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.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:35PM (3 children)
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)
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
> ... 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
> You marketed the device better than they ever could.
Us ACs got strength in numbers!