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[–] 0 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits of AI-enabled technology

I went into the article so you didn´t have to:

The glasses can help viewers with bespoke subtitles, for example, providing support for people with visual impairment or hearing loss.

I mean, anyone with money to shell out for pervert glasses is going to have better options to address visual impairment and hearing loss, but subtitles are kind of an interesting and valid use case.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    You don't need cameras to generate subtitles.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    True, but the display is there to show the subtitles, and it's much better than looking down at a phone and distracting other audience members.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    you can have a smart glass without camera make subtitles

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Around here, cinemas provide official captions. No need to have an AI screw it up by mangling names or misattributing dialogue.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    How do you read them? On the screen? I'd find that annoying.

    I was looking to see how that transcription feature worked, but since tech journalism is mostly marketing, I couldn´t find it discussed, but I'm guessing it kind of sucks, between latency, errors, and constant retroactive updates to the conversation.

    Ideally the theater would be broadcasting the subtitles synced to the movie, because good subtitles are edited for space and timing, so a real-time AI transcription is always going to be a worse experience even if it is technically perfect.

    I've also been thinking what a tremendous WASTE it is to have individual users transcribing media audio, when it could be easily provided at the source by the creator who does it exactly ONCE.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    There's a mirror on a stick that you set up at your seat. It reflects the captions on a screen at the back of the theater.

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