futurebird, 5 months ago

@nblr

I think this is an attempt by Zeiss to raise their profile and market their company with a touch of alarmism.

Where are the photos and video of this exciting new technology? They are awfully hard to find! Instead we get ... imaginative renderings of what it might be like... someday... maybe.

I think I have a notion how this works and I suspect the "glass" is not as transparent as you'd think, and not very large either.

It's a neat idea, but it's mostly vapors.

nblr, 5 months ago

@futurebird also... thumbs up for the renderings showing a display in glass and not a camera.

chileannick, 5 months ago

@nblr caN u pLay DoOm oN iT ?

futurebird, 5 months ago

@nblr

And the reason for my cynical response is I think we need to call more attention to this kind of "whops we might be the next ones to make evil technology" marketing.

Announce you have done something that's obviously terrifying. Pretend that you don't understand how it could be evil.

This attracts a ton of investment ...

trochee, 5 months ago

@futurebird

"No, no! It's a pun on 'Mentor Nexus', don't you see?

All these supervillains are just really excited about mentoring"

@nblr

morpheo, 5 months ago

@nblr Also quite telling that the person writing the article is buying the hype and not really knowledgeable about what they're covering:

"Smart doorbells that don't need a separate camera module. "

Well, yes, it would indeed need a "separate camera module", it'll just be by the display instead of, you know, by the display.

pete, 5 months ago

@nblr there’s some discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38881981

nblr, 5 months ago

@pete Thanks, I'm getting enough "discussion" here already. I regret the post. Deeply.

pete, 5 months ago

@nblr ycombinator folk seemed to have more technical knowledge and undertook a lot less scare mongering.

nblr, 5 months ago

@pete It's less the "scare mongering" it's the drivel I am tired of.

skc, 5 months ago

@nblr ads while driving, excellent!

pete, 5 months ago

@skc @nblr ads where? It’s a camera.

nblr, 5 months ago

@pete @skc A lot of people seem to get distracted by the (not so) illustrative pictures which don't show a camera but a display instead.

stevenray, 5 months ago

@nblr oh, law enforcement is gonna love this.

We just need to use it against them. They don’t release body cam footage? We got our own, thanks.

qkslvrwolf, 5 months ago

@nblr this is a nightmare

maddad, 5 months ago

@nblr

Ya, that is a pretty scary concept. Next comes mirrors and then no bathroom will ever be safe again.

dannotdaniel, 5 months ago

@nblr wait until Microsoft hears about this

NatureMC, 5 months ago

@nblr Could be combined with the talking AI toilet that I found yesterday on Mastodon. The end of privacy and privacy laws?

appassionato, 5 months ago

@nblr

https://web.archive.org/web/20240105183808/https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/this-holographic-camera-turns-any-window-into-an-invisible-camera

nblr, 5 months ago

@appassionato Your point being?

appassionato, 5 months ago

@nblr Your link is only to half the article. Mine is to the whole article.

nblr, 5 months ago

@appassionato No? The text is identical. Bye 👋🏻

mutax, 5 months ago

@nblr I like how all the images in the article feature transparent displays instead of cameras...