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why 3 euro cardboard glasses protect your eyes from an eclipse better than 100 euro sunglasses

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If you have in mind see the solar eclipse this August 12you may have already started searching approved glasses. Many shops they have jumped on the car and they are launching offers at a very reduced price. Although the truth is that, honestly, it is not necessary to lower the cost much, since the price of eclipse glasses is extremely cheap. And of course, for some people, it is very shocking, since they insist actively and passively that conventional sunglasses do not work for us, but how can my 100-euro Ray-Ban not be worth it and some cardboard glasses that cost me 3 are worth it? With this, as with many things in life, we see that price is not everything. They are not lying to us when they tell us that sunglasses are worthless. They also don’t scam us by selling us eclipse glasses for only 3 euros. The inflated prices of brand name sunglasses can sometimes hurt us like a scam, although everyone is free to set the prices for their brand that they see fit. But let’s focus on the science of approved glasses. How can something so technically necessary be so cheap to produce? There is not so much technical complexity. Eclipse glasses are designed to be used once in a very long time, if at all. Normally, the person who wears them just look at the sky and, at most, around it. You don’t have to drive, walk, or read anything. You just stop and look at the Sun. For this reason, all you need is a very basic frame, sometimes made of cardboard, and two filters, one for each eye. Sunglasses, on the other hand, must be functional, which requires greater technical complexity. If they are graduated, It is necessary that they have an adequate curvature. This is not necessary in itself for non-prescription sunglasses, but it is often also done to give them a more enveloping effect, especially if they are aimed at sports. On the other hand, the glass of the sunglasses is carved, polished and treated to improve visibility and prevent scratches. For this reason, their manufacture is more expensive, while the price of eclipse glasses is very low. Simple but essential filters. The really important thing about approved eclipse glasses is that they have good filters. These must comply with the regulations EN ISO 12312-2:2015which ensures that no more than 0.00032% of visible sunlight is allowed to pass through. Sunglasses, on the other hand, are designed to avoid indirect damage, but not to look directly at the Sun, so a transmittance of 3% is sufficient in the highest protection categories. The filters used to achieve this great light blocking in eclipse glasses are manufactured with a black polymer or resin with carbon particles. The most used polymer is reflective Mylar.. Then, on top of the polymer, they have thin layers of aluminum, chrome or silver, which help optimize filtering. They are not difficult materials to obtain in the necessary quantities, so the final price is not exorbitant. There is no exclusivity, another reason for the price of eclipse glasses. Even if cheap materials are used, the filter still costs money. The thing is that, unlike what usually happens with sunglasses, eclipse glasses are usually produced on very large scales. Exclusivity is not sought nor does anything happen because there are many identical glasses. That, in the end, reduces costs a lot. Furthermore, with sunglasses we often pay for the brand and that is something that, logically, does not matter with glasses approved for viewing the eclipse. Even given as gifts. Producing these glasses is so cheap that some brands, businesses and institutions are already giving them away to ensure that we all see the eclipse on August 12 safely. In Spain, this will be the first of three eclipses in three consecutive years; So, contrary to usual, you will need these glasses again very soon. Whatever you buy, don’t get rid of them. Of course, if you see that the filter is broken or scratched, the protective metal layers may be damaged and good filtering is no longer guaranteed. In that case, buy others. After all, they are justifiably very cheap. Image | Magnific/NASA In Xataka | A third of Spain will be completely dark for a minute or two. The astronomical event of the century is approaching

Samsung already has its own smart glasses. The difficult thing will be to differentiate them from those of their competitors.

