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I didn't realise how bad it looks. The premise looks awesome. The demo video... awesome. The way the product looks on someone's face... this isn't the finished product right? I think Google should look at designer glasses and outsource the design to someone who knows what they are doing.
Those are the use cases ? Are they serious ? Not a single one of those occurs routinely enough to warrant you wearing glasses all the time. I don't understand why they aren't positioning this for more serious markets e.g. education, training, factories, stock taking, hospitals, administration etc. Could have been far more interesting and allowed some far more interesting tie ins with their existing products.
Isn't the HUD a bit... distracting? I mean, I was looking the video and if I focused in the HUD I couldn't watch the "real life" and vice-versa, how would that work in the real Glass? Also, it seems like for now it's only focused in social features... I should get some friends before getting the Glass.
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The initial reaction to portable headphones was probably similar. "It celebrated its debut in July 1979 for about $200. Truthfully, many were skeptical if this portable audio thing would take off. " https://blog.sony.com/2010/08/flashback-friday-tps-l2-walkma... http://coolmaterial.com/roundup/history-of-headphones/
> The initial reaction to portable headphones was probably similar. To be honest headphones are still seen as an utilitarian thing only.
FTFY. There are a _lot_ of people who would disagree with you (which is why Beats/Skullcandy/etc headphones are so popular).
Isn't the HUD a bit... distracting? I mean, I was looking the video and if I focused in the HUD I couldn't watch the "real life" and vice-versa, how would that work in the real Glass? Also, it seems like for now it's only focused in social features... I should get some friends before getting the Glass.
I've tried Google's voice-recognition on my native language and the results have been closer to sad than lulz-worthy.
Yes, I know English. Yes, I can both write and speak it fairly well. That's not the point: You won't believe how awkward a context-switch from "I'm talking to people" to "I'm talking to this machine, but I need to do so in English" actually feels.
It's just feels so fundamentally wrong, that despite how it might save you time and effort you always go for the option where voice-recognition is not involved.
Unless Google improves their voice-recognition for everything not US English, I predict this product failing horribly in most markets, even with everything else 100% perfect and flawlessly executed.
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You're paying $1500 to beta test a product You say that as if this is a USB dongle. This is sci-fi stuff. Who cares if it's beta?
No to throw cold water here but Is it really? It seems to be rather trivial integration of currently known and available technologies with bit of miniaturization efforts. Nothing that 5 year old iPhone can't do with albeit more convenience. Space elevators, 100% artificial life form, fusion reactor of the size AA batteries - now that, my friend, would be sci-fi stuff.
"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
Ok. So 100% voice-based. That makes sense. That's great. Except if you don't speak English as your primary language. I've tried Google's voice-recognition on my native language and the results have been closer to sad than lulz-worthy. Yes, I know English. Yes, I can both write and speak it fairly well. That's not the point: You won't believe how awkward a context-switch from "I'm talking to people" to "I'm talking to…
I didn't realise how bad it looks. The premise looks awesome. The demo video... awesome. The way the product looks on someone's face... this isn't the finished product right? I think Google should look at designer glasses and outsource the design to someone who knows what they are doing.
http://econogirl.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/braces.jpg The metal line is reminiscent of a head brace, while the projector makes you look like cyborg escaped from a Halloween party. They will need a stunning amount of marketing and advertising for this to become socially acceptable. I guess it could be a little bit worse, I can see they were trying to go for sleek... I think the greater problem was that the actual us…
Come on, people with these things http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detai... on their ear look cool, busy and important ;)
