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Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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Post by THE_PUN_STOPS »

jessriedel wrote: post #161

> The mechanics moved carefully, putting down tools and climbing up and down ladders to consult paper instructions in between steps... Fast forward to today, and GE’s mechanics now use Glass running software from our partner Upskill, which shows them instructions with videos, animations and images right in their line of sight so they don’t have to stop work to check their binders or computer to know what to do next.…

Smart glasses in aviation manufacturing was actually a key plot point in Michael Chrichton's 1997 novel Airframe. [1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airframe_(novel)

Re: Google relaunches Glass for businesses

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techthroway443 wrote: post #201
pavel_lishin wrote: post #170

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Is there a particular reason the manual and the tools have to be a flight of stairs away from the technician? I'd wager that the comparison would lose some steam if the tech could just turn his head to the right. And as far as the software goes, there's a lot more there on display than just Glass. For instance, there are at least two cameras in this screenshot that are just magically implied to exist - one taking hig…

Yea, also notice how in the Glass wearing video the technician brings up the tools he needs and sets them on the floor whereas in the other video he sets each tool back and forth. Pretty lame comparison.

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dheera wrote: post #202
techthroway443 wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea, also notice how in the Glass wearing video the technician brings up the tools he needs and sets them on the floor whereas in the other video he sets each tool back and forth. Pretty lame comparison.

Reminds me of the 401/Windex/etc. cleaning commercials where they compare "other cleaning products" with their own. It's all staged.

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Post by maccard »

cdubzzz wrote: post #217
maccard wrote: post #143

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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…

Interesting. I probably have a skewed view because I currently have very good employer-provided health care (US). I don't think I've ever spent less than 15 minutes with my doctor for an appointment. She also takes calls and texts and I have made same-day appointments (within hours) in the past. However it is perhaps worth noting that the practice charges a $250/year "concierge fee" and from what I've read that's a v…

My doctor is an NHS practitioner. If I have an "emergency" and need an appointment, I can get one that day. Otherwise normally it's a weeks notice give or take. I don't pay anything to the doctor, or to the practice, (other than my National Insurance contribution which is taken out ore tax).

I do have private health cover but it doesn't help much if I have a chest infection. If I need an MRI or to see a consultant, I can effectively skip the waiting lists and go to a private hospital, but if I have a heart attack or any immediate emergency, I'll be going to an NHS hospital regardless.

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Post by tigershark »

nostrademons wrote: post #155
frahs wrote: post #138

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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 m…

There isn't plenty of iPad apps for that?

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Post by GenericsMotors »

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.

On the few rare occasions I saw someone wearing Google's specs, the first thought that crossed my mind was "douchebag glasses" :|

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Post by sigstoat »

e12e wrote: post #157
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 re…

> But why would you want to wear something like this, for that?

can't have other folks knowing you're looking things up on SO. it'd ruin your mystique.

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Post by stuart78 »

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.

I agree in principle, but I would personally never return to a doctor who had one of these things on their face (like the one in the article photo). I see all the use cases for field operators, but it remains (to me) as creepy in any interpersonal setting as it did with the consumer launch.

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Post by Spooky23 »

ChrisBland wrote: post #118
skinnymuch wrote: post #104

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Yeah. Hopefully they would do it multiple times. To not have memory be much of a factor.

This is aviation work, you always always always check the work you are doing with the manual. One mistake could be someone's life. The entire aviation industry is checklist and procedure driven.

They even have a specialized English dialect called simplified technical English to help eliminate confusion.
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