Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

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• buttmasterflex@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeeeeaaaahhhh, I’m going to go ahead and stick with a one time payment for proven 250+ year old technology instead of what would very likely be a subscription based privacy nightmare that can revoke my access to clear sight whenever they update their T&Cs. Hard pass, get fucked with a splintery utility pole.

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  • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But just imagine what it can do for personalized ads. Why won’t anyone think of the advertisers?

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    • klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      goes to focus

      PAID: Lootbox Losers™️ is an immersive online experience-

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can you imagine the ad blockers on these tho

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  • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you think glasses are a one-time cost, I feel like you’ve never worn glasses. I had 10 years in my life where my vision didn’t change, and now I need bifocals/progressives. Given the nature of the condition, I expect to have to get new prescriptions every 2 to 4 years until I die or go blind.

    That said, the rest of your comment is quite likely painfully true, especially if Amazon has their fingers in it.

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    • buttmasterflex@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I should have clarified one time cost for frames and a pair of lenses compared against a potential (likely) subscription. I have personally worn bifocals for the last 21 years.

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  • E_coli42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Subscription based? Why would something like this even have internet connectivity in the first place, let alone a subscription?

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    • buttmasterflex@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bold assumption on my part here, but why would the manufacturer of such a juicy target for tracking not make it with connectivity? Something like this would be monetized and milked for advertising and subscription revenue on principle alone. Eye tracking technology that determines vision clarity based on where the user looks is but a small skip and a jump from advertising based on where the user looks.

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• PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly, the tech seems quite impressive. But I wouldn’t touch Amazon-backed smart glasses, which “could also provide health insights, such as detecting dry eyes or monitoring posture”, with a ten-foot pole; especially when there’s also entirely passive bifocals and progressives.

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  • boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m on the verge of needing bifocals, and I’d never consider these. Fuck Amazon and fuck Jeff Bezos.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m on the verge of carrying a purse so I can carry three pair of glasses. My sunglasses, my indoor myopic, and my indoor presbyopic (I already got the presbys and the shades, what’s another pair?)

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• AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Clunky bifocals?

  Vs the battery, camera, and focusing mechanism these are going to need?

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  • artifex@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There is at least graceful degradation:

    When the battery dies, the glasses continue to function as a traditional pair of single-vision specs, ensuring the wearer is never left in the dark or have safety compromised such as when driving or operating machinery.

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plus “clunky” bifocals have way fewer moving parts and can be made with thin wire frames so they’re lighter.

    I’m sure there might be someone with really bad eyesight for whom these might be useful - like if the near and far prescriptions are too different to be possible, maybe - but this is inferior to the actual solution in almost every way.

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    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And if you forget to charge your bifocals they still work the next day.

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    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plus “clunky” bifocals have way fewer moving parts and can be made with thin wire frames so they’re lighter.

      As someone with clunky bifocals, the weight of the frame (even the chunky ones) is absolutely unnoticeable compared to the weight of the lenses. You don’t get thin wireframes for the lower weight, you get it because they’re less noticeable.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If it works as well as they’re claiming, that would be pretty cool. For the moment I remain skeptical.

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    • Maestro@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are these the auto-focus ones? If so, that's surprisingly slim.... If there are no other components.

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• tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh I remember this bullshit. I remember when headphones used to just work. Now they take 10+ minutes of my day troubleshooting the connection, battery, pairing, etc. to listen to music which I now rent but used to own on a stereo which didn’t surveil me and sell my data. NOW your telling me I can go FUCK MYSELF with new techbro glasses? SIGN ME UP!

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Exactly! Fuck this noise lets just fix our eyes.

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  • Evilschnuff@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I understand your sentiment as I am annoyed by similar issues. But the wireless in ear headphones also changed a lot how we use them. I guess it’s similar for glasses. People will appreciate the auto focus but will inevitably complain if batteries run out or glasses malfunction.

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    • tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The monthly payment for your ‘auto-focus tier 2’ plan is due. Failure to submit will result in immediate suspension of the total bullshit you signed up for.

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  • rollerbang@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I always find this interesting. It seems that some people have constant issues (headphones, earphones, mice, …), like my wife, and some people never have any issues, like me.

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    • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m with you here, I keep it all simple and connect headphones, earphones, mice, … with a cable and it all just works all the time. No batteries to recharge. No pairing to redo. I can’t even imagine how this could possibly fail.