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During the Galaxy Unpacked event held these days in London, Samsung has presented your long-awaited smart glasses. We are looking at two different designs developed in collaboration with the international eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The glasses combine a light frame and a thin but resistant profile. The goal: to be able to wear them without problems throughout the day. It is a proposal that, yes, will have to compete with an increasingly lively sector and in which differentiating is beginning to be problematic. Before continuing, we remind you that the members of Xataka Xtra can access discounts, benefits and exclusive opportunities in the Samsung online storein addition to exclusive raffles, a private Discord server and a growing catalog of discounts and advantages on digital services. You can join the community for only 30 euros per year. Smart glasses that hide their ability Won-Joon Choi, COO of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile eXperience (MX) business, explained in the presentation that AI is also transforming mobile experiences, adding that “smart glasses create a new point of interaction and bring more personalized AI assistance.” The smart glasses from Samsung’s Galaxy family boast a particularly light and comfortable design, but without compromising the battery. This has an autonomy of up to nine hours with a single charge. The charging case allows for up to seven additional full charges. In that frame, the glasses include an integrated camera that provides visual context to the AI ​​experience. An exterior and interior LED indicator inform when recording is active, while recording is automatically deactivated when the glasses are removed from the user’s face or when the exterior LED is covered. Additionally, users have additional controls over privacy and personalization, and their audio, screen sharing, and video data is not used to train artificial intelligence models. And as the center of that experience, a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip which is responsible for providing the necessary performance for all the functions offered. Among others, this SoC is responsible for solving touch interaction, connectivity, energy efficiency and thermal management. During Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung presented two different designs, developed together with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The Gentle Monster edition features a slim black frame that combines a straight top line with gently rounded bottom edges. The Warby Parker design presents a slightly raised top line in brown, a proposal that until now had not been seen so much in this type of wearables. In the press presentation we saw a third model with an equally differential design in which the frame had more oval and narrower lenses. Gemini by flag The other main protagonist of the user experience on this device is GeminiGoogle’s generative AI model that thus provides an assistant with which to interact by voice in a natural, immediate and intuitive way. Not only can we ask for help and assistance about what we see at all times, but we can also use it as a voice assistant to chat and ask questions of all kinds. Some of these use cases stand out at Samsung. Some work in collaboration with our mobile, for example summarizing long messages, translating in real time or reading information aloud. It is also possible to use the location to find a route, and the camera can also be used as an interface for Gemini to explain how to complete a manual task. Price and variants of Samsung smart glasses At the moment, Samsung has not provided information on the price or availability of these smart glasses, but we will update this information as soon as it is available. More information | Samsung

