stop others from utilizing facial recognition technology to recognize you through your online images.
Is there a method to accomplish a similar aim in your everyday life? There might be now. Reflectacles provides a range of eyewear (which looks like conventional prescription glasses or shades) featuring specialized lenses designed to obstruct facial recognition technology from recognizing wearers. The best part is, they look quite fashionable.
Reflectacles eyewear utilizes fundamental technologies to reduce the likelihood of specific facial recognition systems recognizing wearers. The glasses specifically incorporate infrared (IR) reflective lenses that render an essential component of facial recognition technology ineffective. The lenses are equipped with optical filters designed to “absorb the near infrared spectrum.” The website clarifies that the infrared spectrum is pivotal for the effective operation of 3D face mapping technologies employed in smartphones, eye-tracking devices, and surveillance cameras that depend on infrared. According to the Reflectacles site, when an individual dons glasses fitted with these unique lenses, a “device utilizing infrared in the shape of laser or lamp will be unable to acquire the necessary eye biometrics for facial recognition or iris identification.”
The lenses are available in two primary types. IR-light lenses resemble standard transparent prescription eyeglass lenses and are appropriate for use day or night, indoors or outdoors. IR-dark lenses are designed for sunglasses, making them perfect for daytime and indoor use. As stated by Reflectacles, in addition to preventing facial recognition software from mapping or identifying a wearer’s face, IR-lenses also enhance visual clarity by filtering “out the ultraviolet and visible blue light spectrums.” This enhancement can reportedly assist in “reducing the impacts of smoke, haze and fog.”
Reflectacles offer a variety of designs. Basic models like the Ghost are currently priced at $208.00 for a pair. Limited edition models, such as the Phantom Miasma, currently retail for $228.00. In addition to sleek eyewear, Reflectacles provides items like goggles and a universal IR-lens clip that can be affixed to a buyer’s existing prescription glasses or sunglasses frames.