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  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My Bose noise canceling headphones do not allow noise canceling when you use the audio jack, only for Bluetooth. It's maddening. Found this out on a plane when it was too late to do anything about it.

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  • artifex@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s nothing about a subscription in here, and there’s no need for an internet connection. Sensors just watch how your eyes are trying to focus and adjust the metal lens that’s sandwiched between the glass parts.

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    • tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      nothing…yet.

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  • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    battery

    Why do your headphones have battery!?

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    • tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      was making an analogy from wired to wireless headphones. wireless headphones have batteries.

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• Toto@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stupid. The long list of people saying “but what if we put tech in it!” is littered with marketing inflating the actual problem.

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  • dhork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is, at least, trying to solve an actual problem. It remains to be seen whether the solution is more cost effective (and durable) as bifocals. As a human of a certain age myself, I would welcome being able to see without having to tilt my head awkwardly.

    But something tells me this tech is not self-contained, and requires an always-on connection to some cloud resource which is guzzling electricity and water. No thanks! Bifocals are cheaper.

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• teft@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Who wants to bet they won’t track where your gaze is looking and sell that data to the highest bidder?

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m cautiously optimistic. This looks like a reasonable use of tech that doesn’t seem to have so many of the spyware elements that other glasses (like Meta) have. There’s no external camera, no screens (only lenses), and no mention needing an app or internet connection.

  As someone in their target demographic I’m interested to find out what is actually released and would consider purchasing a pair.

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  • Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m be ready to try it. Having to take my readers off to walk around, and put them on to glance at my phone is a real drag. I also need another pair for using my PC as the screen is further away. It’s a real hassle, so I’d pay really good money to have a good looking pair that auto-adjusts for these uses.

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• 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Amazon-backed

  Hard pass.

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• fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Image

  Subscription unlocks ability to also run in slow motion.

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• palmtrees2309@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good luck when your glasses subscriptions end.

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• tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good luck when the batteries die.

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  • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When the battery dies, the glasses continue to function as a traditional pair of single-vision specs, ensuring the wearer is never left in the dark or have safety compromised such as when driving or operating machinery.

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• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The part that worries me is what happens when the glasses batteries are empty. Do they get fall back to “long-distance / myopia” mode so that you can still see at at distance and able to drive?

  I love tinkering with gadgets, but sometimes the manufacturers of these tech-based version forget to cover the basics before enhancing it with tech.

  A good example are smartwatches. They can be filled with sensors, but they need to at least do one thing well, and that is to show time reliably.

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  • Maestro@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Per another commenter (and the article):

    When the battery dies, the glasses continue to function as a traditional pair of single-vision specs, ensuring the wearer is never left in the dark or have safety compromised such as when driving or operating machinery.

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      At least they covered that 😬

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• ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maz

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Only for the rich

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  • artifex@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1. Gotta start somewhere
    2. Once the tech is figured out, there will be copies

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  • xenomor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t worry, they’ll make a version with advertisements inserted into the field of view for the poors.

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    • xenomor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They can block view of specific things, and force you to pay to unlock them. They can also add features you can subscribe to, like ‘make your spouse look more attractive’. I tell you, the business possibilities are endless.

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    • optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      With AI that detects when you’re orgasming from porn to optimize the dopamine connection with the product!

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• billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a 55 man constantly switching glasses, taking them off, losing the “right” pair, etc. please please please …

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    progressive bifocals.

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    • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have them. I also have a large monitor both at home and at work that the sweet spot for being able to focus is a narrow range toward the bottom. So I have a pair of single vision computer glasses that I either misplace or forget I’m still wearing when I leave the office to drive home. So I’m still constantly switching glasses. Yeah I know …. first world problems. I want my old eyes back. Getting old sucks.

      I just want a technological fix for what my eyes used to be able to do on their own.

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    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a pair on right now. They’re better than not seeing correctly, but only being able to focus on a computer screen with less than a third of your vertical field of view sucks. There are options, but one of the best is having more sets of glasses, which isn’t convenient or cheap. These could solve that. I’m sure Amazon will make it not worth it at some point, though.

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Positioned as a high-end luxury option”

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• frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nausea-inducing bifocals? No thanks.

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