September 1, 2020 03:00 pm
Auctify’s Specs (above) are being marketed as a “productivity-boosting” tool. | Image: Auctify
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/1/21404004/anti-procrastination-smart-glasses-productivity-boosting-auctify-specs-indiegogo
These anti-procrastination smart glasses use AI to monitor what you look at all day
Auctify’s Specs (above) are being marketed as a “productivity-boosting” tool. | Image: Auctify
The difficulty of staying focused in an age of distractions is one of those annoyingly accurate cliches. (I checked my phone three times just writing this paragraph.) But a startup named Auctify has what it claims is the solution: smart glasses that use AI to monitor what you’re looking at and nudge you to pay attention. Depending on your worldview, it’s the product of your dreams or a productivity-hacking nightmare.
The glasses are called Specs, and they launch today on Indiegogo. The premise is simple: a camera built into the frame of Specs uses machine learning to identify what you’re looking at, whether that’s a laptop, book, or a fellow human being. It records this data and sends it to a connected app where users can take action in...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/1/21404004/anti-procrastination-smart-glasses-productivity-boosting-auctify-specs-indiegogo
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