Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have cameras in the frames. You can take pictures and shoot videos, then upload them. It’s a fast and convenient way to record a moment without pulling out your phone. You can post the images to Facebook or Instagram, or ask AI questions about them. Last week two Harvard students got viral coverage of…
There was a full-page ad in the New York Times on Friday for the new Samsung “Bespoke AI” washer/dryer combo. Seriously. Of course “AI laundry” is marketing crap. I’ll bet some business advertised “Crypto Ovens” a couple of years ago. It’s meaningless and stupid. AI hysteria is on the rise. This is still the early…
A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley concludes that virtual reality users can be uniquely identified within a few seconds by looking at the way they move their head and hands. This is interesting but not surprising if you’ve been paying attention. If you value personal privacy, you are living in the wrong universe. Let’s start…
Google is going to send a few of its AR glasses to the outside world to get better testing feedback. Its announcement was carefully calibrated to forestall cheap jokes about a new generation of “Google Glassholes.” Apparently the Google AR team is carefully reading Bruceb News, because Google is adopting my suggestions about how to…