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Razer Announces Project Hazel - The World's Smartest Mask
- Thread starter Ryan.
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Wow. We're in hell.
Also, i fucking HATE it when people go "Dur hur Black Mirror"
but also..........
Black Mirror.
Also, i fucking HATE it when people go "Dur hur Black Mirror"
but also..........
Black Mirror.
Eh, I don't hate it, but I feel like this is going to be well over $200 which feels like a lot so the cashier at the grocery store can "pick up on my social cues" lol. Granted, I've learned that my wife uses lip reading for like half of her speech comprehension because she can't hear shit I say when we're out in public masked up anymore; this would help with that I suppose.
Mask is cool! But I'm just wondering, if they're throwing R&D bucks for this and it has no date, they must be expecting the pandemic to last well into the year, right?
Yeah I'd rather have console gamer aesthetics on my mask thank you very much!
For real though I want one.
It's great for people that sign, etc. Being able to read someones lips is such a huge benefit to a fair bit.
I'd feel really weird rocking up to the grocery store with a $100+ mask with RGB bumping while people stocking the shelves are risking their lives daily for minimum wage, wearing disposable masks but maybe that's just me. I'll stick to my fabric mask.
Cool concept design but parts of it just feel off to me. I'd love to see Razer donate these to frontline workers though. Give these to grocery store workers, as one example.
Cool concept design but parts of it just feel off to me. I'd love to see Razer donate these to frontline workers though. Give these to grocery store workers, as one example.
And that makes total sense. I'm glad it's available for them, even though I personally would prefer a non-transparent version.
I mean, it's pretty much guaranteed that the pandemic will last well into the year/the whole year and likely into next year.
Unless we find a way to start vaccinating about 10x faster than we currently are.
As far as the R&D is concerned, I don't think there's much of a technical hurdle there. Masks with ventilation and such are pretty common-place, so making an active filter shouldn't be too much of an issue. The biggest problem is the sterilization and battery life of these masks.
Exactly.
No need to fake smile at people and we can tell facial recognition to fuck off as well.
lmao its Razer i would be suprised if its less than 100 dollars/euro/pounds
Thought it was going to be related to this mask I was just recommended on kickstarter;
www.kickstarter.com
Blanc: Face the world with the only full-face modular mask
A HEPA-enabled face mask that protects you and your identity while highlighting your personal style with hundreds of changeable panels
These things actually go a long way in solving various accessibility design problems but I think the price of this is bound to put it out of reach of those who would need it most, should it even make it to market. It seems like a concept product though.
This isn't dumb, this is exactly what companies need to be making. There are a lot of deaf and hard of hearing people out there who rely on lip-reading who have been marginalized, and all companies have been doing is continuing to sell garbage fabric masks for 20 bucks a pop.
And when a mask is made of plastic, it muffles your voice more, so the microphone/speaker actually makes sense in that regard as well.
I have been following basically ANY transparent mask because it's what we need as my wife is hard of hearing, but they are all taking forever to hit the market. The muffled voice is one of the challenges a lot of them have. Just give me a sign up page, a price and a date, Razer.
And when a mask is made of plastic, it muffles your voice more, so the microphone/speaker actually makes sense in that regard as well.
I have been following basically ANY transparent mask because it's what we need as my wife is hard of hearing, but they are all taking forever to hit the market. The muffled voice is one of the challenges a lot of them have. Just give me a sign up page, a price and a date, Razer.
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But why? This could be good for people with vocal cord issues who can't raise their voice.
The translucent feature helps people who have to interpret words through lip reading, etc etc.