immagino di si, se si vendono in europa come dice sotto..

On 10/09/21 12:42, Alberto Cammozzo via nexa wrote:
> Il ritorno del glasshole...
>
> Sono in vendita in Italia e prodotti da Rayban (Luxottica, azienda
> italiana): immagino che abbiano dovuto chiedere un parere al Garante...
>
> <https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/hey-facebook-take-a-photo-the-social-networks-smart-glasses-are-here/>
>
>
>
> When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the social network was
> working on its first smart glasses, he tried to dial down the hype. The
> glasses, he suggested during the Facebook Connect conference in
> September 2020, would be just a step toward a more ambitious project.
>
> "They're not yet augmented reality glasses," Zuckerberg said, referring
> to technology that places digital images on someone's view of the real
> world. "They're on the road there."
>
> On Thursday, Facebook's smart glasses -- under the Ray-Ban brand -- go
> on sale online and at some stores in the US, UK, Canada, Italy, Ireland
> and Australia. Called Ray-Ban Stories, the smart glasses shoot photos
> and 30-second videos with the press of a button. They also play music
> and podcasts and make calls. The glasses include a virtual assistant so
> you can snap photos and videos hands-free by uttering the phrase "Hey
> Facebook."
> Watch this: Facebook's first smart glasses are the Ray-Ban Stories
>
> The release of its first pair of smart glasses, which start at $299
> (£299, AU$449), shows how Facebook continues to bet on augmented
> reality. Zuckerberg has enthused about a future in which augmented
> reality glasses will let people play games on their couch next to
> holograms of their friends or share an experience on social media
> without whipping out their phones. Though Facebook's smart glasses don't
> include AR effects, they move the company closer to that goal.
>
> (Zuckerberg has been waxing on lately about the "metaverse," a virtual
> environment where people will meet up. His company also makes the Oculus
> headset, which relies on virtual reality, a technology that's more
> immersive than AR.)
>
> "Ray-Ban Stories are an important step towards the future when phones
> are no longer a central part of our lives and you won't have to choose
> between interacting with a device, or interacting with the world around
> you," Zuckerberg said in a video released Thursday.
>
> There's still a lot you can't do with Facebook's smart glasses, though,
> and those limitations underscore how far this gadget is from becoming
> the next big thing. The smart glasses, which need to be recharged every
> six hours with a charging case, don't let you browse Facebook, shop or
> play games.
>
> "What we want to do with Ray-Ban Stories is to listen to our customers
> in order to understand where to go, but also to make sure that as we're
> building our roadmap, we are being responsible," Hind Hobeika, a product
> manager at Facebook Reality Labs, said in a video chat.
>
> Facebook certainly isn't the first company to try to convince people
> they should wear a computer on their face. Google, Snap and Amazon have
> released smart glasses. And the average consumer passed on all of them.
> (Apple and Samsung are also reportedly working on AR glasses.)
>
> But analysts say smart glasses are part of an emerging market. In a
> report last year, ImmersivEdge Advisors forecast that annual sales of
> smart glasses will reach more than 22 million units by 2030. For some
> perspective, global smartphone sales totaled 1.3 billion in 2020,
> according to Gartner.
>
> Ben Delaney, CEO of ImmersivEdge Advisors and lead author of the report,
> expects smart glasses to play a larger role in how people get
> directions, shop, track their fitness or learn in the classroom.
> Facebook executives teased the new smart glasses this week by posting
> videos of themselves golfing, skateboarding and fencing, among other
> activities.
>
> Smart glasses also come with concerns about privacy, which Facebook
> doesn't have a strong reputation for respecting. Privacy advocates still
> worry the technology can be abused for surveillance. Google Glass faced
> backlash in 2013 from people who were upset at how tough it was to tell
> if the device was recording video.
>
> Facebook is well aware of the privacy issues that come with smart
> glasses, demonstrating restraint with the gadget's features even though
> the product comes with two cameras and built-in microphones.
>
> Facebook has a separate app to store and share photos and videos from
> Ray-Ban Stories to other platforms.
>
> The glasses, for example, don't include facial recognition technology.
> People who use Ray-Ban Stories will also need a separate Facebook View
> app to share photos and videos captured on the device to other
> platforms. Hobeika said Facebook deliberately left out automatic sharing
> because the company wants to give users control over those decisions.
>
> Facebook won't use media captured on the smart glasses or in the View
> app for personalized advertising, she said. If users choose to share
> photos and videos from the smart glasses on Facebook, Instagram,
> WhatsApp or other apps, the terms of services for those pieces of
> software will apply. Facebook, Hobeika said, doesn't use audio data for
> ads. Users will also be able to choose if they want to share additional
> data with Facebook, such as the number of videos taken and their length,
> to help improve the product.
>
> It will likely take time for people to become comfortable with glasses
> recording photos and videos. Early adopters of Google Glass were
> derisively called "Glassholes."
>
> To help generate acceptance, Ray-Ban Stories include a white LED light
> visible from 25 feet away so the wearer and people around them know when
> photos and videos are being captured. Some users might also be wary
> about sharing even more photos and videos with Facebook, a company that
> has been plagued with several privacy scandals.
>
> Facebook includes tips in the View app and on a website so people who
> use the smart glasses know that recording in bathrooms or while driving
> are big no-nos. "Don't use your smart glasses to engage in harmful
> activities like harassment, infringing on privacy rights, or capturing
> sensitive information like pin codes," one of the tips states.
>
> Facebook said it consulted with groups including the Future of Privacy
> Forum, National Network to End Domestic Violence and the LGBT Technology
> Partnership as it was working on the smart glasses.
>
> Erica Olsen, director of Safety Net at NNEDV, said the group along with
> Facebook had concerns the glasses could be used to capture images or
> videos of people without their consent. An abuser could share that
> content in a way intended to cause harm.
>
> "We already see this common tactic of abuse and we know some people will
> misuse any type of technology they can," Olsen said in a statement. "We
> hope the opportunities for misuse will be limited because these are
> glasses and the recording functionality will be fairly obvious to others."
>
> Even so, some privacy experts say Facebook's smart glasses could be
> misused in ways the company can't yet imagine.
>
> "Inevitably, these glasses will be used by consumers in ways not
> intended by the manufacturer," said Jeremy Greenberg, policy counsel for
> the Future of Privacy Forum. "It will really be up to the developers to
> respond to those alternative uses in real time." (Facebook is a
> supporter of the Future of Privacy Forum, as is Red Ventures, parent
> company of CNET.)
>
> Analysts say makers of smart glasses face a more fundamental challenge:
> The technology isn't ready.
>
> The price could also prompt prospective buyers to think twice about
> purchasing a pair. Ray-Ban Stories can function as regular glasses or
> sunglasses, but the price goes up accordingly if you add prescription or
> polarized lenses.
>
> ImmersivEdge's Delaney says Facebook has its work cut out convincing
> consumers it's the right company to make smart glasses. Though the
> social network has hardware products, like its Portal chat tool and
> Oculus virtual reality helmet, other companies have more experience.
>
> "There are so many other companies that know how to do hardware and
> software better than they do," Delaney said.
>
> Even if Ray-Ban Stories flop, analysts say Facebook will learn what does
> and doesn't work for consumers. That knowledge will be useful to its
> other platforms.
>
> "For a company as wealthy as Facebook, there isn't much downside," said
> Lisa Ask, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester. "It's still
> kind of a Wild West right now. Nobody's had a breakthrough product."
>
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