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What’s a good use for augmented-reality glasses combined with AI? How
about recognition of billboards and other advertising material in your surroundings, and automatically blocking them from your view?

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I wonder how long it will be before those “I see you’re using an ad-blocker” popups on certain websites make their way to the physical
world, as a response to this ...
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In comp.misc, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

What’s a good use for augmented-reality glasses combined with AI? How
about recognition of billboards and other advertising material in your surroundings, and automatically blocking them from your view?

In some parts of the world, billboards are the only way to reliably
reach the very small number of people who sign the contracts for your
products. All along I-80 in San Francisco or US-101 near San Jose for
example. Billboards with text like "npm i ai":

https://content.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FEATURED_QuirkyTechBillboards-19.jpg?w=3840&q=75

But if a computer is relied to recognize an advertisement, someone will
figure out a way to break that recognition to get it to show anyway.
It's as sure as the Halting Problem.

Elijah
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is it legal to drive with "augmented-reality glasses"? should it be?
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:12:25 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:

https://content.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FEATURED_QuirkyTechBillboards-19.jpg?w=3840&q=75

Try it without the resizing parameters to get a slightly
better-quality version.
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On 6/22/25 10:18 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

What’s a good use for augmented-reality glasses combined with AI? How
about recognition of billboards and other advertising material in your surroundings, and automatically blocking them from your view?

<https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/engineer-creates-ad-block-for-the-real-world-with-augmented-reality-glasses-no-more-products-or-branding-in-your-everyday-life>

I wonder how long it will be before those “I see you’re using an ad-blocker” popups on certain websites make their way to the physical world, as a response to this ...

Or worse, "I see you're not wearing your AR glasses. For an improved experience, please wear your AR glasses."

8-0
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D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:

On 6/22/25 10:18 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

What’s a good use for augmented-reality glasses combined with AI? How
about recognition of billboards and other advertising material in your
surroundings, and automatically blocking them from your view?

<https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/engineer-creates-ad-block-for-the-real-world-with-augmented-reality-glasses-no-more-products-or-branding-in-your-everyday-life>

I wonder how long it will be before those “I see you’re using an
ad-blocker” popups on certain websites make their way to the physical
world, as a response to this ...

Or worse, "I see you're not wearing your AR glasses. For an improved experience, please wear your AR glasses."

Ugh, thinking about that is terrible.

And, of course, "improved experience" is not defined from your
perspective. The "improved experience" is defined from the
advertiser's perspective, in that "we can send more advertisements, or
more costly advertisements, to you, so we gain more income" (and none
of that income makes its way to you, the ad viewer).

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