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Re: Google Glass

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Post by irishcoffee »

AUmrysh wrote: post #213
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…

I think the people concerned about 'always on' recording are missing the fact that one could just put a piece of masking tape over the camera.

What about sound? Location tracking?

It would be safe to assume that a lot more than just visual information is captured and recorded I think.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by Kiro »

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,…

Once you try it you will never want to take it off. Trust me.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by njharman »

oinksoft wrote: post #46

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.

> People won't be comfortable always thinking they're on camera.

People (at least USAians who work in an office and live or work in something larger than a village) are on camera way, way more than they realize.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by dclowd9901 »

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 20, and the best phone people had in your high school was a RAZR? I'm 30, and I would've claimed the same thing... What the hell?

Re: Google Glass

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Post by codex »

On private property you will need the owner's permission to record video; in malls you can be forbidden if signs are posted. Given the unease that some people feel being recorded, I wonder how soon it will be before these are banned in shopping malls and in businesses, like Segways were on many city sidewalks.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by ninetenel »

When some guy on the subway with a camera attached to his face starts staring at me .. my desire is going to be to rip them off his face and stomp on them.

enjoy your intellectual leashes

Re: Google Glass

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Post by Simucal »

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…

Neal Stephenson was pretty critical of our use of smartphones in his novel Anathem. Most of the common people were glued to their "jeejahs" (smartphones) all the time in the book.

There was a good piece written by io9[1] where they interviewed Neal Stephenson to ask him his views on cellphone usage today. He had this to say:

"There is a larger question here . . . having to do with attention span and ability to focus on complex problems—or even non-complex ones, such as driving or having a civilized conversation with someone next to you. This is what the avout find so alarming about the cellphone-like devices used by people in the world of the book."

When asked if he felt that cell phones in our own world might represent a wrong turn, technologically speaking. He said:

"I couldn't live without mine. But the etiquette and the interface are lagging behind the technology. Introduction of new technology often leads to disruptions in manners that can take a generation or more to play out. We're in one of those awkward times now."

[1] http://io9.com/5046316/neal-stephenson-explains-whats-wrong-...

Re: Google Glass

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Post by stcredzero »

jcromartie wrote: post #227
mikegioia wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it could make you WANT to do those things now that you have the glasses. I've never considered sky diving but if I could easily record sky diving like this, then maybe I would do it.

I really don't see how being able to record sky diving would make me (or anybody) want to go skydiving. What about the experience itself? Is that worth nothing now, and only the recording of it is worthwhile?

"Pics or it didn't happen." Doesn't bode well for integrity or imagination.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by blazingfrog2 »

abraininavat wrote: post #211
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 speak to human beings daily. I've known dozens, or maybe hundreds, of human beings who have never been so rude as to pay more attention to their devices than to me when in the middle of a conversation. Anyone who would do that would be the exception rather than the rule. Is it your opinion that I'm in some anecdotal bubble that's not representative of the rest of society? Or are you perhaps taking a bad experience…

I speak to human beings daily. I've known dozens, or maybe hundreds, of human beings who have never been so rude as to pay more attention to their devices than to me when in the middle of a conversation.

I don't know you but, if you're not 20 years old, like the parent, you're talking apple and oranges.

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