Humane’s AI Pin Failed Because It Ignored What Was Already in Our Pockets
About a year ago, I reviewed a weird little Star Mini Spread Badge I wore on my clothes. this Humane, you have pine trees The promise will be the future of devices outside of your phone: to make the world live more directly, to take us away from the screen, and to make our lives easier through AI.
The Humane AI PIN, which costs $699, is now a paperweight, For sale to HP. The hardware will stop working after humanitarian services are cut off at the end of this month. All data will also be deleted from humane servers.
The AI ​​pins fail completely. It’s not good either. It overheated. It has a very awkward, futuristic immicky interface that relies on gestures while treating the “display” of the pins as an open image. Its AI is not good.
But, in my opinion, the real reason why the humanitarian AI sales failed is its ignorance of the ubiquitous mobile phones. This is a course for other AI devices, and VR/AR wearable devices should be paid attention to.
Meta’s Ray-Bans (left) has an AI-powered camera and microphone/speaker, just like a humane AI pin. But Mon’s glasses are connected to the phone, cheap and won’t make AI a major event.
Meta’s ray basketanother wearable AI technology, does a good job. According to Meta 2 million pairs Sold so far. But, as someone wearing them, I can tell you the big reason. First of all, Meta’s glasses are good glasses made by big brands. Second, they can use the phone and act as a phone accessory (headphones, wearable cameras). Third, they Make AI a clever bonus featurenot the main event.
AI is sometimes useful at best. Worst of all, a distracted, broken intruder, is often more like a curious head. Meta treats AI like an experimental playground, while raycasting is optional.
Meanwhile, Humane AI PIN makes AI the only real feature, not just mediocre cameras and tidal music players. Anyone who wears it looks weird and has no other purpose. And, most importantly, it definitely has no connection or relationship with the phone in my pocket. According to Humane’s founder, this is a future beyond the range of the phone.
I’ve heard this argument before, especially in VR and AR headsets. this Metaquestthis Apple Vision Pro: These are the future of computing, we have been told. There is a problem there: I will never get rid of my phone. other people.
Too much phone call. They are indispensable to security, security, account management, music and cannot be a camera or personal assistant. To get rid of the phone means replacing it with at least doing just as well, or convincing us that we can live without the functionality of the phone. To me, this is not true either. Therefore, AI gadgets or standalone VR headsets will never surpass “extra devices.”
Not only is Humane’s AI PIN crazy expensive ($699!), it requires its own cellular service and a $25 monthly plan to run. Humane stubbornly rejects any phone app, or any way to pair a PIN with Bluetooth and act as a connected camera and microphone/speaker, or runs out of a cell phone from an existing phone. Looking back, this decision is even more than the fool in 2024.
Would it be better if Humane’s PIN was just a phone-paired wearable? I think so.
The Humane AI PIN is now dead, and HP has swallowed its peculiar ideas, a cemetery of many old, failed tech things. But its courses still exist. When I see how Apple stubbornly positioned the Vision Pro on iPhone, I will only consider future headphones that will be small enough to use the phone at the same time. When I saw Meta’s mission headphones were related to Meta’s smart glasses, I saw a range of great VR consoles, but they’re still doomed to stay too separate from the rest of our computer lives. Meanwhile, Meta’s glasses have not done much yet, at least like accessories that we already live in, rather than trying to force us to go down another product path.
Be careful, new technology. The phone is too good to change at any time. Android Xr from Google Commitment to work With Android phone Google’s Play App Store suggests that this time Google recognizes that you can’t escape your phone because it returns new VR and AR gadgets. You have to find a way to embrace them.
I’ve seen phones evolve with my connection More immersive and optional personal accessoriespower glasses and wearable devices in new ways. But I can’t see anything that will be able to completely replace the phone anytime soon. Anything that tries to make this claim right away may be doomed to die, like there is no pin that is too humane.
