Facebook Is Making Camera Glasses, Ha Ha Oh No

[Nevilledog]

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Katie Notopoulos
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Facebook is making camera glasses. They have an LED warning light so that bystanders know you are taking a video.

I taped it over.

A FB exec told me this is a violation of the terms of service of the glasses (oops)

Facebook Is Making Camera Glasses, Ha Ha Oh No
Ray-Ban Stories can take photos and videos with a touch of a button and send them to your phone.
buzzfeednews.com
9:03 AM · Sep 9, 2021

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/facebook-is-making-camera-glasses-ha-ha-oh-no

The first thing you'll notice about Facebook’s new camera glasses is that they are not called Facebook Glasses — they are called Ray-Ban Stories. This is because they are made in partnership with Ray-Ban (a cool company that no one hates), and Facebook has had a rough couple of years in the public eye. And “Stories” because, you know, Instagram stories and Facebook stories and also Snapchat "story," lol.

If the idea of camera sunglasses seems familiar, perhaps that’s because it sounds like Snapchat Spectacles, which launched in 2016. In what I can only imagine is a loving tribute, Facebook has named its camera sunglasses “Stories” after the other signature product that Facebook/Instagram lifted from Snapchat.

For clarity's sake, I will herein refer to Ray-Ban Stories as “Facebook glasses,” because that’s exactly what I know you are thinking when you read this. The words “Facebook” and “glasses” are making the hair on the back of your neck stand up, right? The phrase “secret spy camera glasses” is making your heart race. The phrase “and it’s made by FACEBOOK!” makes you emit a blood-curdling scream. Knowing that Facebook is discussing building facial recognition into these things curdles the stomach.

I know.

The second thing to make clear is that these glasses do NOT stream to Facebook or post directly to your Facebook or Instagram. They take photos and short videos and send those to a special app on your phone (iOS or Android) that connects to the glasses over Bluetooth.

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[dalton99a]

1. So no one knows you're recording them

[Delphinus]

5. That's

some good information - informative video. Thank you for sharing this!

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

8. Has recording light on frame, tape over!

[lagomorph777]

2. Can we shut Falsebook down now, please?

[Doodley]

3. Perfect for capturing reactions after going up to people in public and saying, "Where's your mask?"

[Blue Owl]

4. Peeping Zuckkkerberg

Fuck that asshole

[C_U_L8R]

6. What kind of Stories?

Seem more like Creeper Peepers. They'll need more vital functionality to interest most people.

[crickets]

9. Creeper Peepers fits.

They're cool and all, but for general use, the indicator should be a lot more obvious. The real creep factor is that this is just the version rolled out to the public. Somebody somewhere is already using creepier, stealthier versions.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

7. I want! Wait....$300? Taking donations...fund me, lol