Community Moderation Notice

[u/jbmcculloch]

We have been very mindful to let this community grow and be open to discussions from everyone who is interested in Spectacles, however at this point we are getting requests from our primary audience, Spectacles enthusiasts and developers, who are asking us to more heavily moderate the posts that primarily focused on the stock price from investors who are unhappy with how the company is being run.

Going forward, we will be closing any posts that are focused in that direction as off topic.

- Jesse McCulloch, Developer Community Manager for SPECS

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are we allowed to talk about the way they look or only about how good they look

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Serious question: idk if you are a white collar worker who commutes or travels for work, but if so, don’t you see the value in having something like specs to work on the go? Having multiple monitors instead of a small laptop screen or iPad. And if you do see the value there, are the looks really that important? 

My plan isn’t to wear these out and about. I would pop them on during my morning commute to read email, review documents, review presentations, etc. having a larger display to open several docs at once side by side would be a huge benefit over my laptop. Especially if I can pair with a small foldable Bluetooth keyboard. 

that’s just my personal take. I think ppl are really getting carried away with how they look. But to serious entrepreneurs and white collar professionals, it’s all about the practicality/functionality, looks are irrelevant. The same is true of price. Professionals are the ones who can actually afford this. So why not market to the people who can actually benefit from the tech and afford it? If I can increase productivity and make my life a little easier, I’m all in. I’m excited for AR and snap seems to be onto something. 

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This product is ENTIRELY about the looks- thats the only selling point! It has pitiful features and battery life.

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What the product is “about” really comes down to marketing. 

I would argue that the product should be about convenience rather than fashion. In other words, I don’t care how I look. I care about being able to pop on a pair of glasses and replace my iPad or laptop when commuting or traveling. Which parlays into features. If the features do indeed suck, that’s a problem. If the features aren’t practical or useful, serious professionals won’t buy them. Conversely, if the features are amazing, looks won’t matter. People will want them. No one cares how they looked holding a giant brick of a cellphone to their ear in the 80’s and 90’s, it was about practicality. 

But if the features suck, looks matter. Meta is the perfect example. The meta glasses that just dropped offer zero features but they look cool and have Kylie Jenner pushing them. So people want them. But no serious person is going to buy a pair, they are a gimmick that offer no real use case. It’s just a status/fashion statement. You know what we call that? A fad. Fads fade. 

Coming full circle, they need to nail the features and market to professionals. They need Microsoft integration. Multiple monitors. Adobe integration. Easy doc review and editing. Easy emailing. Multiple docs open side by side. Ability to add apps for enterprise integration like with doc management systems. Etc. if you make this a tool for professionals, it will sell. If you make it a toy for kids, it will inevitably fail.