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Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by Retric »

hammock wrote: post #6
snarkyturtle wrote: post #3

NPR just did a story this year that it's being used in the manufacturing industry, so it's still being used, just not for leisure: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/18/514...

TLDR it can find barcodes and scan them faster than the human eye can. Yeah fascinating.

"I don't have to leave my area to go look at the computer every time I need to look up something," Is a little more than just a bar code scanner.

Considering how important some seemingly minor assembly problems have been this is probably a lot more valuable than you might think as it reduces people guessing vs. going to the effort to look something up.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by ergothus »

Retric wrote: post #11
hammock wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TLDR it can find barcodes and scan them faster than the human eye can. Yeah fascinating.

"I don't have to leave my area to go look at the computer every time I need to look up something," Is a little more than just a bar code scanner. Considering how important some seemingly minor assembly problems have been this is probably a lot more valuable than you might think as it reduces people guessing vs. going to the effort to look something up.

I'm more interested in the potential for the glasses seeing things and taking action without the user being involved.

That could do.... a lot. Good and bad.

A worker in a store/warehouse/wherever could effectively do inventory while doing other work...slowly, but constantly, and without disruption.

Ad companies could pay you to run software that will track all the brands that you see. If you think anonymizing data isn't enough now, imagine when there are even more potentially identifying variables.

That's just off the top of my head.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by awqrre »

QittyQat wrote: post #5

Nice! I really like Google Glass, the only issue I have with it is the reduced battery life. I wish there were a supported way to replace the battery. Or is there?

I really like the Google Glass idea too, the only problem I have with it is when other people use it.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by hammock »

Retric wrote: post #11
hammock wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TLDR it can find barcodes and scan them faster than the human eye can. Yeah fascinating.

"I don't have to leave my area to go look at the computer every time I need to look up something," Is a little more than just a bar code scanner. Considering how important some seemingly minor assembly problems have been this is probably a lot more valuable than you might think as it reduces people guessing vs. going to the effort to look something up.

That's not a glasses advantage though. The smartphone in my hand does that (my smartphone, an overpowered barcode scanner)

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by throwaway2016a »

I'll have to dust off my glasses and install this. I never got the hang of it because the screen is about 1/2 cm too high for me so I have to uncomfortably force my eye to look straight up. No matter how I tried to position it on my head I always had that issue...

There was also the whole thing about people thinking you're an ass for wearing one. And they are very rare in New Hampshire where I am so they stick out like a sore thumb.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by WhatIsDukkha »

I'm not sure a lot of people actually got to try google glass.

I'm loving (and developing in) VR, and interested in actual AR. Glass was a deadend as soon as I actually put one on.

I found it to be pretty much as if you were holding up a smartwatch beside one eye, that you could turn your eye and look at in focus.

There is no overlay of the real world. You are either looking at watch beside your eye or the real world.

The blurry screen was always kind of off to the side and annoying when wearing it.

Just as if holding a wristwatch up to the side of your head would be.

If that sounds bad to you, yes that's why it failed.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by dsl »

If anyone from the Glass team happens to read this:

A very good friend of mine has an uncorrectable problem that basically gives him double vision all the time. I got Glass for him as a gift, and it changed his life. Emails, text messages, directions, all over a single eye so it was clear. Thanks for pushing a much needed update so he can start using them again.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by Ajedi32 »

WhatIsDukkha wrote: post #17

I'm not sure a lot of people actually got to try google glass. I'm loving (and developing in) VR, and interested in actual AR. Glass was a deadend as soon as I actually put one on. I found it to be pretty much as if you were holding up a smartwatch beside one eye, that you could turn your eye and look at in focus. There is no overlay of the real world. You are either looking at watch beside your eye or the real world…

Yeah, I always got annoyed when the media kept referring to Glass as "AR", when in reality it was mostly just a quick way to get notifications and such without pulling your phone out of your pocket. If Glass counts as AR, so does my smartwatch.

Re: Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

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Post by bitmapbrother »

snarkyturtle wrote: post #3

NPR just did a story this year that it's being used in the manufacturing industry, so it's still being used, just not for leisure: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/18/514...

They even have a Google Glass at work page

https://developers.google.com/glass/distribute/glass-at-work

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