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Google Begins Testing Its Augmented Reality Glasses

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Re: Google Begins Testing Its Augmented Reality Glasses

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Post by pavel_lishin »

Someone wrote: post #80
siavosh wrote: post #72

I loved the video, but it didn't show the glasses on his face. Besides the technical/usability challenges, I think the cultural connotation of the device will be an equally deal/no-deal situation. Like the Segway, significant portions of the society might associate negative connotations with the device ("dorky", antisocial, pretentious etc). I remember when a friend bought a pair of Oakley sunglasses with built in he…

"but it didn't show the glasses on his face" It did not show them on her face, either. That made me wonder whether it would, at some time, become socially acceptable or even the norm to have a video call where both parties do not see each other, but what the other is looking at. I think it might become the norm soon, if there are no technical challenges (how much stabilization do such images need? How much lag will t…

> both parties do not see each other, but what the other is looking at.

That sounds like a fun way to induce vertigo in your conversation partner. I get nauseous watching people play first-person-shooters on large televisions, I could not deal with following alone with someone's bobbing viewpoint.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

jrockway wrote: post #119
kiloaper wrote: post #86

I wonder how many Google Glasses wearers will become Life Loggers? I meet them at conferences occasionally. Some people actively avoid them. There's something about standing face to face with someone taking a photo of you every X seconds that people find really unnerving. I certainly do. Real time video is worse and it's very different to CCTV. How long before Google collects and mines all this video like they did wi…

All the technology you're worried about exists and is widely used. Walk around the streets of New York City. Chances are, you're being photographed by people sharing photos online. My commute involves riding across the Brooklyn Bridge. I'm sure I ended up in 20 separate photographs today, many of which are now on Facebook. Likely with a comment about how I'm an asshole for riding my bicycle in the bicycle lane :) The…

I wonder if (when?) it will become socially acceptable to wear masks in public. Or perhaps something like this: http://cvdazzle.com/

Or perhaps a combination - a semi-transparent mask that constantly displays shifting patterns, like Rorschach's mask.

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Post by icebraining »

cake wrote: post #136
jgrahamc wrote: post #19

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Also, in the concept video he goes into a physical book store and selects a physical book and buys it. Surely, his Googgles would just scan the book tell him how much cheaper it was in the Google Store... Rather amused that when meeting a friend he spent time checking in to the location rather than talking to the dude. But these could be useful in situations where you don't have your hands free to hold a smartphone.…

Rather amused that when meeting a friend he spent time checking in to the location rather than talking to the dude. I'm rather creeped out by this project. In almost all the situations presented he could have asked a freaking human instead of his glasses : - bookstore : ask the bookseller that's what he's here for, he may even give you better recommendations - maps in the street : ask somone - where is your friend ?…

There's a reason why one of the most successful comedy sketches in my country is about some guys giving directions. Not only are they slow and confusing, as - and I don't know if this is a cultural thing - they often actually make stuff up instead of admitting they don't know where it is.

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Post by pinchyfingers »

meepmorp wrote: post #287
pinchyfingers wrote: post #248

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Wrong. In a purely capitalist world, you can choose to avoid the product or use a competing product, or pay more for a premium service without ads. Thinking that government regulation can be healthy is a horribly naive and extremely dangerous idea.

> Thinking that government regulation can be healthy is a horribly naive and extremely dangerous idea. I assume you don't mean for this to apply to others areas, like food and drug inspection, vehicle safety standards, etc.

I would definitely prefer if the government had nothing to do with any kind of safety standards, including regulation of food, drugs, and vehicles.
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