I am seriously concerned about this. I was in a long-distance relationship this summer. We would take turns visiting each other in our respective cities roughly 5 hours apart. It was a pretty long journey for a weekend - it would sometimes take 10 hours one way since you had to go through New York. Of course, it was worth it. But whenever we would go on a walk, or I'd take her out to dinner, I got as much face time w…
Hold on for a second. Why is this the first thing I see?
Is it because other people read "I was in a long-distance rela..." and continued to read, then clicking the little arrow next to the post?
This seems like an exciting idea, but they're going to have to find a way to make the camera more discrete. People won't be comfortable always thinking they're on camera. I think these things will need to use cell phone technology to work? I wouldn't be comfortable having a cell phone up against my head like that all day, even if this is paranoia.
Few years ago, people were not comfortable being tagged on a social network but many have moved on.
I played World of Warcraft for a bit, and there was a HUD overlay onto the screen. After a while, you kind of get used to it. Exactly. These things are not for people who want to experience real life.
what is "real" life? I just bought a coffee, but didn't make it myself, a machine did. is it real?
Yeah. You drank it, right? You weren't watching a character drink a machine-made coffee on a screen.
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…
Voice-based input also has massive potential for trolling. I'm not keen on the idea of having a stranger walking next to me text my family through my glasses. I'm thinking that once the promo videos are over and forgotten, the majority of the user input will be through a touch device linked by bluetooth. It just makes more sense to me from a practical standpoint.
The voice dictation works through bone conduction.
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…
This seems like a silly beef to have with a revolutionary product that still is in beta. You know it's developed by an American company, right? It's not crazy for them to have the first language supported to be the language the people from the company speak. Give it some time.
The Google Glass device probably uses the same voice recognition as Android. Android is not in beta anymore, yet its voice recognition fails pretty bad on anything other than English. Google Now is almost entirely useless unless your device is set to US English.
I get that they can't exactly make everything work perfectly for everyone. But most of the planet is not american. They want to interact with technology on their own terms, in their own language. Google is long past the point at which it can make excuses now. While breaking new grounds with stuff like Google Glass is very cool, so is offering useful voice recognition to most of the planet.
As a frequent user of public transportation, people who intend to replace their phone with Glass should burn in hell for all eternity.
Why? Are you afraid that you are on a video, or pictures being taken? That's indeed a problem. The voyourism with google glass.. They have to think of something to fix that. Like a led light wich tells you it's recordign.
I hate it when people have loud phone conversations - especially if I can hear the person at the other end. ;)
And you're right about the voyeurism element as well, although it doesn't really apply to me as a twenty-something guy. There is a reason phone cameras are required to make a loud "SNAP" sound. With Glass, that may very well not be the case. Although you will be able to notice the dude with the weird glasses ogling you, I guess.
I am seriously concerned about this. I was in a long-distance relationship this summer. We would take turns visiting each other in our respective cities roughly 5 hours apart. It was a pretty long journey for a weekend - it would sometimes take 10 hours one way since you had to go through New York. Of course, it was worth it. But whenever we would go on a walk, or I'd take her out to dinner, I got as much face time w…
Your memory of the Razr days might be more than a little bit colored by the fact that you were in junior high, when things are less complicated on some levels and raging hormones make socializing absolutely imperative. I was in my 20's in those golden years of Razrs and my memory of dating then is that it was a lot harder to find intelligent, interesting people my age to connect with. The people who are now distracted by smartphones would probably have been distracted by the big screen TVs that dominated most bars anyway, and in my experience, interesting/well-read women who could converse about a decent range of topics were a rarer find. The culture was a lot more materialistic than - having a Hummer might actually impress a good portion of the dating pool to a degree that would be depressing now. YMMV, but you couldn't pay me to go back.
Sorry but honestly these examples are repulsive to me
It's okay, don't be sorry. I assume you're talking about things which give you a social edge. Unfortunately you will just have to deal with it as reality slowly attunes itself with science fiction.
If you're in conversation with me wearing one of these things, I'm going to ask you to take it off.