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Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by oliv__ »

lallysingh wrote: post #47
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.

And the glamor. If you started on the manufacturing side, it wouldn't have any caché when walking down the street. But if you started with a bunch of models on a runway wearing these, you would. They tried going lux consumer and failed. But if they went the manufacturing route first, they would've burned any chance of the other.

I don't agree.

They could've used the manufacturing side to enhance the tech, get the components to a cheaper price point, maybe even slim down the whole thing and then when they felt ready to enter the consumer market, spin it off as something new under another consumer-only brand.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by strictnein »

xienze wrote: post #63
strictnein wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

That kind of information should never, ever leave the hospital/doctor's office LAN in the first place.

How does that make any sense?

So when you go to another hospital, your records should be unavailable?

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by TeMPOraL »

xxs wrote: post #49
gfodor wrote: post #39

I've never understood why they insist on having the device be visually asymmetric. Just put a piece of plastic on the other side that is non-functional, and the "cyborg effect" basically goes away. The human brain hates asymmetric faces. Such a stupid oversight, may have been enough to save the consumer effort if they did this from the get-go.

Leave that 'piece o'plastic' stuff, the extra room can be utilized as extra battery.

Helps balance things too, you'll be less weight-constrained with symmetric design.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by zild3d »

giobox wrote: post #32
djsumdog wrote: post #18

This is cool and all, and I'm glad the concept didn't totally die, but will consumers ever see this type of wearable tech again? Some people shelled out over $1k when Google initially offered glass prototypes, only to be left with unmaintained devices. I honestly though Glass would have done better if it had no recording capabilities built-in. It would have substantially reduced the creepiness factor. It's sad that n…

> I honestly though(t) Glass would have done better if it had no recording capabilities built-in. It would have substantially reduced the creepiness factor. Outside of the tech community this is a distinction I imagine few would make - most people upon seeing a camera are going to not unreasonably assume it can record. I still see large numbers of people taping over their laptop webcams even when they are turned off.…

> I still see large numbers of people taping over their laptop webcams even when they are turned off.

Good. That isn't a demonstration of technical illiteracy. There have been plenty of vulnerabilities shown in webcams and microphones, and even the indicator LEDs can be disabled remotely

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6758/can-webcam...

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by Hailie343 »

bowmessage wrote: post #26
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…

"What's the wifi password? My torque wrench lost connection again..."

like Curtis said I can't believe that any body can make $8668 in one month on the internet . > Open this >>>>>>>>>>>https://is.gd/qKRnJt

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by projectramo »

saimiam wrote: post #48
projectramo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This sends a clear message to all would-be assailants: wait at least a day after your planning is complete.

The history of you.

We can already obsess about memories using social media, but this would take it to level 3.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by TeMPOraL »

xienze wrote: post #63
strictnein wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

That kind of information should never, ever leave the hospital/doctor's office LAN in the first place.

Unfortunately it can and it will. At this point in time, while the best option would be not to get recorded in the first place, I'd trust Google servers much more than anything a hospital deployed with help of random contractors.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by notatoad »

xxs wrote: post #49
gfodor wrote: post #39

I've never understood why they insist on having the device be visually asymmetric. Just put a piece of plastic on the other side that is non-functional, and the "cyborg effect" basically goes away. The human brain hates asymmetric faces. Such a stupid oversight, may have been enough to save the consumer effort if they did this from the get-go.

Leave that 'piece o'plastic' stuff, the extra room can be utilized as extra battery.

that'll increase the weight though.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by jimrandomh »

morley wrote: post #23

Has anyone here worked on a Glass app? How is the UI programmed? Does it require a special programming paradigm like VR, or are these instruction manual HUDs basically just PDF viewers?

I tried developing back when it was Glass XE. It's Android, except closed source and with a custom app replacing the home screen. It was the worst development experience I've ever had, by a large margin.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by Hailie343 »

sabujp wrote: post #67
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…

did he do the work for the first time with glass or after doing the work multiple times with the manual ..it looked like he still went to check the manual even with glass at some point?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14797405#14797722
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