give me a glove that has a mic in the pinkey a good earpiece in the thumb, and lets me dial by pressing my fore middle and ring fingers, really thats all I want out of a cellphone.
pretty much that but in a form where I could reasonably use in outside of winter months.
I heard it was $699.
Reminds me of the pins from Star Trek
Wtf about this device hardware warrants iphone pricing.
It’s $700. The article is from Australia so the $1000 is $1000 AUS
(not that I still don’t think that’s a lot for what it is unless I’m missing something)
$24 monthly subscription
You should probably know then that subscription essentially includes an unlimited T-mobile plan, a Tidal subscription, and a ChatGPT subscription
But people already have a phone subscription…on their phones.
They’re clearly positioning this as a “you don’t always need your phone on you” style device
Probably VC wants out and the sucker buyers to pay for it.
Nobody’s gonna want it if everyone can have it
What if I’m like in the middle of something, involing my hand, ya…know?
If we had to use these, it would be your issue that causes us to involve into ambidextrous beings. Just like that!
It’s voice controlled according to them.
The hand projection screen thing is just a feature.
🙄
I’ve seen SF movies where they have this type of setup of people punching buttons that were projected onto their hands somehow. Or perhaps embedded in their skin.
And I thought the idea seemed ridiculous, and I still think it’s ridiculous even though it’s actually happening.
Well add to that voice calls are usually for private conversations and so you’ll have to put earbuds in anyways… and wear this stupid bulky pin on your shirt all the time? These days personal calls are many times video or just text. This is the kind of idea that sounds cool to boomers
As a card-carrying boomer, I can say that this doesn’t sound the least bit cool. Unless it works like a Star Trek communicator badge. In which case, I’m in.
I think while you might be of boomer age, you’re not of boomer mentality
It doesn’t even teleport.
Yeah they are trying to market it as a screen less smart phone but all they’re doing is making your hand or a wall the screen. It’s true, it is screen less, but you still have to point it at a ‘screen’ to use it.
Total recall
lol, did you just abbreviate sci-fi and typed out ridiculous when you could have just used funny/insane/weird/odd/off
Did you just abbreviate science fiction and typed out ridiculous when you could have just quote replied?
It’s the new sci-fi thing now that touchscreens are mainstream
Oh god, not this shit again. There was a scam Kickstarter campaign years ago that claimed it would project an entire phone screen on your arm and it was just comically stupid.
There’s a reason all photos are done in dim lighting, because this dumbass idea can’t work in the slightest daylight and you would have to hold your hand in the perfect position in which the projection is focused.
This is just tech media further advertising scams and products that have zero viability.
Oh god, not this shit again. There was a scam Kickstarter campaign years ago that claimed it would project an entire phone screen on your arm and it was just comically stupid.
Ah, the Cicret bracelet, that would magically project darker shades than the projection surface actually had.
Ha! That’s it!
Also what’s the point of replacing a device that can be operated with just one hand with a device that needs two hands to operate? Even if it works perfectly… why bother? What does that improve?
If this tech allowed you to project an interactive display into open space in front of you, that would actually be an improvement. Or even just projecting it onto a wall. But something that requires both hands to operate, is objectively worse than a smartphone.
I mean, not to defend this project because I think it’s still a fail, but that’s not what the primary interface of this is. It’s voice. The idea is it doesn’t need a screen at all and most is done via voice/response. The projector is a side feature
Wait till they learn that every phone already offers the same thing with any pair of wireless headphones, except the gimmicky projector that no one asked for.
This is like a toy for cosplayers. The reviews are going to be brutal.
The reviews are going to be brutal.
There won’t be any pre-release ones that aren’t paid for, that’s for sure.
I say strip it all down to a sleek collar pin that vibrates, and has directional audio so only the user can hear, but it’s not in their ear. Tap to answer calls, or whatever else can be all voice and audio.
For totally cyberpunk styling, do similar, but as some of those bone conducting headphones.
The focus part can be done with adaptive lens and a camera, it’s not even very hard to do - higher end overhead projectors do have this sort of autofocus feature built in. The brightness part though is currently a show-stopper.
It does look similar to the kind of green laser pointer that people use in stadiums to mess with players from long distances, which is a far cry from the color phone screen on forearm scam.
I remember the Captain Disillusion videos on it, it was very informative
Remember: love with your heart, and use your head for everything else!
Gteat now my head hurts from hitting this nail
Circlet! Allegedly…
the projector is the stupidest idea. it’s not going to work i. daylight. it will be 150nits max.
They have an add-on laser and battery pack for daylight. If it’s too bright out it just burns the message into your skin so you can read it.
lol; and then you wait for your skin to heal for the next message.
DIY tats!
More like you can hear a pin drop
I can think of somewhere better to put it so I can get weather updates when I need to relieve myself.
Smartwatches make more sense to me. There was a video of a guy who tried going through his day with just the watch - paying for food, taking phone calls, and so forth. I don’t have an Apple Watch, but that idea seems appealing…
Is there a non-Apple smartwatch that can replace a smartphone for basic use?
Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 with LTE. Phone calls, text messages, payments, navigation, music streaming, all possible on the watch. Hell, you can even install a browser which is awkward to use, but it’s there if you absolutely need it.
I’ll check it out. Thank you!
You can’t look at memes with this, how is this useful?
And porn
“What is my purpose?”
“You make moaning sounds.”
“Oh my god.”
Another question, how do you wear this on non-rigid clothing? I work down south and even on office days, I wear a thin clothed shirt. This thing will just hang all saggy tit like for most people that just wear t-shirts.
I’m watching Upload and they use the whole hand projected phone thing —albeit beytrr
Holy shit there are so many haters in the comments
It’s fair that a lot of people don’t like the product idea, right?