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Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by maccard » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:40 PM UTC

kharms wrote: post #8

>>Glass is also helping healthcare professionals. Doctors at Dignity Health have been using Glass with an application our partner Augmedix calls “a remote scribe”. My primary care doctor has a human scribe. The scribe is a recent graduate (BS), planning on going to med school next year. Being physically in the room, watching the doctor work is a great benefit to her. I'm not sure she'd benefit as much from watching a…

My primary care doctor struggles to take notes while talking to me in the 10 minutes we have allocated for an appointment. This would be a huge win.

I do share your concern about being recorded as a patient though.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by saurik » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:45 PM UTC

giobox wrote: post #42

pm90 wrote: post #36

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> I think the simpler explanation is that strapping a camera to your face is simply inappropriate or off-putting in some social settings, at least with today's typical social norms. Didn't help that the only people who did/could/would buy the first glass prototypes were nerds who apparently started using them in bars and clubs. That solidified its image as "creepy". Contrast it with Spectacles, a product designed to…

The typical use case for Spectacles, at least as I see it, is a little different though. Spectacles is much more like a Go Pro, in that I will be out doing some kind of activity I want to share with friends. People also typically don't wear sunglasses indoors, my expectation of privacy is very different outdoors vs indoors. The approach with Google Glass was very different, where Google were arguably prototyping a de…

Such as "in the bathroom", which was the experience at Google I/O a few years ago when a quarter of the people there had Google Glass.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by maxerickson » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:45 PM UTC

aresant wrote: post #9

This is so !@%!@ cool. Check out the A/B test of a technician with / without the software referenced in the article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5gXuZp25f0 Then here's a video that gives a sense of the software's interface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5HOHNECW20 Very workflow oriented with nice communication and lookup features. This is the kind of small optimization stuff that is going to be revolutionary…

The article says that a high skill, high knowledge, safety critical task performed on expensive machinery saw productivity gains of 10%.

It seems for low knowledge/low skill tasks the gains would be less (because there is likely less need for operator to switch their information context during the tasks).

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by strictnein » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:46 PM UTC

xienze wrote: post #45

arbitrage wrote: post #29

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I would be totally cool with being recorded. I think its beyond time we get past the ridiculous false modesty that seems to be considered a virtue, but with no real benefit.

It has less to do with "false modesty" and more to do with the fact that a recording of you is being sent somewhere, probably a Google server, which leaves the door open for someone to get a hold of it. That doesn't concern you at all?

Your medical records would be far more secure on Google's servers than almost any hospital server.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by AckSyn » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:47 PM UTC

payne92 wrote: post #27

It's easy to armchair quarterback this stuff after the fact, but this is where Glass should have started. The price point, social stigma/issues, and use cases all screamed "business applications!". Consumer tech may be where the glamour and scale are, but it's not always the best market entry point.

Many people said this on the initial run/introduction of Glass. Industrial applications are definitely where they should have started. I'm just glad they've made a comeback and will hopefully get broader use in the medical field and military as well.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by tqi » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:48 PM UTC

For the manufacturing example, why is this better than having a simple 7-10 inch tablet? For the doctor example, why is this better than a simple body cam, or even a camera that is wall or desk mounted?

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by euyyn » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:49 PM UTC

spenczar5 wrote: post #38

kharms wrote: post #10

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In an industrial setting they don't really need to solve that problem. Battery low? Swap out the glasses for another pair.

I'm not sure that's true. One of the examples has a tech working at the top of a wind turbine. Maybe he's supposed to bring up a backup battery pack?

Just plug it to the wind turbine's output for a couple seconds :P

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by 0xfab1 » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:49 PM UTC

That makes me want a pair that's installed with an app that shows relevant stackoverflow answers as I code.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by enjo » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:49 PM UTC

payne92 wrote: post #27

It's easy to armchair quarterback this stuff after the fact, but this is where Glass should have started. The price point, social stigma/issues, and use cases all screamed "business applications!". Consumer tech may be where the glamour and scale are, but it's not always the best market entry point.

Wasn't that the point tho? Basically Google went:

"We have this cool thing, but we're not sure were it's most applicable. Lets just put it out in the world and see what people do with it!"

Which is what they did. The data they gained from that experiment no doubt led to this.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by theptip » Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 4:50 PM UTC

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #31

theptip wrote: post #12

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Is there a good reason they don't put that large manual up on a rack by the actual work area?

I've built a few assembly lines for automotive parts. These machines do one job, and probably only handle a couple part numbers: They might press a gear onto a motor shaft at one station, press on the plastic shroud at another, and add the grease and fasteners at the third station. These do have the operating instructions (Graphical, not English) laminated and displayed prominently above the machine. Someone with zer…

Good info there -- but I think I wasn't clear, I was suggesting moving the ring binder onto a table/rack right by the work-space, using something like a music stand.

Seems like if the mechanic just had to turn around to access the ring-binder, instead of walking down a flight of stairs, the efficiency difference would be less.