The backlash isn’t as powerful as the drive to monetize another accessory

Yah you're prob right. I always wish ppl just wouldn't buy these, or rings, or w/e. So co's would learn that it's a guaranteed financial loss, to bring them to market.

But I know that's a pipe dream. Sigh.

Capitalism over humanity, every time. No exceptions, no matter how "exceptional" you believe your country is.

Didn't believe it myself, but still very big in OZ.

I did visit the Kmart in Miami last month! :p There are still three Kmart stores and five Sears stores open in the US.

Sears:

• Braintree, MA (Boston)
• Concord, CA (San Francisco)
• Coral Gables, FL (Miami)
• El Paso, TX
• Orlando, FL

Kmart:

• Kendale Lakes, FL (Miami)
• Saint Thomas, USVI
• Tamuning, Guam

It's a different company. Used to be a joint venture with the owner of the US brand, but it split off, and it's completely separate now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kmart_Australia

But in looking that up, I learned that Anko, the brand in the story, is K-Mart Australia's house brand, I guess kinda like Great Value for US based Walmart.

Believe it or not, but the US still has Kmart as well. :p

• Kendale Lakes, FL (Miami)
• Saint Thomas, USVI
• Tamuning, Guam

You understand this is a perverse foot in the door, right? When people become accustomed to the idea, of their every conversation possibly being recorded (for whatever reason), the follow-up step is bound to be cloud connectivity: with limited on-device storage and lack of redundancy (back-ups), cloud will naturally serve as the "convenient" solution for both of these self-created "problems". Problem-reaction-solution, always.

You could achieve the same by wearing a GoPro on your head.

But a gopro on the head, or a phone held up to record, is much more conspicuous. These smart glasses are made for ppl to record their life 24/7. That automaticlaly means, other ppl's lives will be recorded by that person. Without their knowledge.

It is also bad with a gopro or a phone, ofc. But smart glasses make the prob even worse. That doesn't even get into the uses these will be put, creeping on women at beaches or w/e. If you go holding up a phone to creep somebody, there is social pressure to stop being an ass. You may even be asked to leave the venue. But when it is unobtrusive with smart glasses, the social pressure erodes b/c people don't even know.

I agree automatic upload is a prob. But even if it's local, the mere fact of walking around recording everything you see, means other ppl's worst moments are going to feature in tiktoks a LOT more often. And much more clickbait content made at the expense of ppl who don't even know they are being recorded, trying to make them look bad for the content. I agree, that happens already in other ways. But that doesn't mean we should want to see the prob get even worse.

Same, sousveillance is fine, it's when it becomes surveillance it's a problem.

Dashcam for cyclists - at least that was the thing that made me consider getting a pair.
The battery only lasts for about two hours of video recording though, so I didn't consider them very long.

There's many times I've wished I could have captured and recorded moments with family. So that would be a use

They appear to have some smart features, the kmart website includes these on the description:

• Bluetooth connectivity for music and hands-free calls
• Smart touch controls and buttons
• Image recognition and chat features via the HeyCyan companion app

The last point is most relevant, I'm guessing that means it can do things like attempt to identify stuff you're looking at. I wouldn't have high hopes for the software being well coded or supported for any length of time though...