In Ubisoft’s open-world game Watch Dogs (and its sequels), you can quickly scan any NPC you meet and discover facts about them, including their name, address, criminal record, and so on. And now two people have essentially created this tech in real life using Meta’s smart glasses and mostly off-the-shelf tech and software, providing a scary glimpse at our future. As reported by 404 Media , two Harvard students have built working smart glasses that use facial recognition technology to automatically identify someone via their face.
Not only that, but the glasses then use that information to track down other details about the stranger including their address, phone number, past photos, and family members. According to the two students, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, they did this to raise awareness of what is possible with current tech and they have no plans to release it publicly. Nguyen and Ardayfio call the project I-XRAY and showed a demo of it in action earlier this week on social media.
In the video posted to Twitter, the pair were able to identify multiple strangers without asking them for any details, though some of the data proved to be inaccurate when the duo talked to the people. Are we ready for a world where our data is exposed at a glance? @CaineArdayfio and I offer an answer to protect yourself here: https://t.co/LhxModhDpk pic.
twitter.com/Oo35TxBNtD — AnhPhu Nguyen (@AnhPhuNguyen1) September 30, 2024 “The motivation for this was mainly because we thoug.