Re: First impressions of the Meta Ray Ban glasses and the Be My Eyes integration.

['Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone]

hi, I do have the glasses, indeed, I've had them for a year now! A very early adoptor I was… at the moment, the Be My Eyes functionality does not include be my AI. they are certainly talking about it though… so, only calls to volunteers at the moment. I have done this, on the first day it became available, about a week ago I think, and it worked flawlessly and was very good. as for other apps, such as Seeing AI, no, matter has not made it API open generally, yet. however, reading between the lines, I think they have been very surprised at the enthusiastic response of the Vip community, and perhaps, getting to be a bit more open minded re-making their platform available for third-party apps. Plus, a small observation, when my news is the Be My Eyes volunteer service, there are times when actually the phone's back camera would do better, because of an angle, perhaps electronic display which is low down something like that, in which case, you can just tap twice on the camera button on the glasses and it will swap it straight to your phone camera and the same in reverse. Lastly, I think it has been suggested that you can make FaceTime calls using the glasses, I don't think this is correct, but could be proved wrong. However, you can make video WhatsApp calls, and it works well for that. what I do, which may not be the most efficient method, as I initiate the WhatsApp call on my phone, WhatsApp video call that is, and then I double tap the glasses once I'm connected, double tapping the camera button, and the phones back camera default over to the glasses and a few go as far as I know, there's no time restriction on this because you're not actually creating a video you streaming. hope some of this helps rather than confuses… All the best, Sandy and Z the boy who wants his own super doggy canine pair! Sent from The dark side of the moon On Nov 20, 2024, at 3:08 p.m., Jenny Bomareto <jennybomareto.from.flor...@gmail.com> wrote: This message that I’m replying to I don’t think has been answered yet for people that use these glasses. So please let us know. Thanks for reading regarding this matter. Jenny Bomareto Sent from my iPhone 15 On Nov 19, 2024, at 12:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:  Can you also use the Be My AI feature in Be My Eyes via the glasses? I use that way more than live assistance. Also, has anybody heard anything about Microsoft Seeing AI being available/supported? If the short text channel could be used through the glasses that would be amazing.   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Chuck Dean Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 9:35 AM To: VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: First impressions of the Meta Ray Ban glasses and the Be My Eyes integration.   Hello,  I installed the Be My Eyes update allowing me to connect the app to my Meta smart glasses. I had to restart my iPhone to finish the process but it is working fine now. My first test was to look around my front yard. I simply said. Hey meta, be my eyes and I was connected to a be my eyes volunteer after about a 30 second wait. She described everything perfectly, once I removed my hat, which was partially blocking the camera's view. My next test was to see if the volunteer could tell me when a traffic light changed to the walk sign. This time I did not get a connection so I relied on my OKO app, which works well at this particular intersection. The next call I made was to find a cell phone repair store in a strip mall. She red the store names until we found the store and she guided me to the front door. Unfortunately, the store wasn't opened, so I'll have to get a new screen protector another time. As I walked home, I tried for the walk sign again. This time the call went through in a few seconds, and the volunteer could easily see the light and told me when it turned to walk. (I also used the OKO app as a back up ). I haven't used the Be My Eyes app in the past, but I can see that this hands free approach will be a game changer! 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