Spatial Optical Exposure Simulator
Urban Third-Wave Cafe
Click & drag patrons to reposition
• Click & drag any circle to shift patron layout.
• Terracotta cones = Wearer field-of-view & camera capture cone.
• Red aura = Bystander within direct recording line-of-sight.
Smart Glasses Wearer
110° Optical Capture Cone
Uncompromised Bystander
Bystander in Lens FOV (Distressed)
Venue Resistance Protocol & Charter
FT Action Model
Formal Venue Charter Provision
"Designate active audio/visual recording as prohibited without unanimous opt-in, mandating physical stowage in seating areas."
Compliance Rationale: Wearers may maintain smart audio or off-head stowage, but optical apertures must be obscured by compliant lens covers or glasses kept in bags while seated near unconsenting guests.
Dynamic Risk & Enforcement Vector:
- Optical sensor cones overlap 4 high-exposure dining zones.
- Staff intervention burden estimated at 1 inquiry per 45 minutes.
- Eliminates covert bystander capture without requiring entrance pat-downs.
NO UNANNOUNCED RECORDING
For the comfort and candid privacy of our guests, wearable cameras and smart glasses must remain powered off or stowed while in dining areas.
Civilian Privacy Zone • Respect Fellow Patrons
Shrimsley-Approved Social Pushback Scripts
Guest-to-Wearer Incline: “Pardon me — are your glasses actively filming or buffering memory? Our group prefers not to be in your frame while we speak.”
Barista / Host Intercept: “Welcome! Our house policy asks guests wearing camera-enabled spectacles to slip them into a pocket or slip on a lens baffle while at tables.”
Core strategy: Introduce gentle, polite awkwardness early to prevent surreptitious recording from cementing into polite defaults.
The Shrimsley Argument:
Hardware firms rely on social paralysis — the British or polite reluctance to create a scene.
Active etiquette rules, visible lens indicators, and explicit venue resistance transform passive surrender into healthy civic friction.