"Pop-ups, privacy notices, and consent checks provide a tiny bit of order in our unwieldy digital world, especially when it comes to pictures and videos of you. Some company-issued notifications, for example, might prompt you to agree to a platform or organization's use of your likeness in a captured photo. It's harder to read that kind of fine print, however, with an unfamiliar pair of glasses-specifically augmented-reality (AR) ones."
""How do you roll that out, when you have, say, a million individuals with glasses just walking around, living their lives? Are they to wear T-shirts or signage that says, 'Hey, I'm not myopic, I'm not [near]-sighted. I'm wearing these glasses because I'd like to take pictures of everyone as I walk about doing my daily life,'" Joe Jones, director of research and insights at nonprofit privacy organization IAPP, told IT Brew with a laugh."
"I would say, not mainstream. But I'm definitely seeing an increase in activity and increasing interest in using AR glasses, or other devices that can help simulate real-world or can help augment real-world environments. You're seeing this in a number of contexts: You mentioned dentistry, medicine, broader scientific research. You're also seeing it in anything where there are very minute manufacturing- or engineering- or precision-based professions as well-realms that don't engage the privacy or civil liberties realm to the same degree."
AR glasses are not yet mainstream but show rising use across medical, dental, scientific, and precision manufacturing contexts. The technology can augment or simulate real-world environments to assist tasks requiring fine detail. Widespread consumer adoption would complicate traditional notice and consent mechanisms for photographs and video because small or unfamiliar displays make fine print unreadable. Pervasive wearable recording capability raises privacy and civil liberties concerns when large numbers of people can capture images instantly. Practical questions arise about how to signal recording activity and obtain consent in public settings. The devices offer benefits alongside security and privacy risks.
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