Facebook's "Smart glasses" might have facial recognition

[TheButcher]

Facebook's "Smart glasses" might have facial recognition, privacy lovers are not going to like this one.




"Facebook is discussing building facial recognition into its upcoming smart glasses product and has been weighing the legal implications of the controversial technology, executives said at an internal meeting Thursday.

During a scheduled companywide meeting, Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of augmented and virtual reality, told employees that the company is currently assessing whether or not it has the legal capacity to offer facial recognition on devices that are reportedly set to launch later this year. Nothing had been decided, he said, and he noted that current state laws may make it impossible for Facebook to offer people the ability to search for others based on pictures of their face.

“Face recognition ... might be the thorniest issue, where the benefits are so clear, and the risks are so clear, and we don’t know where to balance those things,” Bosworth said in response to an employee question about whether people would be able to “mark their faces as unsearchable” when smart glasses become a prevalent technology. The unnamed worker specifically highlighted fears about the potential for “real-world harm,” including “stalkers.”

Following publication of this story, Bosworth wrote on Twitter that "we’ve been open about our efforts to build [augmented reality] glasses and are still in the early stages."

"Face recognition is a hugely controversial topic and for good reason and I was speaking about was how we are going to have to have a very public discussion about the pros and cons," he said.

Facebook has been touting a smart glasses product since last year, saying that it will arrive “sooner than later” in 2021. Built in partnership with Ray-Ban and its parent company, Luxottica Group, the wearable devices are expected to rival products from competitors Snapchat and Amazon, providing an augmented reality experience that will overlay digital features on people’s real-world perspectives."

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[Wm2man]

How much will they cost

[vblogger]

They already know everything there is to know about their users and surfing habits, this just tops the icing on the cake.

[jag]

Gamers will like it, I know my stepson will.

[unicams]

Gamers will like it, I know my stepson will.

Not a big time gamer but I will get a pair for sure

[deviantz]

Out aside the privacy concerns it will be a big leap forward for the glasses.

[chilli.domains]

They won't be cheap

[monsta]

They already know everything there is to know about their users and surfing habits, this just tops the icing on the cake.

[cimage]

My resolution for 2021 was to play less games work more when online, so I'll skip buying them, they sound too tempting to play more.

[Nakedtruth]

Must have for me, I like new tech toys.