How the Oakley Meta smart glasses beat my Ray-Bans on a 5-mile test walk Oakley's Meta Vanguard smart glasses combine the brand's iconic look with a plethora of AI features for athletes.

As @hypervisible.blacksky.app would say: "Today in #LuxurySurveillance" ... "Oakley's Meta Vanguard smart glasses combine the brand's iconic look with a plethora of AI features for athletes." www.zdnet.com/article/oakl...

“The AirPods and pendant are envisioned as simpler offerings, equipped with lower-resolution cameras designed to help the AI work rather than for taking photos or videos. The glasses, meanwhile, will be more upscale and feature-rich.”

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I Hate How Much I Love This Hydration-Tracking Water Bottle I take hydration seriously, but this reusable, smart water bottle helped me realize I wasn't drinking enough water.

“To establish how much water you should be drinking each day, LARQ asks for your birthday, sex, height, weight and activity level. You can also adjust this amount yourself.”

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An ankle monitor that doubles as a battery.
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We did it folks. As always, today in #LuxurySurveillance.

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You can now get paid to fold your laundry, as long as you're willing to film it AI startups are paying people to film themselves doing chores so robots can learn. Find out how much you could earn and why demand is booming.

Think I may have to add a chapter. #LuxurySurveillance

“For humans, the money isn't half-bad — as long as you're willing to wear a pair of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses to record yourself doing things like folding clothes on a table.”

Agreed. I'd like to extend the same logic to those critiquing AI, surveillance or the rise of fascism, while participating in the #luxurysurveillance market via fitness trackers, Nest thermostats, Ring doorbells, and other "smart" home devices and wearables.

⚠️⛓️ "Meta [...] has a habit of making it effortless to put your personal information into places they can control and analyze, while also making it exceedingly hard to get that information out again. With the Neural Band, Meta made a way to put golden handcuffs on everyone." #luxurySurveillance

Unlike Google’s characteristic approach to launching products for “free” or inexpensively, Sergey Brin, one of Google’s founders, engaged a formula directly out of the tastemaker product launch playbook for high-end goods: he seeded Glass with the White American social and cultural elite. Google’s marketing team developed a Google Glass Explorers program that allowed the public to test the product and provide feedback to the design team for $1500. At that price point, only those with the disposable income or adequate resources were able to become Glass Explorers. As a result of its price for participation, Google Glass was marketed as a high-end luxury item, its arrival showcased on the runway at a New York Fashion Week launch by designer Diane von Furstenberg (Figure 9.5).

Always interesting to reread stuff with new eyes. From a 2016 piece by @ubiquity75.xyz @safiyanoble.bsky.social

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“Today’s wearable doesn’t arrive with force. It comes as a friend. A motivator. A health guru who never sleeps. It won’t shout or demand — just nudge. Suggest. Whisper that it might be time to move. And like a fool craving approval, you comply...”

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“Right now, Doji's app includes a curated selection of designer items from brands like Maison Margiela, Diesel, and Rick Owens” #LuxurySurveillance

Why Are People Wearing Apple Watches on Their Ankles? In pursuit of tracking fitness goals in a comfortable manner, a growing number of people are relocating their watches (and causing some confusion along the way).

I have so many thoughts. #LuxurySurveillance

Thieves who steal Benz owner's watches, "can ... use the watch app to monitor the stolen vehicles' charge or fuel levels, etc. " #luxurysurveillance

If I had favorite hashtags then #LuxurySurveillance would be by new fave

This new technology might change how you get drinks on golf courses When the beverage cart is nowhere to be found, Zigit, a new technology, enables you to have a drink in hand in approximately 30 seconds.

Today’s tech Mad Libs is “golf course facial recognition alcohol vending machine.” #LuxurySurveillance

EssilorLuxottica bets on glasses replacing smartphones as value hits €100bn Eyewear giant chief Francesco Milleri says wearable technology developed with Meta will fuel growth

“‘luxury branded smart eyewear’” [will] eventually become ‘part of our daily lives’ as the technology becomes invisibly embedded into frames.” 🫠 #LuxurySurveillance

Wearable fitness trackers are making us anxious—here’s how to stop it From heart rate monitoring to sleep data, wearable devices are revolutionizing health. But at what cost?

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Here’s Your First Look at the New Apple Watch Hermès The French fashion house and the tech giant have once again accomplished what was previously unthinkable: making a gadget fashionable.

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#LuxurySurveillance like, people might do it for status but not to protect themselves and others. It wouldn’t be the first time.

Part of what I talk about in #LuxurySurveillance is the attempt to make certain kinds of these devices aesthetically pleasing, sleek, unobtrusive. IMHO it removes some of what little stigma remains for covering all available spaces with cameras.

TIL that Samsung has a line of home appliances called “Bespoke AI.”

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Equinox Adds Biomarker Lab Tests in Personalized Health Play A partnership with Function Health will see Equinox trainers develop specialized programs based on each member's biological profile.

The partnership “will see expert Equinox trainers develop specialized programs for members based on their unique biological profiles, with Equinox members having access to their personalized health data.”

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Digital Civil Society Speaker Series: Luxury Surveillance - Stanford PACS Register here to join us in-person. Join us for a monthly gathering that explores critical insights on the intersections and implications of digital dependencies with democratic norms and civil societ...

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Join our DCSL this Thursday, April 4, for a discussion with Dr. Chris Gilliard, whose scholarship explores digital privacy, surveillance, and the intersections of race, class, and technology.

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Digital Civil Society Speaker Series: Luxury Surveillance - Stanford PACS Register here to join us in-person. Join us for a monthly gathering that explores critical insights on the intersections and implications of digital dependencies with democratic norms and civil societ...

Join our @digcivsoc.bsky.social on April 4 as the #DigitalCivilSociety speaker series continues with a conversation with Dr. Chris Gilliard, who will discuss #LuxurySurveillance.

Learn more and RSVP to join us in person at Stanford: pacscenter.stanford.edu/event/digita...

Weaving Elegance With Intelligence: How Luxury Brands Are Embracing AI Louis Vuitton, a name synonymous with luxury, has embraced AI to offer a more personalized shopping experience.

24/7 AI assistants ensure “that luxury brands are always accessible to their clients. Moreover, leveraging psychology and language analysis from companies like 3XM Technologies, these luxury brands understand their customers like a best friend to do precision marketing.” #LuxurySurveillance