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Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

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…

I was expecting something a bit more amazing, like image recognition of what the person is seeing and overlaying holograms over and around what the person is doing to indicate information and next steps. This is why it feels like to me that MS Hololens has more potential than Google Glass.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by e12e »

I'd be more exited if it looked like Google had addressed some of Steve Mann's critiques from the initial announcement, but as far as I can tell, the critique is still not addressed:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/steve-mann-my-au... (For discussion on Glass design, look for the paragraph starting: "I have mixed feelings")

FWIW it appears Mann is working with a company on a different system for mediated reality:

https://www.metavision.com/

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by dannyr »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #119
dawnerd wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll still anticipate the next step which will speed things up. Pilots must follow a checklist but they also memorize the steps have have their hands in the right spot when it's time to call off an item.

Fair enough. Though as 'skinnymuch points out, if they're doing this regularly, then memory shouldn't play any role in the speed.

Yup. If it's an experienced technician, then memory is a factor for both tests.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by freyir »

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…

> And that also means you need 30% fewer employees to manage the same workload.

God forbid. Didn't we learn our lesson from the plow, the cotton gin, or the combine? All those jobs needlessly lost. If we don't learn from history, we're doomed to repeat it.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by nostrademons »

frahs wrote: post #138
kbenson wrote: post #105

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Likely because the platform he is on is not static, and is likely a standard part for multiple technicians, and possible with more than one on it at a time. It looks like the engine is stationary, and the station moves to where he is needed. If that's the case, they could use some semi-specialized platforms for different uses, some with tables for manuals and parts, some without to accommodate more people at once. Th…

You're totally overcomplicating this -- all they need is literally a music stand that they keep with their binders -- when you take a binder out, bring the stand with you to the platform and mount the binder on the stand on the platform, so that you don't have to go back and forth.

As an amateur musician...I don't think so. Big heavy binders fall off music stands easily. They get stuck on page turns. The music stand itself is either very top-heavy (for the professional ones in concert halls) or it's flimsy and won't hold a heavy binder (for the folding travel music stands). These are all the last qualities you want when working on an extremely expensive, precise piece of equipment.

One of the most useful smartwatch apps I got was a metronome app, simply because it's hands-free. I wouldn't spring for consumer Glass (simply because it was an order of magnitude more expensive than a smartwatch), but it's even more useful for musicians. Imagine never needing to do a page-turn again!

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by softawre »

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…

> treating people like underutilised machinery

A huge percentage of business software is built for this exact reason though.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by e12e »

0xfab1 wrote: post #58

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

But why would you want to wear something like this, for that? I can see how an editor/IDE plugin might be useful (a la racer for rust etc) - that would update a section of the screen with tips - but I don't think I'd like to have this on a completely different device.

Now, with a full vr headset, it might make sense to be able to place such things outside of the normal field of vision (where your text/code editing resides) - but so far I don' think working full time in VR with text is a great idea, with the current generation of headsets.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by kbenson »

jerrylives wrote: post #145
kbenson wrote: post #141

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> 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

Yes, but I was being generic to be inclusive of both a camera and Glass. Not to mention, camera has became almost as fuzzy a definition as phone, considering all the features they pack into some of them these days...

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by jessriedel »

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

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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.

> 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?

You can outsource the data entry parts of the job to someone in a centralized location, who can be assisted by voice-recognition on an initial pass. This saves time for the doctor and patient, and lets the doctor focus on the patient rather than data entry.

Incidentally, you might not currently be recorded on video in the doctor's office, but there is already a very good chance your doctor is dictating notes describing your medical history using scribes in India or elsewhere.

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by softawre »

strictnein wrote: post #72
xienze wrote: post #63

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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?

In the US, a lot of the time you can digitally access your records yourself
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