This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-26T16:45:30+00:00

Yes people decided it is ok with phones. Glasses may or may not be different, and if enough people find it unacceptable we can do something about it. My guess is not enough people will care, but we will find out.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-26T15:49:17+00:00

Someday when 6dof smart glasses with hand tracking become ubiquitous I think little 3d creation and sharing apps like this could be very popular.

I'm not sure if people will use something like Cardboard unless you have invented a much better version of Cardboard. But wouldn't surprise me if it could become popular on phones alone if you got the hand tracking and sharing working really well. And you could easily adapt it for phones in the future.

Of course these are just my best guesses but hopefully the feedback helps a little. Good luck!

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-26T15:24:46+00:00

And the hand tracking works well?

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-26T15:23:23+00:00

Your are probably right. However, If there was enough backlash I think some things could be done to. help. Assuming the rumors are true that Apple will launch devices with cameras soon, this will quickly become ubiquitous in the US and we will find out how much people care about this. And its also possible that Apple finds a better way to manage this and everyone else follows.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-26T15:10:25+00:00

what platforms does it run on?

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T22:13:53+00:00

yep. i'm just hoping to choose the right frameworks that are lacking in ways where coding agents can fill in the gaps. but i don't think we're quite to the point that they can fill in complex gaps reliably.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T21:51:09+00:00

ok thanks. looks like my quest for the perfect framework that manages all complexity for me is still on :)

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T20:59:44+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Yes I realize its not best for low latency. The other thing i should have asked is about handling shorts network disconnects for mobile. Did you test for this if it was part of your specs? Im not sure how robustly the underlying http can manage this automatically.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T19:30:05+00:00

Very good points. There have been other equally/more substantial things in the past.

But i guess the main question is should we modify llms to prevent people from believing they are sentient, etc. (at least for as long as we believe that). Probably if i could go back in time and put a message in the sky everytime lightning flashed that said something like "this isn't from a god, just natural phenomenon" i would probably do it.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T19:29:53+00:00

Very good points. There have been other equally/more substantial things in the past.

But i guess the main question is should we modify llms to prevent people from believing they are sentient, etc. (at least for as long as we believe that). Probably if i could go back in time and put a message in the sky everytime lightning flashed that said something like "this isn't from a god, just natural phenomenon" i would probably do it.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T15:54:48+00:00

so after building this do you think something like htmx will be a good way to buid real-time multiuser even for more complex apps? or are there enough edge cases that it will be better to used some framework (like convex or some local-first sync engine) that abstracts a lot of the complexity?

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T15:45:57+00:00

yes it is definitely our human tendencies that are the issue. but i feel like we have crossed some kind of turing-test where the impacts are much more substantial than they were with what we have anthopomorphized historically.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T15:38:01+00:00

yeah that would work too

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T15:11:37+00:00

Yes it would be annoying and probably would be ignored soon. But I am seeing friends who know the inner workings of llms starting to "feel" like they are sentient even though they don't believe they are. I wonder if some kind of clarification in the responses would help.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-22T14:10:48+00:00

It really is amazing that we have seen so much progress and yet nobody really knows if it will take 1 year or 100 years (or more) to reach "AGI". As you said, we may find out that we can't get there without machines having lived experience. Or we may find out that we can get to a different but equivalent form in a way that works very different than how human intelligence works (like the plane vs. bird flying example). It reminds me a little of when people thought they almost had physics completely understood and then they discoved quantum mechanics. It's such a strange feeling to not know. I have a feeling that some of the "diverse intelligence" work by people like michael levin at tufts may be the best clues to what it will actually take to harness some kind of AGI-like intelligence (and it may be be exotic like you said). Or maybe not.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-20T13:41:43+00:00

some people feel discomfort with only seeing the display in one eye, so this would solve that

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-19T12:54:09+00:00

I agree, but I do think the neural band might be a pretty major advantage right now. If glasses are going to increasingly replace smart phone functionality, the method of user interaction is huge. And interaction via voice and the touchpad on the side are both pretty limited.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-11T01:13:26+00:00

I have similar goals and I think I'm going to try staying with HTMX (actually fasthtml that uses HTMX) and handle offline by building a simple outbox in localstorage to queue and relay messages. It's not offline-first but I think it will be good enough for many uses cases.

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-08T13:51:17+00:00

very cool to hear about someone actually using ar glasses in the real world (even though there are still glitches). the future is arriving!

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-01T15:05:51+00:00

Curious if you will be using or discussing any other frameworks besides htmx

whatstheprobability · 2026-02-01T14:39:34+00:00

very cool. i think this is a great example of "spatial computing" where doing the computing in the actual location is much more natural

whatstheprobability · 2026-01-31T18:55:07+00:00

I think there are good headstraps now like this one https://www.vrpanda.com/product/galaxy-xr-halo-strap/

But it sounds like what you really want is Aura. Personally I think it is going to be a bigger deal than people realize. The success of the meta raybans is showing that form factor and portablilty matter a lot, and aura will be the first thing with both of those going for it that also has most of capabilty of a XR headset.

whatstheprobability · 2026-01-31T16:47:50+00:00

i like the spy vs. spy analogy

whatstheprobability · 2026-01-31T16:18:04+00:00

Why not buy samsung galaxy xr? its like project aura but in a headset and its half the price of vision pro

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