▲ 93 ▼ British Airways: Filming Crew W Meta Glasses Could Get Your Tickets Cancelled (liveandletsfly.com) submitted 2 days ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments Comments
[–] VeryVito@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (3 children) What health condition requires recording one's surroundings? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Visual impairment. There was a story from like 30 years ago where a guy had some glasses device surgically attached to his skull which used a camera to help him see They tried to force him to remove it, and it was a huge controversy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeryVito@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago There's a difference between medical devices and spy cameras, though: Meta's glasses do nothing for visual impairment beyond what any regular eyeglasses could do, and -- as far as I know -- they don't offer any other health benefits. They're at best an expensive toy, and at worst, a major violation of public trust. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 days ago I remember someone on Lemmy or somewhere that because they were so visually impaired that it can help describe their surroundings or help them answer questions about it. Honestly, I have no idea ... I kinda just took their word for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) Visual impairment. There was a story from like 30 years ago where a guy had some glasses device surgically attached to his skull which used a camera to help him see They tried to force him to remove it, and it was a huge controversy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeryVito@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago There's a difference between medical devices and spy cameras, though: Meta's glasses do nothing for visual impairment beyond what any regular eyeglasses could do, and -- as far as I know -- they don't offer any other health benefits. They're at best an expensive toy, and at worst, a major violation of public trust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VeryVito@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago There's a difference between medical devices and spy cameras, though: Meta's glasses do nothing for visual impairment beyond what any regular eyeglasses could do, and -- as far as I know -- they don't offer any other health benefits. They're at best an expensive toy, and at worst, a major violation of public trust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 days ago I remember someone on Lemmy or somewhere that because they were so visually impaired that it can help describe their surroundings or help them answer questions about it. Honestly, I have no idea ... I kinda just took their word for it. permalink fedilink source parent