Just where I'm sitting right now, there are at least 3 cameras pointed at me. My laptop, my girlfriend's laptop, and the camera on my phone, but they're all (with reasonable probability) turned off right now.
Implying that this is comparable to the videoscreens talked about in 1984, when it really isn't, means that if there ever is something similar to that, people will be a lot less receptive to criticism of it. Boy who cried wolf an all that.
* Also, they weren't "videoscreens" in 1984 but "telescreens", producing audio while recording and transmitting audio and video. That happens to match the Echo Look, form factor excepted.
My sisters and my mom would absolutely use this thing. I'm sure they would think it was really, really cool.
(Granted, that is only 2 in 5 sisters, I'm sure the other 3 would think it was silly)
Never forget that you live in a bubble. Better yet, try to identify the boundaries of your bubble, and try to move outside of them.
It appears the Echo Look is available by invitation only. Has anyone been able to get their hands on one?
That said, this is _surely_ going to flop...
The only use I can think for it is a convenient way to track which outfits you wear so you can remember what you paired with what but you could just as easily hold your phone in your hand and take a quick photo without the faff of syncing to get the photos on your phone!
I can't, however, understand the Echo Look. I know people like to take selfies and have no problem blasting them out into the internet, but I think Amazon is really playing the risk card here. A camera watching you undress.. what could go wrong?!
There's a store near where I live (it's a national chain) where you can set up an appointment to go in, be measured, and try a bunch of stuff on. They check each item to see how well it fits then help you pick things that fit well and look good together. They let me know that I've been buying clothes that were way too big for me.
If I could have a device in my home and get that kind of advice on demand, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
If Amazon can pull this off, it's going to be disruptive to say the least. As I understand it, the back end is a mix of machine learning and human experts/trainers. They are going to get thousands of images from similar cameras, at the same resolution, framed in a similar way. That's machine learning gold. Amazon will see what I have and then be able to make suggestions of more clothes that I should buy. If this takes off, it's going to put a lot of clothing retailers out of business. If I were running Gap, I'd be a little scared because there's no way they can compete. The best they can do is hope Amazon will sell their clothes.
I'm not convinced though, that Amazon can pull it off. Not yet, anyway.
The same subtle convenience from the old Echo model applies here as well. It's these subtle things that add up to make a huge difference
I'm just clearly not the demographic for this, because though the echo is a popular device, damned if I can figure out what the hell its use case is *that the phone in your pocket can't already do.
This adds a camera to the formula and I'm more confused.
So they're building a modern cellular telephone in reverse?
If you still can't see the benefit, then you really probably are not the target audience as you say.