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Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by CognitiveLens »

sambomillo wrote: post #76
zoba wrote: post #23

I'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…

Is there an augmented reality aspect to these? I got the impression that there was not, that it was simply a little area in the corner of your field of vision where it would display things.

People are excited because many reports suggested that, "in the future", Google Glass might support all sorts of great augmented reality features.

People will be disappointed because, for the foreseeable future, Google Glass will be just an awkwardly-held standard mobile display with a camera.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by lallysingh »

aharrison wrote: post #94
Sunlis wrote: post #77

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> Have an alternate reality game with digital objects people can place/write on. Only Glass users can see the teddy bear in the corner, and only google glass users can see the giant graffiti wall where people sign their name. There's a small team at Google working on a game that uses the real world as its map, Ingress[0]. I haven't been able to get access to it yet (typical Google closed beta), but from what I've see…

Slightly off-topic: I managed to snag an invite and play around with ingress a bit and I have to say, as a game, it is pretty terrible. You have to find portals, get within a few dozen meters, and then interact with them on a cool down. If there are no portals in your area, there is literally nothing to do in it. It looks like it was designed as an excuse for people to walk around with their GPS enabled and take pict…

It really depends on where you are. In NYC it's actually pretty hot.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by Symmetry »

NegativeK wrote: post #100
Symmetry wrote: post #58

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You know, in public places there are going to be lots of eyeballs recording images directly into human brains. Most of these people will quickly forget about you if you don't do anything unusual, of course, but there's always a chance that there's someone around who recognizes you. I'd say it's always best not to assume you have privacy in any public place.

There's a very, very large difference between eyeballs on a person and wide-scale archived surveillance. The Supreme Court ruling against warrantless GPS trackers on cars (whereas warrantless 24-hour surveillance is okay) is an outstanding example, and that one ignores the fact that human memory is pretty crappy when it comes to evidence. That being said, I think widespread cameras are simply something people are an…

Quite true, but I believe what we were discussing was individual's recordings of what they were seeing, rather than systematic surveillance.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by mey »

Since I have no time/desire to tackle this. I can see Google Glass being effectively used in a line cook type setting. Imagine overlays when you look at the grill, seeing how long a steak has been on there, and an indicator about the desired doneness. Or glancing up to see your assigned dishes to make next.

This could be applied to many types of environments, but I think chaotic situations would be best suited for these types of simple quick focused information overlays that are contextual.

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Post by mitchty »

Shorel wrote: post #38
zoba wrote: post #23

I'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 think you would be OK carrying a battery on your belt. We all like to be a bit like Batman aren't we?

> We all like to be a bit like Batman aren't we?

No, in fact as I'm growing older I'm getting more and more to the point of taking more and more "technology vacations" where I ditch my phone and don't use a computer for a night/weekend.

It has overall improved my life in many ways. I already carry enough electronic gadgetry, at least with a phone it is in my hand or pocket. Having glasses with a battery pack on my belt? Yeah I'll wait until the tech improves.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by jhuckestein »

zoba wrote: post #23

I'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 tried Google Glass a little while ago. I think it's amazing but one thing I wasn't as aware of before was that it's not an augmented overlay at all. Think of it instead of a display in the corner of your field of vision. You can add information about what you're seing, but you can't effectively overlay things (i.e. highlight parts in an assembly etc)

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by NegativeK »

Symmetry wrote: post #103
NegativeK wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a very, very large difference between eyeballs on a person and wide-scale archived surveillance. The Supreme Court ruling against warrantless GPS trackers on cars (whereas warrantless 24-hour surveillance is okay) is an outstanding example, and that one ignores the fact that human memory is pretty crappy when it comes to evidence. That being said, I think widespread cameras are simply something people are an…

Quite true, but I believe what we were discussing was individual's recordings of what they were seeing, rather than systematic surveillance.

My point is more that pervasive, individual, recorded surveillance is a different beast than random acquaintances seeing you around town.

It's really the scale of the thing -- YouTube and Ustream and the like are going to have some serious privacy concerns when masses of people want to start lifestreaming.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by jacquesm »

swalsh wrote: post #35
danso wrote: post #14

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I think the biggest scare that will happen is when geocoded data of the value-added type is overlayed upon your view. Imagine these scenarios: * The gun owners address map re-oriented so that when you look at a house, you see a "gun" symbol over it * Property value over each home (available from county assessor) * When Facebook makes another privacy-opening-oops and people with their wall/statuses set to semi-public…

> Property value over each home (available from county assessor) As someone looking for a home, in sometimes unfamiliar neighborhoods... this is a great idea! Zillow has something similar in their iphone app, but this would make it a lot more convenient.

Check out 'layar' for a real live demo of just this.
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