizations work to ensure privacy is respected, and more (e.g. through policy). Active research occurs, and technology is developed specifically to create privacy-respecting systems and augment the ones that don't already do so.

eveningcoffee8• 10 years ago

The future is what we make it to be. All technology does not work inside a vacuum, it works in the society and society is made up by contracts, most importantly it is made up by laws and the laws are made, at least in democracy by elected representatives.

AndrewKemendo3• 10 years ago

It's unfortunately required for AR displays to work correctly.

tmikaeld3• 10 years ago

Not if they use lasers instead of cameras to read the environment. Plus, lasers work in day/night while cameras and IR will have issues.

eveningcoffee8• 10 years ago

In principle this perhaps would be not a big issue, but Snapchat is a Facebook company.

jelevoir• 10 years ago

Snapchat is not a Facebook company. They were offered $3b from Facebook in 2013 but they declined. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/11/13/snapchat-spurned-3-bi...

marmot777• 10 years ago

God help us all.

Why Snapchat making augmented reality glasses isn’t that bad an idea

Related Stories