Thought smart glasses were creepy? These bone conduction headphones have a tiny 4K camera — but luckily…
- The W&O X1 headphones come with a camera attached
- They raise new concerns over illicit recordings
- There is a recording light that turns on when the camera is active
The debate around smart glasses with cameras attached continues to rumble on — and apparently Meta still has plans for glasses that are constantly recording the world around them — and we now have a new pair of bone conduction headphones that lose the spectacles but keep the camera.
They're called the W&O X1 (via New Atlas), and of course they're packed with plenty of AI. This on-board assistant can help you navigate to locations, identify landmarks, look up facts and answers online, and even translate between languages. All this happens through voice control and spoken responses.
In order to provide some of that AI functionality, the W&O X1 headphones are fitted with a 4K video camera supplied by Samsung...
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