running in San Fermín recording it with glasses. The Police have another opinion

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Smart glasses have just collided head-on with the San Fermín running of the bulls. It is the new legal outrage of the most guarded confinement. The legal key is in the Pamplona running of the bulls ordinance: prohibits carrying cameras, mobile phones or “any image or sound recording medium” within the route and reserved fences. Article 4.11 of the Municipal Enclosure Ordinance makes it very clear. Unless expressly authorized, if you do so, you expose yourself to sanctions ranging from minor (601 euros) to very serious (6,000 euros). The video, shared by TikTok and accumulating almost 20,000 views, it shows that adrenaline-inducing moment of jumping and warming up before running in front of the halters. In first person, the video partly boasts about being able to record it and skip the lockdown ordinance. Since they are not carried in the hand, the glasses are considered a recording device that can distract, hinder the race and compromise the safety of runners and third parties. Before Meta there was GoPro. Is it worth recording the running of the bulls rather than running it? The suggestive idea of ​​using glasses has collided head-on with arrest. Tracking the user’s account, the Municipal Police of Navarra did not take long to identify the foreign runner wearing the Ray-Ban Meta. It was during the second running of the bulls of San Fermín 2026. It is neither the first time nor will it be the last. During the last years there are some other runner who chose to carry a camera knowing that he is “strictly prohibited“The Foral Police confiscated it. And although there are people covering the LED of this type of viewers to record without anyone noticing, that does not mean that it is legal: the Spanish Penal Code considers it a crime that, if by recording, it violates the “privacy of the other”, with prison sentences of one to four years and a fine of twelve to twenty-four months” Smart glasses and the law. Whether it is a cell phone, a GoPro or a drone, even if the support is more discreet and “modern”, recording is prohibited. The problem is that we come across a certain legal loophole because in Spain there is no specific law that says “Ray-Ban Meta is prohibited” in the abstract. What applies is the regulations of the event and, where applicable, data protection and security regulations if third parties are recruited without a legal basis. In a lockdown, the key is not so much technology as context. Jurisprudence or legal debate usually follows two paths: public security and image treatment. In a massive and sometimes dangerous event like San Fermín, the first weighs more, because the City Council considers that recording from within can cause tripping, divert attention or even put other runners at risk; The second, privacy, appears as a reinforcement if third-party images are later disseminated without consent. Four centuries before the bull. Ironically, the running of the bulls began as a tolerated infraction, and later became the regulated festival that every Pamplona resident knows: in the 16th century the young men began to run in front of the bulls, in 1776 the fence was established and in 1867 Pamplona formally regulated it by ordinance. Then came the starting rockets, the second rocket in 1927 and, already in the 20th century, the assistance protocols and professionalization with health devices, a safety manual and the entire police liturgy. The rules also provide that “anyone who litters the road and public spaces will be punished” and, unfortunately, it is not difficult to find glasses, even glass, along the route. In fact, you cannot stay on the tour if you are drunk or under the influence of drugs, but tourists usually ignore these rules and “a fine always falls on someone who is clueless.” With or without consent. Even worse are the cases of recordings of girls without your consent. An example is found in the penalty of 10,000 euros from the AEPD for recording a person in the street without permission and disseminating the video on networks, as in relation to the April Fair. Organic Law 1/1982, which regulates the fundamental right to honor, privacy and one’s own image, is clear about this type of illegitimate interference. At least, and with the second running of the Sanfermines in 2026 over, everything is functioning with ritual normality: short and very fast running of the bulls and with a controlled injury toll—just two injured per pole—, while the city continues to shield the race with more surveillance, more preventive messages and more awareness than ever about risky behavior. Images | Flickr (Paul Mison, Antonio Sánchez Serrano) In Xataka | There are people covering the LED on Meta’s glasses to record secretly. The company has just made a drastic decision In Xataka | Soon you won’t need to remember anyone’s name. Meta’s glasses will do it for you

There are people covering the LED on Meta’s glasses to record secretly. The company has just made a drastic decision

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Today it is relatively easy to know when someone is recording us with a cell phone: we see it raised, pointing towards us, becoming an almost universal signal. The same does not happen with smart glasses. They may look like normal glasses, be on the face of someone looking in our direction, and go unnoticed for those who don’t know what to look for. In this scenario, the small white light that turns on when capturing photos or videos is not a minor detail: it is the visible clue that allows us to understand that those glasses are recording. The problem begins when that clue disappears. That’s just what Meta is trying to prevent now. The company claims that its AI glasses, a category that already goes beyond the Ray-Ban Meta, will disable the camera if they detect that the capture LED has been physically tampered with or destroyed, not just if it is covered. Until now, Meta said that, since its second generation of glasses, the system already blocked photos and videos when it detected that that light was covered. The novelty is that the protection is extended to more aggressive attempts to override the visible warning. It is not an absolute guarantee against all misuse, but it is a direct response to a specific crack in the product. The problem with glasses was not just blocking the light Meta calls that signal “capture LED”: a white light on the front of each pair of glasses that flashes when content is being captured for the gallery. According to the company, in the case of a photo the notice appears for a moment, while on video remains throughout the recording. On paper, its function is simple: let people around you know that someone is taking an image or recording a scene. In practice, that small light carries an enormous responsibility: making visible a camera that, by design, can be confused with conventional glasses. The leap is that it wasn’t all about putting a piece of tape over the light. Meta acknowledges that it has seen attempts that went further: efforts to physically modify or destroy the capture LED. Media like 404 Media and BGR have documented those types of practices in more detail. The first published the case of a service that offered to modify the Ray-Ban Meta to make the light useless, while the second included more rudimentary methods and other more elaborate ones, from accessories designed to hide it to physical interventions on the indicator area. The underlying issue was clear: if the signal could disappear and the camera continued working, the safeguard lost much of its meaning. In Spain we have already seen how far this gap can go. At Xataka we have been counting for just over a year the case of a young man detained in Barcelona after recording hundreds of women with smart glasses without their knowledge, an episode that turned a until then diffuse concern into a much more tangible problem. The key was not only the device, but the lack of social alarm about it: many people still do not react the same to apparently normal glasses as to a cell phone pointed in their direction. The company presents the update as a new layer of privacy, but it is also an admission that the LED had become an attackable point in the system. If the visible notice could be obscured, modified, or destroyed while the camera continued to operate, the promise of transparency was weakened. Now Meta is trying to turn that light into something more than an indicator: a condition for the camera to operate. Images | Goal In Xataka | Meta already has its rival for Nano Banana 2. Its problem is the same as always: mercilessly invading our privacy

