These already have IR sensors for gesture detection
www.indiegogo.com/…/hy-concealed-smart-earbuds#/
Using cameras instead of simpler IR sensors are going to hurt battery life
Comment on Apple Rumored to Be Working on AirPods With Built-in Cameras
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 months ago
could offer “in-air” gestures
I can’t wait for stories of people brushing their hair away and the earbuds take that as a sign to raise the volume too high or something equally dumb to happen because they won’t be able to differentiate between a normal gesture meant for it and something not meant for it.
Gesture controls are cool, but what happens if they are too sensitive to movement or think gesture xyz is the same as gesture zyx?
Natanael@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
555_1@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think the problem would be there aren’t sensitive enough and you have people walking around talking to themselves and waving their hands all around in frustration
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
If someone is wearing them you will never be truly certain if a bee is flying around them or not.
exanime@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Exactly… I have regular buds for running and I hate them because they inevitably shift around a bit and , when I try to get them back in place, they start misinterpreting my touch with whatever touch command they were preprogrammed
These ideas sound nice in the brainstorming room but, in my experience, have rarely panned out in practice