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Re: Google Glass

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Post by Bakkot »

blazingfrog2 wrote: post #290
abraininavat wrote: post #211

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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.

I'm 20 and can never recall having had the experience the OP describes.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by ShawnBird »

mtgx wrote: post #29
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.

Any suggestions to how you would prefer them look? I'm not sure the concept of Glass would work well with sunglasses for example. At that point you'd need it to be a HUD for one of the lenses, and I think that's really distracting.

Some symmetry would help. They could probably have a smaller profile if they had the components on the right arm and batteries on the left. Then encase each of the arms in some plastic for protection and fluid form. I think they would look better with some actual lenses but I wear glasses and I don't know how someone without glasses would feel about that.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by shurcooL »

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…

Some people are driven by the experience.

You open facebook or reddit with the goal of being distracted and entertained by it, and depending on what you see there, it determines what you'll be doing for the next 15 minutes. You get a notification and you immediately tend to it even if you're busy and it could be checked in an hour.

Some people choose to drive the experience themselves.

You need to look something up. You google or wikipedia it. Close browser get back to what you were doing. Use the tool you have as a tool, not as something that tells you what to do.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by ShawnBird »

risratorn wrote: post #37
sparkinson wrote: post #34

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I would have thought it'd pair with your phone, with the phone doing all the hard work. The glasses really just being a display and recorder.

That would indeed be the most obvious way to go, it would also make the device more powerful down the road since the computing is done on a smartphone which only get faster and faster by the year.

I am sure that that is going to be the product that actually takes off. Google Glass will probably fail (at least the first iteration) but give some data for the next attempt. Then when Apple comes out with iGlasses everyone can act impressed.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by sgt »

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…

Downvoted - this is not HN material. Please go back to Reddit.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by abraininavat »

artursapek wrote: post #345
abraininavat wrote: post #327

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> There's a huge difference anyway between iPhones and books/newspapers. It's not a good comparison. The only similarity is the posture one holds when consuming them, which is why your photos sort of work for your argument. Reading a book or newspaper takes effort and concentration, whereas flicking through whatever stream on your iPhone takes little to no thought at all. It's active consumption vs. passive consumpti…

You're not saying anything worthwhile, man. Look at how big this thread has gotten. I'm not angry at phones. I'm sure you read plenty of good research papers on your phone and learn heaps from them. Good for you. I don't really care what people do on their phones, it's reflective of who they are anyway. People like you who read research papers on their phones would 30 years ago probably be reading them on paper. What…

I don't really care what people do on their phones, it's reflective of who they are anyway

Precisely. So phones give passive, stupid people easier access to their passive, stupid habits. Similarly, phones give active, intelligent people access to their active, intelligent habits.

It sounds to me like you have a sincere dislike for a majority of people, and technology has nothing to do with it. You're better than all those mindless drones, and you would have been 50 years ago as well -- smart phones just magnify the effect.

You would be wise to ask yourself whether you have a superiority complex.

[EDIT] - Yeah I can see that, sawyer. I've changed it.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by woah »

DVGDGSDFGDFG wrote: post #209
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 one of the better uses of this camera will be in law enforcement. Not only can the glass record everything that happens, cops can use it as a tool to aid in real-time communication, a win for civil liberties groups as well as cops. Ensuring that the video evidence can't be tampered with or deleted is critical.

Actually, last night, I spotted some BART cops with glasses that had a little camera on the side. Pretty sure that they didn't have screens but it brought a smile to my face. Definitely a step in the right direction.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by dntrkv »

guizzy wrote: post #195
chez17 wrote: post #76

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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 t…

The big difference between the two is that Glass is powered 100% by voice, Android is powered primarily by touch. I am sure that by the time Google starts rolling this out to the mass market in other countries, they will have those problems figured out.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by abraininavat »

meaty wrote: post #298
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…

Spot on. This sort of technology is actually doing a fuck ton of damage to society. It's why I have a shit Nokia.

Phew, good thing you have a shit Nokia. Otherwise society would probably come to a grinding halt.
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