If you don’t have glasses for the solar eclipse, this homemade box made with cardboard and aluminum foil works just as well.

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If you plan to see the solar eclipse on August 12, you will surely have already been researching methods to see it safely. To look directly at the Sun, x-rays, photographic negatives or any of the tricks that were recommended in the past are not useful. We can hurt our eyes a lot. Only approved glasses are valid. However, if you do not have or do not want to buy them, you can always resort to indirect methods, such as pinhole camera. It is an ideal method to use with children, since you can see the solar eclipse without risk And, what’s more, they have a good time making the box. Of course, it is a perfect plan to do as a family. We tell you everything you need to do it. Materials The materials to make the pinhole camera are very simple. First of all, you need a cardboard box. It may be worth an empty cereal container or shoe box. You also need a white piece of paper, a piece of aluminum foil, tape, a pencil, scissors and a thumbtack. How is the pinhole camera made? To make the pinhole camera, first we need to draw one of the shortest sides of the cardboard box on the sheet of paper. For example, the base of the cereal box. We place it on the sheet of paper, draw the outline and then cut it out. We must glue the resulting piece of paper inside, on the bottom of the box. Next, at the opposite end of the box, two square-shaped holes should be made. If we have a cereal box, which has that side open, we would have to glue a piece of cardboard in the middle, so that the two square openings on the sides can be seen. In this NASA publication there is a video that shows how it should look.. Then, cover one of the openings with aluminum foil secured with adhesive tape. Also, make a small hole in the center of the aluminum foil with a thumbtack. With this the pinhole camera would be ready. How to use it to view the solar eclipse? To use the pinhole camera we must position ourselves with our backs to the sun and look through the hole that doesn’t have aluminum foil. The sun’s rays enter through the small hole in the aluminum foil, which acts as if it were the lens of a camera, so that the image behind it is projected on the blank paper that we place at the bottom of the box. It should be noted that, logically, this device only works during partial solar eclipse. When totality is reached and the Moon completely covers the Sun, there is hardly any light that can enter through the hole, so there will be no projections to look at. The good thing is that, only during that totality, you can look at the sun directly, without glasses. Of course, you have to be very clear when the totality begins and when it ends, since with very little light we can damage our retinas. In short, this is a good way to indirectly see the partial solar eclipse without the need for approved glasses. If you are in one of the places within the band of totality, once it begins, you can look at the Sun directly, but be careful not to go too far. Unless you are in a town like Lerín, where The bells will ring to warn when totality begins and endsget away from the slightest ray that appears. Image | POT In Xataka | The trio of eclipses that await Spain on the horizon: an unprecedented and historic chain between 2026 and 2028

Finding approved glasses to see the eclipse is more complex than it seems: here is a guide

