Google didn't do wearable tech before Meta, Star Trek did it before both of them.

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• tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What year was the tablet? Samsung argued against Apple that they couldn’t own the design of the tablet itself because it had been done in 1968 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Either way, nearly every piece of tech could probably be found first in sci-fi.

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  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Earlier than 68:

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  • FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    IDK about first for everything, but sci-fi would certainly be the most comprehensive.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And if you want to get differently technical about it hearing aids are. And people with cochlear implants are cyborgs

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Linus Technologies had the (write-top)[www.computinghistory.org.uk/…/Linus-Write-Top/] in 1987, and the GRiDPad came out in 1989.

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    • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Dang, I actually would like a Write-Top, and this technology at that point is impressive to me:

      Using an advanced symbol-recognition algorithm, the Linus (“of or about lines”) can convert your scrawls into perfect text at a rate of about 5 characters per second. It recognizes uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols.

      I’m sure modern tablets can do that even better but I haven’t used one I really like the feeling of while writing.

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• Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Google dropped Google Glass when it wasn’t profitable within 40 seconds. I know they’re known for having zero patience with projects, but that one still bugs me.

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think it was more because of the huge backlash surrounding privacy.

    Nobody wants to be filmed all the time just because you hang around with someone wearing Google glasses.

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• FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wearable tech has been a thing since before pocketwatches, wtflol

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Check out my wrist-sundial!

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    • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Neat!

      *takes photo

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• Venicon@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wearble

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  • sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Werble

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    • Venicon@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Wrble?

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• Ddhuud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Also cake or fake. I could have sworn that was the real Deana Troy .

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• B1ackmsth@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m confused by the title. Google Glass came in 2013. Meta didn’t release a vr headset until 2019. Not to mention wearables are more than vr/ar headsets. Android wear came out in 2014.

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  • Triyfer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You are correct. The title is poorly worded. I believe it is supposed to read “Google was not the first to come out with wearable tech before Meta…”

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• Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There was an ipad befpre apples ipad. From toshiba iirc.

  And a tablet too (from microsoft?)

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