Following the announcement of Spectacles, Narrative just announced they're shutting down:
Obviously they're unrelated but interesting timing.
@martinkallstrom -- I always appreciated the direction of this product. If you don't mind me asking, why do you think it didn't work out? Any changes you would have made looking back?
I've owned, Narrative, Glass, and a selfie stick. Selfie stick gets BY FAR the most action of all 3. Also, people smile and pose for the selfie stick. For the narrativ clip and glass, not so much.
I always wondered about privacy with the first Clip. I spotted people wearing it in London couple of times, knew what it was but was left thinking "I've just met this guy at a networking event, now gonna be on his thing.." Do we people ask these kinds of things? What are your thoughts?
@radiofreejohn@antongu Reminds me of the Circle by Dave Eggers. The problem is that while less obvious, the scale of recording devices that private or public organizations can employ pales in comparison to the public. Just imagine if everyone who plays Pokémon Go had one of these.
this didn't last long...
Hello dear Narrative user,
We have some important information for you.
On September 26 2016, the company Narrative AB filed for voluntary dissolution. While this means that the Narrative team can no longer continue sales and support of the Narrative Clip, we are committed to secure the future use of all existing products currently in customers' hands.
We will release a tool to allow you to download your existing content from Narrative's servers and to access new content on your Clip. Keep a look out for further details on where and how to get this tool. Our main focus now is to make sure your content is safe.
For future support on your product, please join the user supported Facebook Group "Narrative Lounge".
We started Narrative in 2012 with the vision to make moments more easily memorable and enjoyable. It has been an amazing experience to make this vision materialize over the years, with thousands of Narrative users all over the world wearing the Clip on their most precious moments. We hope and believe we have changed something for the better.
Thank you for all your support,
The Narrative Team
Next generation of Narrative Clip just released on their blog. Exciting Swedish startup. Hope to hear from Martin what the future will bring. Also heard they raised 8 MUSD earlier this year with True Ventures + Passion + Khosla + Creandum.
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