I remember this media cycle from the GoogleGlass era. And while the initial reporting was “People are viciously attacking anyone seen wearing them!”, the business post-mortem was more that nobody was buying them to begin with.
These glasses are oversized, heavy, ugly, and pretty much useless for anyone who isn’t a pervert. The sticker price for this largely pointless gadget can go north of $800 retail. That’s a high-end PC or fully loaded PS5 for a small camera that sits on your face and some lenses that give you a Virtual Boy tier of AR overlay.
I remember this media cycle from the GoogleGlass era. And while the initial reporting was “People are viciously attacking anyone seen wearing them!”, the business post-mortem was more that nobody was buying them to begin with.
These glasses are oversized, heavy, ugly, and pretty much useless for anyone who isn’t a pervert. The sticker price for this largely pointless gadget can go north of $800 retail. That’s a high-end PC or fully loaded PS5 for a small camera that sits on your face and some lenses that give you a Virtual Boy tier of AR overlay.
Who has time for this shit? There’s no use-case.
Excuse me but whens the last time you priced a “high end pc”? You’re living in the past…
👉👈 Maybe five years ago. Even then, I’ll admit “high end” is generous.
$800 is still a ton of money for an ugly pair of glasses with a gimmick nobody has implemented.
To be fair, you can get a $800 high end PC… but it would be used and 4 to 5 generations out of date.
$800 might buy you the concept of a high end PC.