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The total solar eclipse on August 12 will be the first in peninsular Spain since 1912. However, many Spaniards have already seen the occasional partial eclipse. Although we are ashamed, many of us also have memories of having looked at the sun through an x-ray, in the absence of approved glasses. There were many myths about it and it used to be said that this measure was enough to protect the eyes. A very dangerous statement that left more than one person with sore eyes. Nowadays, luckily, there is much more information and we know that, to look directly at the sun, only glasses approved for eclipses are valid. The problem is that, as with everything, there will be people who try to profit by selling at a lower price some glasses that, in reality, do not meet adequate safety standards. Therefore, it is very important that we, as users, know what we should look at. Make sure they are approved. Approved glasses must contain the inscription: EN ISO 12312-2:2015. In addition, if you buy in the European Union, the CE marking must also be visible. On the other hand, there is certain information that must always be included: the name of the manufacturer, instructions on its safe use and conservation instructions. All of this should be included on the packaging or instructions. Make sure they are not broken. Your glasses may be approved and suitable for eclipses, but they may be damaged. If this is the case, they can be equally harmful to the eyes. That’s why, you should check that the filter is not scratched, loose or bent, and also that some areas are not lighter than others. In general, if you see any signs of deterioration in the area covering the eyes, you should look for others. Be careful where you buy. As long as all of these criteria are met, it doesn’t matter where you buy your eclipse glasses. However, it is true that if you buy them from planetariums, astronomical associations or scientific entities, they are more likely to be reliable. No, sunglasses don’t work. It may seem intuitive to us to wear sunglasses. After all, they are made to protect the eyes from solar radiation. However, direct and indirect solar radiation are not the same, especially when the direct radiation occurs under the conditions of an eclipse. Sunglasses meet their own safety criteria for protect us from scattered lightbut not to look directly at the king star. In fact, they can increase the risk, since they don’t block as much UV radiation as eclipse glasses, but enough so that we don’t have to squint. We will have them wide open and those radiations from which they do not protect us will be able to penetrate and affect us more. It doesn’t matter if 99% of the sun is covered. Even if there is only 1% of the sun visible, it is important to use approved glasses. The problem with eclipses is that, since there is a certain darkness, we do not blink or squint as much as we would when looking directly at the sun, so we do not have that perception of danger, but we do run the risk of damaging our retinas. Therefore, always check that your glasses are well approved. This way you can enjoy the eclipse safely. Image | Astroclubkosova In Xataka | A third of Spain will be completely dark for a minute or two. The astronomical event of the century is approaching

Soon you won’t need to remember anyone’s name. Meta’s glasses will do it for you

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We recently learned that Ray-Ban Meta continue recording when you take them off and that there are contractors in Kenya watching everything that happens. They are also being used for things as shady as record women without their consent. In an already delicate context with the issue of privacy, Meta has decided that it was a good idea to add an even more controversial function: facial recognition. The discovery. Wired has analyzed the Meta AI code, which is the companion-app that comes with the glasses, and they have discovered the code for a facial recognition system that has not yet been officially released. The company had previously said that they were “thinking” about how to implement this technology, but the discovery shows that the code began to be deployed last January. Meta has been quietly including all the pieces necessary to get it up and running, so they could launch it at any time. How it works. The function is called internally ‘NameTag’, although its commercial name is believed to be ‘Connections’. It combines three AI models: one detects the face through the camera, another scans it, and the third converts it into biometric data. They are then compared to a database on the user’s phone and, if it detects a person, it sends a notification. That is, if someone who is in that database approaches you, they will tell you who they are. Qwhat does this mean. The ideal scenario from a privacy point of view would be that you can only use it with those contacts who have agreed, but the code says they can take it further. The interesting thing is what happens to faces that are not recognized. The app does not discard them, but rather stores them in a folder called “pending.” And there is something even more striking: the database you have on your mobile is designed to be able to receive Meta updates, that is, they could modify it remotely. There is a possibility that it was used for an “assistive mode”, for example for blind users, in which Meta could include packets of faces of people who have agreed to be included. However, it also opens the door to the creation of a database of faces, with the risks that entails. Criticisms and risks. Cooper Quintin, a security researcher consulted by Wired, criticizes that Meta has “created the ability to turn its clients into a distributed surveillance machine.” Additionally, last April, more than 70 organizations and advocacy groups They demanded that Meta abandon the projectarguing that a system like this, integrated into such a discreet wearable, could normalize the silent identification of strangers and poses a risk to especially vulnerable groups such as immigrants or LGBTQ+ people. Meta has a past. It is not the first time that Meta has had problems with facial recognition functions. In 2010 they integrated photo tagging into Facebook, collecting data from more than 1 billion users. In 2019 the company had to pay a fine of more than 5 billion dollars for privacy violation and in 2021 they closed the system and deleted all facial data. However, Joseph Jerome, a former Meta Reality Labs employee, tells Wired that internally it wasn’t considered a final decision and that “There was always this tension of, well, when do we roll out facial recognition again?” Meta’s response. A spokesperson for the company has insisted that no facial recognition feature has been launched in its glasses and that it being in the code simply indicates that they are “exploring it”. Furthermore, he adds that if they finally launch it, they will do so “with complete transparency” and insists that “we are not building a central facial database.” We will have to wait for the launch. Image | Xataka with Gemini In Xataka | Anduril and Meta have a new and disturbing obsession: turning smart glasses into instruments of war

