• PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I have one of these. It is literally the initial setup screen and it needs internet because all of the workouts are online and many are live. If you don’t want to use it for workouts just turn it off or ignore the message and it will go back to being a mirror in a few minutes.

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      I am so lost here. Are you suggesting that many people buy mirrors linked to the internet these days so that they can mimic figures displayed on that mirror in order to get their physical exercise in? Does the “mirror” need to be plugged in constantly(electricity/internet)? Is it even a mirror, or is it really just a shiny screen with a camera?

      No bad faith intended here. I’d love for you to give me the name of the product - it just seems so odd to me.

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        This “mirror” is actually a big screen. What the reflection is for is so that you observe yourself performing actions, like you would do at the gym. What the screen is for is essentially your own personal trainer in your home. There are thousands of classes/sessions available for various exercises. It does have a web cam as well so you can have an actual personal trainer correct your form, but I have never used that part of it. Honestly it is pretty good, just priced too high for the monthly fees ($45).

        https://prod-frontend.mirror.co/

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        I think this is Peloton—it’s a mirror with a monitor inside and a camera. You do aerobics with an instructor or in classes.

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    I hate the future. We were promised hoverboards and instead we have this. Fuck the future.

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      9 months ago

      Me and the GF joke “we got all the bad things of a cyberpunk dystopia where the cool things like cybernetics to fix our medically screwed over bodies”

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    9 months ago

    Who’s the dumbass? The person who makes the shitty mirror, or the person who bought the inevitably extremely shitty mirror?

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    I don’t understand the problem, You’ve got a perfectly well working product, just without the Internet access. If you don’t want to connect it to use the advanced features, just unplug it and use the mirror in the way you like.

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      Some people enjoy having some unique tech are they wrong to be upset when the product they paid for doesn’t work? It’s dumb that the error takes up the entire mirror so by sharing posts like this on social media it encourages the makers to fix this flaw by using public pressure.

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        Who said it doesn’t work? It’s telling you to connect to WiFi. If you wanted to use the smart features, you don’t care if it’s blocking the mirror because the point of this device is not the mirror.

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          The features are smart but many of the people trying to use them aren’t. So we get posts like these.

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      9 months ago

      This might be a ‘smart’ (not enough quotes) mirror that can be used to virtually try clothes. The brand name in the error message is a hint. I know they exist, I have yet to see one, and hopefully I will never see one

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        Magic mirrors are so cool, I’ve been wanting to build one for ever since first seeing people make them on hackaday like 7 years ago.

        It’s on my ‘one day I’ll do this’ project list’.

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      Theres a few really cool potential uses for these, but the tech isnt quite there yet.

      Imagine seeing a jacket and like “Yeah it looks good on the professional model under ideal lighting conditions, but what about on me and what size would I need?” So you jump on your smart scales that also know your height, stand in front of the mirror and it extrapolates your measurements and shows you exactly what you would look like wearing a large.

      Also some cool stuff going on with digital personal trainers that monitor your form in real time.

      The downside to all this “Cool” is that its hideously expensive and almost guaranteed to be subscription but… still cool in theory.

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          While also selling you technology you don’t need that will spy on you in your home and scan your network for every device, open file share, and anything that has data it can harvest and share back to its corporate overlords, so they can sell it to Facebook and Google, along with any nudes it captures (because you know people will set them up in private spaces).

          Edit: This particular one is apparently a workout product, which I’m unfamiliar with. I guess that’s … fine? (I don’t get how it’s functionally different than a laptop on a a table if you’ve already got mirrors, but I mean… whatever.) I was under the impression this was a smart mirror used to virtually try on clothes. My comments about data exfiltration and spying (just maybe not nudes) still stand.

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          Just because its vapid stupid consumer privacy invading bullshit doesnt mean the tech isnt cool or interesting.

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    “Your mirror isn’t connected to the internet and as such we will put a full length error on it to remove even the functionality provided by the basic properties of aluminium”

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      “Your mirror isn’t connected to the internet so fix that problem or find the power switch. Alternatively, fucking unplug it. Two basic concepts for all things electronic.”

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    If you really really really need IOT Mirror there’s bunch of tutorial on internet how to made it, you can even use existing mirror to make it
    No need to buy pre built ones because most of them has hidden camera somewhere

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    I would rather burn down my house than to buy smart devices. I am getting old and bitter because of this crap world and people.

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      The problem isnt the concept of smart devices but the way capitalism designed them.

      For some reason all of them need to connect to the internet and are controlled with a cloud app, which to me seems like it completely unnecessary and unsafe from a consumer point of view.

      I bet the reason the error above exist is just to manipulate you into connecting it just so they can steal and sell your data, big nope for me.

      Just give me something that

      • reverts to default functionality in case of problems
      • has advanced technical features for convenience
      • has an accessible local netwerk api so consumers can do what they want.

      If i really need internet access i’ll provide a vpn tunnel or open port to do so, safely under my own adult responsibility.

      One can make an argument that not all are so tech inclined but my counter is the consumer crap is so full of dangerous exploits if what i wrote sounds foreign stay away from it or ask a friendly geek for help.

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        “The problem is… capitalism”

        I’ve been finding it boils down to this more or less every time. Every single bad thing in my life is a product of people trying to squeeze other people for a buck.

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      It could do just that by changing the background color to white, now that would be diabolical

  • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Oh that’s perfect! For those who spend so much time looking in the mirror, why not multitask, catch up on your social media feeds, game or stream some content?