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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 dragonwriter »

hammock wrote: post #14
Retric wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"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)

Having it always looking in the direction your head is facing is an advantage of the head mounted form factor even if it doesn't depend on the eyepiece display.

Not needing a hand to look at the output is an advantage of the eyepiece.

So, yeah, the glasses do make a difference over a smartphone in this use case.

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

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Post by digi_owl »

knorker wrote: post #99
digi_owl wrote: post #85

For all this talk about recording everything, don't the Glass sport a bright LED up front when the camera was in use?

Do snap's spectacles?

Thing about them is that you have to manually reach up and press a button, and that records 10 seconds.

Maybe they can be modified to record continually, but up front they are much more limited than Glass.

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

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Post by k__ »

knorker wrote: post #96
k__ wrote: post #59

I think what kept Glass from going through the roof was the camera. The whole thing would probably be awesome in its own with just display, GPS and compass. Many people feared for their privacy and the people using the Glass were considered douches because of this issue.

But everyone is fine with snap's spectacles.

Do they really sell?

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

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Post by Crespyl »

majewsky wrote: post #65
ergothus wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 is…

Is it just me, or do a surprising amount of dystopias involve ad companies?

I wonder if that's because ad companies are inherently dystopic, or because ad companies are paying huge amounts of money to be constantly in everyone's head, and thus come easily to mind when thinking of possible futures (or indeed, anything else).

Probably some of both.

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

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Post by zeveb »

pavement wrote: post #31
taneq wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's that much of an issue if each person has a video record of stuff they've seen. I mean, we already have this in a squishy lossy human way. Where I do think it's an issue is when every person's viewpoint is piped back to the Borg mothership.

I think it's suicidally bad for this to become the default norm for human interaction. Among strangers it's a horrible idea, and among loved ones, a thousand times worse. If social interaction has begun to feel rigid and sterile already, this sort of thing represents a deep freeze beyond anything we've ever experienced. Everything points to confession and contrition now. Emotions become bottled and pressurized. Stiff…

The Black Mirror episode about exactly this got it right, I think.

Forgetfulness is a blessing!

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

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Post by plopz »

8note wrote: post #100
dsl wrote: post #18

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.

I've got that problem; it's correctable either with prim glasses, or with surgery to tighten up some of the muscles that control your eyes You can also do some practice with 3d pictures to build up better control. I made a thing for that that uses red/cyan 3d glasses. http://web.uvic.ca/~jhedin/Other%20Work/tranaglyphs/

I have double vision due to an astigmatism that caused amblyopia. My optometrist said that the astigmatism is correctable with surgery or glasses, but I would need to train the eye with physical therapy to deal with the amblyopia which wasn't guaranteed to work since it wasn't detected early on in my childhood. I've never bothered since I'm so used to double vision it never bothers me. Have you had luck improving the double vision?

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

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Post by sizzle »

thomasfedb wrote: post #22

If there are any Googlers around here: I'm a medical researcher from Australia and we had really encouraging preliminary results with Glass in operating theatres. We'd love to continue the work but need to be able to buy/acquire about a dozen units. We've tried reaching out to Google via their Glass for Work page, but didn't get a reply. Our pilot study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26992465

Check out the Microsoft hololens:

Mixed reality in surgical environments https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053273

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

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Post by dsl »

8note wrote: post #100
dsl wrote: post #18

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.

I've got that problem; it's correctable either with prim glasses, or with surgery to tighten up some of the muscles that control your eyes You can also do some practice with 3d pictures to build up better control. I made a thing for that that uses red/cyan 3d glasses. http://web.uvic.ca/~jhedin/Other%20Work/tranaglyphs/

I believe his condition is neurological. I'll definitely pass on your link though!

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

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Post by nimchimpsky »

ktta wrote: post #56
nimchimpsky wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the full contact details are in the research paper linked. But yeah, wouldn't hurt for the guy/gal to add some easy contact details. Sheesh, academics eh.

I didn't find any when I looked. Just his position and the name of the university he was associated with. For someone asking a favor, I would imagine making contacting them easy is understood.

> his position and the name of the university he was associated with

Whats wrong with that. Thats all you need.

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

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Post by thomasfedb »

sizzle wrote: post #107
thomasfedb wrote: post #22

If there are any Googlers around here: I'm a medical researcher from Australia and we had really encouraging preliminary results with Glass in operating theatres. We'd love to continue the work but need to be able to buy/acquire about a dozen units. We've tried reaching out to Google via their Glass for Work page, but didn't get a reply. Our pilot study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26992465

Check out the Microsoft hololens: Mixed reality in surgical environments https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053273

We like Hololens, but it's a harder sell to doctors. We had 75% of anaesthetists happy to use Glass, I don't think we'd get that with Hololens.

One of the fun things we found was that less experienced doctors were more likely to be happy to use Glass. Why? We're pretty sure this was actual confounded by age - these less experienced doctors were generally younger!

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