Smart glasses for police seemed like science fiction. Some Chinese agents have already started using them

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The image is powerful because it is easy to visualize: a police officer walks down a street in Tianjin, looks around, and connected glasses return useful information in real time. What until not so long ago could have sounded like science fiction is beginning to have much more earthly applications, from ordering traffic to helping locate a lost person. In this city in northern China, according to China Dailytechnology is already part of some police tasks. And that’s the interesting thing: we are not just talking about a futuristic promise, but about a use that is beginning to hit the streets. Smart glasses for police. The key is that we are not just talking about glasses placed on an agent’s face, but about a system designed to be integrated into police routine. They are officially presented as a development of the local public security system, with national software and hardware, and places them in three areas of use: traffic, patrols and urban management. It is a very immediate effectiveness-oriented approach. An invisible screen for the agent. The device works as a layer of information added to police work. It can recognize text, interpret voice commands and provide responses from a connected platform, with the camera as an entry point to identify elements of the environment. In practice, this allows identity checks to be carried out or information associated with a person to be searched without leaving the scene. The source presents it as a responsive improvement, although such a tool also opens up obvious questions about surveillance and privacy. The glasses on the ground. Zhao Baoxin, an officer at the Jiefang Road police station in Heping district, told the aforementioned media that during a patrol they found an elderly man at an intersection who could not express himself clearly or indicate his name or address. According to his version, the glasses made it possible to quickly identify him and, in about 20 minutes, contact his family so he could return home. Traffic as a daily test. Another of the uses described brings the technology down to a very recognizable scene: the entrance and exit of a school. In that case, parents can pre-register their license plates through a mini-program developed with the participation of the public security system, and that information is linked to the platform consulted by the glasses. Thus, agents identify authorized vehicles, order short stops and divert other cars during peak congestion hours. It is efficient on paper, but it also normalizes automated license plate reading. What the numbers say. Sun Yinghua, agent in the science, technology and IT area of ​​the Municipal Public Security Bureau, places the recognition accuracy above 95% and speaks of results in milliseconds. They also explain that the design also seeks comfort: they weigh about 40 grams and offer a first-person perspective that avoids the framing changes typical of a body camera when the agent leans or turns. The autonomy, however, is 1.5 or 2 hours of continuous use. It hasn’t come out of nowhere. Police glasses with facial recognition had already appeared in China years ago. In 2018, SCMP counted that were being used at Zhengzhou East station during Chunyun, the huge Lunar New Year travel period, to locate fugitives and detect cases of identity fraud. What we see now seems less like a one-off test and more like a piece within an ecosystem: China Daily cites uses in different areas of the country, coordination with drones in large operations and plans to connect the glasses with robotic dogs, intelligent police vehicles, humanoid robots and other terminals. Efficiency gains ground, but so do questions about surveillance. Images | Xataka with Nano Banana In Xataka | The metaverse wasn’t dead, it was on a spree. And Meta wants it to flood Instagram and Facebook

