Meta CTO Explains the Cause of Its Embarrassing Smart Glasses Demo Failures
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Meta's CTO explains the cause of embarrassing smart glasses demo failures, sparking discussion on the challenges of showcasing emerging tech.
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As for the actual product, it's a solution for a problem nobody has. It doesn't matter how great or terrible the implementation is, i think nobody cares.
- maps: phone or watch - music: inferior to AirPods I imagine. - recipes: huh?
Smart speakers tend to be home based so they issue was mainly seen with incorrect triggers coming from the TV for example. But if I say meta record a video that could trigger recording on devices all around me. So we need individualised trigger words and voice recognition to be able to use these devices in public.