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Re: Google Glass

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Post by cpressey »

lhnz wrote: post #43
bobsy wrote: post #14

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…

When you are continually assisted like this, won't your own ability to do these things go unexercised and start to atrophy?

As another commenter mentioned -- police, yes. Good use case. Firefighters as well. (I assume the military already have similar gadgets.)

But the general public? I don't think so. Too creepy.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by lhnz »

alex_c wrote: post #226
lhnz wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

They will need a stunning amount of marketing and advertising for this to become socially acceptable. Not necessarily, the popularity of hipster glasses is a perfect example of something ugly and awkward becoming hip. It's very possible for these to ride the coattails of geek chic and become widely accepted. That doesn't mean it will be easy , there's a fine line between geeky (hipster glasses) and dorky (bluetooth h…

The coattails of geek chic has a lot more to do with retro than it does new technology and geekyness.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by rogerchucker »

rogerchucker wrote: post #190
bobsy wrote: post #14

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.

Most devs (including myself) are butt ugly - these glasses won't make you look worse.

Oh look - a downvote for a shallow response to a shallow comment.

Re: Google Glass

#234

Post by msluyter »

jim-greer wrote: post #205
Erwin wrote: post #77

The recorded videos' have a strange voyeuristic feel, probably due to the POV being so close to the wearer's eyes. That you can use the glasses do do a hangout in real time and broadcast seems novel though. There's no shortage of sci-fi stories dealing with this sort of always-on recording. "Strange Days", "Black Mirror (#3)". I wonder about the legality of this product, if it becomes inconspicuous. Some product idea…

5) Cheatcam: AI tells you what chess move, poker play, etc to make, in real time.

Pretty sure casinos will ban these about... 5 seconds after they become generally available.

Re: Google Glass

#235

Post by Dirlewanger »

artursapek wrote: post #150

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…

You're preaching it brother. Same age bracket and same disdain for our smartphones. They are great utilities to have but some of the applications on them people can't help but be addicted to, and for many it spills over into physical interaction with others. Sad part is that many don't care. Seeing gaggles of peers out together at a bar, coffee shop, there's usually at least one with their head down, and then there's the not too uncommon moments when ALL have their heads down. It's more than unnerving. Watching the Glass video this morning made me want to herald the future but this awful recurring gut feeling of unchecked technology negatively influencing society in unforeseen ways couldn't help but to flare up.

I want the future to happen but I also don't want a simple human experience that I currently know such as physical interaction to decay and wither and eventually become an anachronism.

Re: Google Glass

#236

Post by mirkules »

pkorzeniewski wrote: post #101

As cool as the idea sounds, I'm sceptical of the real life usage scenarios. It would be interesting for the first few days, but after that I think it would be simply annoying. Just think about getting notifications from FB, Twitter and other apps all the time - with mobile phone you can just ignore them and check later when you have time, with Google Glass they would be thrown right in your face. Not to mention ads,…

I agree with your sentiment. Privacy and ads are a huge issue for me (and the reason I will not own one).

As far as usage cases, I can see this being extremely useful while driving, if it's not too distracting. If it silently records and uploads everything while driving, it just became an internet-enabled dashcam. It's also a customizable, interactive HUD. While it's already used in the military (airplanes, helicopter helmets), I can see a case for ground troops having these (real time tracking, enemy location marking, aiming assistance, etc).

I also believe that it's not going to be a always-wear scenario. I think it's going to become a bluetooth-earpiece use case, i.e. wear it when you need it, put it away when you don't. If you recall, people used to wear those earpieces everywhere when they first came out, now: not so much.

At the end of the day, it's cool technology and potentially extremely useful. But it's created by a company whose core business is collecting data and selling ads, and the idea of embedding themselves into EVERY facet of my life is extremely unnerving.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by mkr-hn »

jgroome wrote: post #175
artursapek wrote: post #150

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…

I hear what you're saying, and I appreciate that you put the time in to write that out, but honestly I'm hearing this kind of argument from so many quarters ("we never look up!" "we all talk, but we never converse !" etc etc) recently that it's starting to get obnoxious. Conversation is not dead. People have been moaning about how we're all becoming socially isolated since the publication of the first novel. The art…

On the one hand, I completely agree. On the other, we need people like artursapek to make us think about how far we're willing to go into the digital abyss. And we need people like you to offer the counterarguments to the counterarguments. And maybe people like me to remind everyone that our natural social checks and balances are still working perfectly.

For what it's worth, I never see people with their smartphones out for more than a moment. Maybe it'd be different if I were closer to Athens, Atlanta, or even one of the smaller big cities at the east end of Metro Atlanta.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by rdouble »

artursapek wrote: post #150

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…

I got as much face time with the back of that fucking iPhone as with her.

Maybe she just wasn't that into you.

Re: Google Glass

#240

Post by zacharypinter »

qompiler wrote: post #20

This is a real bummer, I have to wear glasses and can't wear lenses. Is there any information if there will be support for custom glasses being attached?

Here's some pictures posted in one of the other comments:

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQr6-v...

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTvbW54...

They're definitely focused on support people who wear glasses.

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