turning smart glasses into instruments of war

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Anduril and Meta join forces. What began as a race to conquer the “metaverse” with devices like the Quest has transformed into something very different. Specifically, in a contract of 159 million dollars that Anduril and Meta have jointly signed to develop smart glasses that enhance the operational capacity of soldiers on the battlefield. This joint project is being developed in parallel with the Anduril helmet with assisted vision system, called EagleEye. War made video game. These augmented reality glasses provide the soldier with an integrated system that theoretically displays a map, identifies enemy vehicle profiles, calculates shooting distance, processes threats in real time and overlays tactical data on the wearer’s physical environment. The future vision of these companies is to add special functions, such as being able to order a drone attack thanks to eye tracking and voice commands. War made video game. From consumers to soldiers. It is ironic that a technology that was originally used for entertainment applications ends up having a military purpose. Anduril provides its software platform, called Lattice, which acts as the “brain” of the system, fusing the data captured by the glasses with that received from the rest of the battlefield network. The ethical challenge. If an AI decides what a target is and displays it prominently on the soldier’s glasses, is the room for human error reduced or are we simply automating violence? This gamification of war is increasing and the danger is evident: treating a combat environment almost as if it were a video game can make it difficult to distinguish between civilians and combatants, for example. If the metaverse doesn’t work… Meta has an opportunity here to recover part of the gigantic investment it has made in the field of virtual and augmented reality. After losing tens of billions of dollars with the metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg has decided leave these solutions in the background in the end-user market. And he has also seen clearly that his advances could have a very juicy military application. The geopolitical factor. There is no doubt that both in Silicon Valley and in the rest of the world there is one huge demand of new technological solutions applied to the battlefield. The conflicts that have occurred in recent years have caused skyrocket defense budgetsand here both Anduril and Meta wanted to take advantage of their opportunity. Microsoft missed its chance. In Redmond they had a fantastic product with Hololensbut its role in the end-user segment was never clear, and the company refocused it on first- and then to the military sector. Here the failure was enormous despite the investment of 22 billion dollars that the US Army carried out in this area. Meta and Anduril have wanted to take the baton, but they will not be alone: ​​companies like Rivet either Elbit They have projects that compete to become the new “weapons” of the soldier of the future. In Xataka | In its obsession with bringing technology to every corner of the country, China has equipped its army with augmented reality

There is a product prepared so that we can stop taking our cell phone out of our pocket. The glasses: Crossover 1×44

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We have been wanting to find a replacement for our cell phone for years. We believed that smart watches could be a good alternative, but in reality they have ended up becoming a useful complement, without more. However with the smart and connected glasses things promise to change, especially because it is a product with a very striking formatfeatures that can be truly remarkable and a current state that promises a lot in the short term. The question is whether glasses can process everything that smartphones can do today. They may not be prepared for our current consumption of video or networks – there the mobile touch screen continues to win for the moment – but their possibilities in terms of voice and visual interaction with AI They are very interesting. There is here a first clear challenge with privacy. We already saw how Google Glass could not fight against that stigma, and suspicions have continued to appear with Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The other, that of miniaturization: can technology integrate everything necessary into these glasses that weigh just 50 grams to ensure that the experience and performance achieve their results? What we have seen seems to point to yes -the chinese manufacturers They are surprising a lot in this area—but we will have to see how it advances quickly. We talk about all this in this new episode of Crossover, so we hope you enjoy it and find it interesting. On YouTube | Crossover In Xataka | Going to an exam with AI glasses and passing it by cheating is now possible. And Valencia wants to avoid it

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