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Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by Cass »

mey wrote: post #104

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 th…

If it turns out that it's actually possible to comfortable read information on these, which I find extremely hard to imagine, they would also be immensely helpful in the Emergency Room and the hospital, especially with facial recognition software. Being able to instantly see lab results/x-rays/patient data for any patient you're looking at, and being able to instantly look up things you don't know without having to lug around a stack of files or having to keep going back to the computer would save an incredible amount of time, and make it so much easier not to overlook critical information.

That said, the privacy implications are horrifying.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by Symmetry »

NegativeK wrote: post #108
Symmetry wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wait, do you think that everybody is going to be uploading everything they see to YouTube? Different people have different comfort levels about what they put online which means that being tagged in Facebook photos can often be embarrassing, but very few people have zero desire for privacy and I don't see share-by-default taking off for lifeloggers.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by aharrison »

lallysingh wrote: post #102
aharrison wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

But that is the problem. There should be SOMETHING to do even when you aren't in a hotspot. In my town there are only 3 portals, and only (apparently) one person in the opposing faction. Why would I bother playing?

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by dalke »

Cass wrote: post #111
mey wrote: post #104

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 th…

If it turns out that it's actually possible to comfortable read information on these, which I find extremely hard to imagine, they would also be immensely helpful in the Emergency Room and the hospital, especially with facial recognition software. Being able to instantly see lab results/x-rays/patient data for any patient you're looking at, and being able to instantly look up things you don't know without having to l…

How much would facial recognition help in the ER? There's already id bracelets, charts, and other ways to track patients and learn information about them. You'll still need a backup system because babies, identical twins, sunglasses (think "often worn by blind people") and people with face damage or head bandages are just some of the people who aren't easily be tracked via facial recognition. Better to have one system than two, no?

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by arkem »

aharrison wrote: post #113
lallysingh wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

But that is the problem. There should be SOMETHING to do even when you aren't in a hotspot. In my town there are only 3 portals, and only (apparently) one person in the opposing faction. Why would I bother playing?

You could take photos and submit them as potential portal locations (you can share the photos with ingress from the android camera/gallery). That could encourage more people to play and give the current players more to do.

The downside is that I think it takes a few weeks for portal suggestions to be processed.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by gfodor »

The frame of mind I have with Glass is to think of problems where the "taking phone out of pocket" motion is inhibitive enough to be a barrier for a successful app.

For example, QR codes today are something that pretty much nobody scans but will be relevant overnight if people start wearing these. Or, any app that is useful for you while you are driving, like parking assistance or finding nearby gas stations.

Also there could be some interesting applications that arise when you consider that if you are wearing Glass software can know when you are looking at a particular display, like your phone or computer.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by firefoxman1 »

gfodor wrote: post #116

The frame of mind I have with Glass is to think of problems where the "taking phone out of pocket" motion is inhibitive enough to be a barrier for a successful app. For example, QR codes today are something that pretty much nobody scans but will be relevant overnight if people start wearing these. Or, any app that is useful for you while you are driving, like parking assistance or finding nearby gas stations. Also th…

"the "taking phone out of pocket" motion is inhibitive enough to be a barrier for a successful app."

I think the same goes for any wearable tech. I find the idea of watch phones awesome, but all of them right now (like on aliexpress or Sony's smartwatch) are pretty tacky/nerdy. But with the right execution and design a watch phone could be an awesome way to avoid taking the phone out of your pocket for checking messages or snapping a pic real fast. A phone client rather than a full phone seems like the right way to go. Plus it's way less intrusive than a pair of glasses (not as fun as augmented reality though).

Edit: something like these would be amazing:

http://www.archiarcha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Samsung...

http://sumanl.com.np/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Electronic-w...

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by gfodor »

firefoxman1 wrote: post #117
gfodor wrote: post #116

The frame of mind I have with Glass is to think of problems where the "taking phone out of pocket" motion is inhibitive enough to be a barrier for a successful app. For example, QR codes today are something that pretty much nobody scans but will be relevant overnight if people start wearing these. Or, any app that is useful for you while you are driving, like parking assistance or finding nearby gas stations. Also th…

"the "taking phone out of pocket" motion is inhibitive enough to be a barrier for a successful app." I think the same goes for any wearable tech. I find the idea of watch phones awesome, but all of them right now (like on aliexpress or Sony's smartwatch) are pretty tacky/nerdy. But with the right execution and design a watch phone could be an awesome way to avoid taking the phone out of your pocket for checking messa…

Yeah I think there is a good chance we'll see the iWatch by 2015. FaceTime + iWatch = any kid who grew up with Dick Tracy's geek fantasy come true.

Re: Google Glass to Hit Developers' Hands This Month

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Post by 27182818284 »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

I was pretty disappointed at first too, because I couldn't find any portals. Then one day I discovered a spot with 3. Then I found out that if you log on with your web browser you can see the whole range of portals with a Google Maps-like interface. I won't say I'm hooked, but it is played every couple of days. There are not a lot of portals where I am either, but new portals are added periodically and you can submit places to become portals. The latter part is probably the whole reason Google launched it: Google created an army of people taking photos of landmarks and interesting businesses, museums, etc.
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