Dang, I was hoping they were giving some out like the Chromebooks. I was the happiest man in the world when I got my free CR-48.
Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month
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#62This project scares the hell out of me. This is going to cause eye problems and distract people and cause injury and accidents.
Right now the primary use case of the Google Glasses is as an always-on video camera. Now most people (including myself) don't appreciate being filmed without permission and there are plenty of situations where people could be filmed committing illegal acts. So I can guarantee you that injury is going to occur at some point and especially in the US a not insignificant chance of being shot.
I don't think the camera will be always-on, just always-available. Continually recording from a camera is sure to be very draining on the battery.
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#63Credit goes to the first developer who creates a blackjack card counting app for the device.
How about roulette? Ed Thorp built a wearable with Claude Shannon (as in Information Theory) in 1961! They were using it solve for where the ball would land on the wheel.
http://monet.cs.columbia.edu/courses/mobwear/resources/thorp...
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#64I'm not entirely sure of the capabilities of Glass. For instance, battery life and an ability to persistently have the camera on and displaying an overlay for extended periods seems difficult. Some of the Glass ideas I like but haven't heard much discussion over: - Facial recognition with a little popup over people's heads with their name. Never forget someone's name - Link in with Facebook or your calendar to have p…
I want ones that work like in Shallow Hal.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
> At least with glass you can keep your eyes facing the road A sheet of anything, however transparent, centimetres away from your eye won't help you see something a hundred meters away. You're concerned with alignment but focus matters even more. You usually don't notice the focus time because your eyes are doing it while moving (changing the alignment). HUDs work in planes and cars because they're far away enough to…
Just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you, you're saying that having a display in front of your eyes would distract you from other things, for example the road? Surely in cases where this is important you can simply turn off the display? A piece of glass or plastic isn't going to interrupt anyone's vision, as we can see by everyone who wears glasses when driving. Furthermore, I don't agree that any loss of optic…
I'm talking about the display being enabled (else it would simply be similar to regular glasses) bringing two problems:
- the sight problem: both eyes converge and focus simultaneously (unless you have some serious neurologic issue). Unless Google solved the problem of measuring the the lens curvature (i.e eye focal distance) and send light rays the proper way in a ridiculously tiny and cheap package (compared to currently available professional equipment measuring such values), it is sending them in a best-effort way on a fixed focale. Hence the display will look blurred for some focal distances (possibly obscuring all of part of the field of view in a significant manner), while when at the correct focal distance change of focus takes time (possibly preventing to see or notice stuff in a timely manner, or at all).
- the cognitive load problem: even simple notifications on your computer eats away your productivity, so imagine the firehose of your digital life randomly pinging you while driving.
The first one is a general concern covering many areas (safety, health, comfort...) while the second one is making a point that it does not bring anything to safety while driving.
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#66I'm not entirely sure of the capabilities of Glass. For instance, battery life and an ability to persistently have the camera on and displaying an overlay for extended periods seems difficult. Some of the Glass ideas I like but haven't heard much discussion over: - Facial recognition with a little popup over people's heads with their name. Never forget someone's name - Link in with Facebook or your calendar to have p…
Yeah, Facebook and Twitter integration are not going to happen.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
By x-ray view, I figured he meant it would download the schematic of the engine and display that overlaid on what you're seeing.
yes, I didnt mean to really xray the engine, just give you an AR view of the schematic. I would assume it would require certain calibration points or barcodes on the engine to orient itself. And even if it was a nuisance once you learned the engine, it could be a useful tool in schools or someone learning a new engine. Even imagine a small engine machine shop that sees 10s or 100's of different kinds of engines.
I don't think it would work well in real-time with barcodes since the human head is in constant movement. Current gyroscopic sensors would not make it a seamless experience.
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#68Turning people into walking video surveillance systems since 2013. I'll try to avoid people wearing these glasses.
They could prove useful against cops abusing the law. Cops are going to use this sort of tech very soon anyway. Might as well fight back with your own.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
imagine mechanics using it to see an x-ray kind of view of a vehicle or engine. location/time awareness could do a "checklist" of sorts when you are leaving your house to make sure you pick up all of the items from the front table. a lego app that helps you find that piece in the big bin of pieces
> x-ray kind of view of a vehicle or engine BMW did a research project about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9KPJlA5yds The problem with augmented reality is that you need incredibly low latency: http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/latency-the-sine-qua-n... Early systems will likely stick to simple HUD views that don't require tracking of real objects with low latency.
That video is exactly what im talking about - I think it could be done even better, but you can see the possibilities. I dont really understand the need for tint on those glasses, but im sure it was just an example ;)
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you, you're saying that having a display in front of your eyes would distract you from other things, for example the road? Surely in cases where this is important you can simply turn off the display? A piece of glass or plastic isn't going to interrupt anyone's vision, as we can see by everyone who wears glasses when driving. Furthermore, I don't agree that any loss of optic…
I'm talking about the display being enabled (else it would simply be similar to regular glasses) bringing two problems: - the sight problem: both eyes converge and focus simultaneously (unless you have some serious neurologic issue). Unless Google solved the problem of measuring the the lens curvature (i.e eye focal distance) and send light rays the proper way in a ridiculously tiny and cheap package (compared to cur…
According to David Pogue of the NYT who tried them on back in September the display is "invisible" unless you focus on it:
"The biggest triumph — and to me, the biggest surprise — is that the tiny screen is completely invisible when you’re talking or driving or reading. You just forget about it completely. There’s nothing at all between your eyes and whatever, or whomever, you’re looking at.
And yet when you do focus on the screen, shifting your gaze up and to the right, that tiny half-inch display is surprisingly immersive. It’s as though you’re looking at a big laptop screen or something.
(Even though I usually need reading glasses for close-up material, this very close-up display seemed to float far enough away that I didn’t need them. Because, yeah — wearing glasses under Glass might look weird.)"
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/google-glass-and-t...