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Tencent is Launching its Own Version of Snap Spectacles

posted by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @08:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the cool-brother dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Tencent this week unveiled its answer to the video-recording sunglasses, which, you'll notice, bear a striking resemblance to Snap's Spectacles.

Called the Weishi smartglasses, Tencent's wearable camera sports a lens in the front corner that allows users to film from a first-person perspective. Thankfully, the Chinese gaming and social giant has not made the mistake of Snap's first-generation Spectacles, which highlighted the camera with a conspicuous yellow ring.

[...] The purpose behind Tencent's new gadget is implicit in its name. Weishi, which means "micro videos" in Chinese, is also the name of the short-video sharing app that Tencent has been aggressively promoting in recent months to catch up with market dominators TikTok and Kuaishou.

(source: TechCrunch)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:06PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:06PM (#759171)

    more amateur first-person pron is coming to an app/site/?? near you

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:35PM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:35PM (#759186) Journal

    You marketed the device better than they ever could.

    You'd look like a douche fucking with sunglasses on, which may be a plus. Next stop: Beer Goggles Mode.

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    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:15PM (1 child)

      by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:15PM (#759207) Journal

      most guys in porn look douchey anyway, what does it matter?

      Real FPV with these would have lots of closeups of pillows, or ears... mmm, sexy!

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @12:50AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @12:50AM (#759239)

        > ... closeups of pillows, or ears... mmm, sexy!

        I think you just figured out how to get around the {name big video sites} censors. Pron innuendo. Or is soft core like that already a genre?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @12:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @12:45AM (#759237)

      > You marketed the device better than they ever could.

      Us ACs got strength in numbers!

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:41PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:41PM (#759218)

    I wonder what it says about me that I had never even considered that? Even though it's really obvious.

    Of course, if the pron people don't take this tech up, it will fail yet again.