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Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by kbenson »

mafuyu wrote: post #132

Sounds like they've found a great enterprise usecase, and I hope they can keep improving the device to bring it to consumers once again. I was able to snag a Glass for a good price when they killed support (before selling it off again after a couple months). I enjoyed using it, and being on a college campus at the time reduced some of the social awkwardness. I could push notifications to my face with IFTTT and the vo…

> I'm on vacation now and find myself fumbling with my phone to take snaps of interesting things I want to share way too often.

I just got back from vacation, and I agree. The whole process of taking pictures with my phone feels so cumbersome and annoying, especially for short lived scenes. It's locked and in my pocket for security and safety because I don't like to walk around holding my phone when I'm trying to enjoy the moment. It feels like I could either have the phone be an appendage and then have fairly easy picture capability, or actually be present in the moment but then it's substandard for taking impromptu pictures.

I wouldn't have as much of a problem with a dedicated device, as I wouldn't necessarily be as worried about breaking or giving someone access to the device that contains details about every aspect of my life.

Alternately, something designed to be an appendage but in an unobtrusive way (to the user, at least) might be just as good or better, as you suggest.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by eterm »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #94
eterm wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me it would be facial recognition crossed with something like linkedin. I really struggle with recognising people and it has a large impact on how well I can network at informal events such as tech meetups. Others will recognise each other from similar events and sometimes might recognise me "Oh weren't you at ?". At which point I look very rude when I have no idea whatsoever who they are. So some tech to aid rec…

The problem is - most of the cool and useful personal applications of glass fly in the face of various social expectations. The very idea you could be recording someone caused a backlash the last time, and that's nowhere near doing facial recognition...

Is facial recognition creepier than recording?

If it's done in real-time, i.e. the scanned images aren't saved then surely a "This is person you've met and tagged as X" is less creepy than actually videoing someone? You wouldn't get any information you haven't yourself added to the device (although it would probably need to lean on external data-sets for the training).

I wouldn't suggest facial recognition should recognise anyone you haven't met yet, I think that would be a bit weird (although I think it is the future anyway), but a way to effectively add a tag on someone you know would be great. Most people can do this without the technology to varying levels of accuracy and and breadth of their acquaintances.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by maccard »

cdubzzz wrote: post #97
maccard wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'm not sure about that. What is your expectation? That the doctor or someone else will take the time to re-watch the recording of your interaction? How is that better than just extending the interaction? As an aside, is this a common thing? I had an appointment to get a tdap booster a few weeks ago and spent a good 30 mins. chatting with my doctor.

Honestly I don't know what I would prefer. certainly I would prefer more quality time with my doctor, but at what cost, I don't know.

Here at least (uk) yes. Al of the practices I've visited have strict 10 minute appointments and the doctor will cut you off at 10 minutes. If I go in for a flu jab(I'm asthmatic and at high risk), I expect to be in and out in about 2 minutes, and I don't see the doctor; it's normally a practice nurse that does it. You then get sent back to the aaiting room and told to sit tight for 10 minutes in case you feel weak, but that's it.

For consultants in hospitals it's different, though.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by Fej »

oliwarner wrote: post #117

Some of this stuff is so obviously cool but remember the cost of efficiency. 30% time saved means one person does more in their day. This has a personal toll because working less intensively gave you time to think and physically rest. You're at it non-stop now. And that also means you need 30% fewer employees to manage the same workload. That's going to be the trade-off here. How many people will have to go just to o…

It seems like that this may actually take a lesser physical toll on the body for some applications - the example given in the article stated that mechanics no longer had to constantly go up and down ladders to consult documentation.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by jerrylives »

kbenson wrote: post #141
mafuyu wrote: post #132

Sounds like they've found a great enterprise usecase, and I hope they can keep improving the device to bring it to consumers once again. I was able to snag a Glass for a good price when they killed support (before selling it off again after a couple months). I enjoyed using it, and being on a college campus at the time reduced some of the social awkwardness. I could push notifications to my face with IFTTT and the vo…

> I'm on vacation now and find myself fumbling with my phone to take snaps of interesting things I want to share way too often. I just got back from vacation, and I agree. The whole process of taking pictures with my phone feels so cumbersome and annoying, especially for short lived scenes. It's locked and in my pocket for security and safety because I don't like to walk around holding my phone when I'm trying to enj…

I believe the device you seek is called...a camera

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by mirimir »

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.

Yeah. I really don't get why they focused on its gargoyle feature, which (rightly so) raised serious concerns about privacy, and downplayed AR. The obvious target market, other than geeks, would have been bikers. They'd find both gargoyle and AR very useful for swarm coordination. And military, of course. Perfect for infantry. But that's probably in quiet development.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by [deleted] »

spinlock wrote: post #116
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.

Ha! I interviewed at google and told them glass was a horrible consumer product and that they should have started with a market that wouldn't mind looking stupid (or skiers who already wore goggles so they wouldn't look stupid at all). The point I made to them was that they engineered an incredible device but hadn't validated the market. I suggested it would have been better to start with something like skiers becaus…

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Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by komali2 »

oliwarner wrote: post #117

Some of this stuff is so obviously cool but remember the cost of efficiency. 30% time saved means one person does more in their day. This has a personal toll because working less intensively gave you time to think and physically rest. You're at it non-stop now. And that also means you need 30% fewer employees to manage the same workload. That's going to be the trade-off here. How many people will have to go just to o…

The invention of automatic switchboards annihilated the jobs of thousands of switchboard operators.

The development of advanced calculators (computers) removed the need for rooms of hundreds of engineers fiddling with slide rulers.

Microsoft Excel increased accountant efficiency by ungodly amounts, which makes their lives... harder... because they have less time to think and physically rest?

Yea I hate to say it but I have no idea what you're arguing either.

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