A automotive customization firm situated not too far outdoors of Atlanta is selling a product on the TikTok Store that’s made out of the identical vinyl used to wrap autos however is designed for a really totally different objective.
“Have a pair of Meta glasses and also you wish to eliminate this indicator, proper right here?” asks a person in a video posted to the Luxe Wrap Stars account. “I’ve the right resolution for you.” Movies selling these so-called “ghost dots” have been seen over 2 million occasions on the social media platform, with at the least 500 units doubtlessly being offered by way of TikTok.
The product listed on the TikTok Store underneath the identify “Luxe GhostDots 4 Meta Glasses” comes with a sheet of 20 round, vinyl stickers, and sells for round $15, plus transport. The itemizing for these “stealth mode” dots doesn’t mince phrases about what they’re designed to do. “Block or dim that brilliant white recording gentle with these precision-cut vinyl dots,” reads the TikTok Store description.
Meta, to its credit score, put an indicator gentle in its glasses for a purpose. When utilizing a pair of its good glasses, blocking the indicator gentle will set off a message saying that picture and video capabilities are disabled. Nonetheless, customers have tried quite a lot of methods to get round this safeguard and take away the sunshine indicator, together with drilling into the glasses to completely break the LED indicator inside.
Does these stickers truly work? The TikTok vendor consists of an tutorial video for tips on how to bypass Meta’s safety measures by blocking sure indicators together with your hand whereas the sticker is hooked up. Nonetheless, evaluations of the product within the TikTok Store are primarily detrimental, claiming that it doesn’t work as marketed. “Was so excited for these, however the Meta glasses gained’t work with this. Proceed to say they’re blocking … nice concept, although,” reads one evaluation from a verified purchaser.
In response to a different detrimental evaluation of the product, posted a couple of days in the past, the vendor encourages patrons to strive extra strategies if they’ve issues getting across the safeguards for Meta’s good glasses. “With the brand new replace, as an alternative of masking solely the digital camera lens to bypass the alert, you must cowl the body that the digital camera lens aspect is on,” reads the vendor’s response.