{"id":8936,"date":"2023-07-01T20:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T03:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2023-07-01T20:45:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T03:45:13","slug":"monocles-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8936","title":{"rendered":"Monocles are back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The $3499 price tag for Apple&#8217;s Vision Pro device was received with an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8812\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8812\" target=\"_blank\">audible groan<\/a> and is being <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/apple-vision-pro-doomed\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/apple-vision-pro-doomed\/\" target=\"_blank\">panned by even staunch technologists<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now everyone is speculating over much less visually invasive eye-glass format. Both Apple and Google are experimenting with it via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/apple-glasses\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/apple-glasses\" target=\"_blank\">Apple glasses<\/a> or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/01\/first-details-leak-on-project-iris-googles-next-ar-headset\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/01\/first-details-leak-on-project-iris-googles-next-ar-headset\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Iris<\/a> (Though <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/27\/23776144\/google-project-iris-ar-glasses-goggles-dead-alive\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/27\/23776144\/google-project-iris-ar-glasses-goggles-dead-alive\" target=\"_blank\">Google just pulled the plug on Iris<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"8937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=8937\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/07\/2QpvyaLzYgnrwaGMP829eE-1200-80.png.webp?resize=480%2C270&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But stand aside hipsters, there&#8217;s a new player in town. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/27\/brilliant-labs-puts-ai-in-front-of-your-eye-with-its-tiny-open-source-ar-lens\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/27\/brilliant-labs-puts-ai-in-front-of-your-eye-with-its-tiny-open-source-ar-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What about a AR powered monocle<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-attachment-id=\"8938\" 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data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brilliant.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brilliant Labs<\/a>&#8216; augmented reality wearable monocle popped on the scene for only $349 and weighs only 15 grams. Processing happens on the OpenAI server then transmitted via Bluetooth from the users phone to the device&#8217;s display. It comes with<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.brilliant.xyz\/monocle\/monocle\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;five different processors<\/a>, including a hackable field-programmable gate array (FPGA) accelerator chip that handles the data coming in from the device\u2019s camera, microphone and capacitive touch sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project already has attracted a dedicated following of developers, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T8Ojr39Myuw&amp;ab_channel=JacobDavidCunningham\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T8Ojr39Myuw&amp;ab_channel=JacobDavidCunningham\" target=\"_blank\">hackers<\/a>, hobbyists, and researches in the open-source community. While far too clunky right now, I think this is the right way to go about things; though the idea that these will help you come off as a smooth operator in awkward dinner conversations is highly unlikely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bryanhpchiang\/status\/1639830383616487426?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See the fun video of cheating on an interview here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HycQGGXT6N\">pic.twitter.com\/HycQGGXT6N<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $3499 price tag for Apple&#8217;s Vision Pro device was received with an audible groan and is being panned by even staunch technologists. Now everyone is speculating over much less visually invasive eye-glass format. Both Apple and Google are experimenting with it via Apple glasses or Google Iris (Though Google just pulled the plug on Iris). But stand aside hipsters, there&#8217;s a new player in town. What about a AR powered monocle? Brilliant Labs&#8216; augmented reality wearable monocle popped on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8936\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-technical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-2k8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8944,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions\/8944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}