• efstajas@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Does it though? Having it pull down your shirt, having to rely on projecting a GUI on your hand, and being unable to hear it in loud environments all seem like pretty strong limitations of the form factor

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      5 months ago

      I’d drop the projector interface, as cool as it is, since you have a phone for that. Maybe make it a pendant as well as a pin.

      Apple’s got a lot of experience with using tiny speakers in loud places, so I bet they could figure out something maybe using directional microphones. Plus, again, you’ve got the phone so you can use the headphones.

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        5 months ago

        If you drop the projector, then airpods already do it better when paired with the watch. There’s no point in such a device at all, then.

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          5 months ago

          Airpods don’t have a camera though. 90% of my photos are of things I need to remember, like a shopping list or a specific product I need to get Having to dig out (or find) my phone to do that is a pain.

          And I don’t have Airpods because I’d lose them, one by one, and the replacements are twice the price as another pair of perfectly workable Bluetooth headphones.

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            5 months ago

            If they wanted to companies could put a camera in a smart watch easily. Samsung was doing it ages ago.

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              5 months ago

              The time before I lose a pair of glasses is inversely proportional to how much I pay for them. If I spent $400 on glasses they would likely disappear off my face before I left the store

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                5 months ago

                Sunglasses are very easy to lose.

                I’m considering a prescription pair because those are less likely to be lost.

                I just wish they weren’t meta linked.