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Re: Google Glass

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Post by waterlesscloud »

derekchiang wrote: post #388
damoncali wrote: post #319

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that is true and it catches on, then it is terrifying.

Dude I don't care what you think, but Google is the greatest technology organization ever existed. The "How It Feels" video literally made me in tears because the vision is so great, so compelling. The way we interact will change fundamentally, but that isn't a bad thing. People are always terrified by progress because progress means difference, and people feel comfort in falling back to the same thing. But, again, I…

What specifically in the video are you responding to?

Re: Google Glass

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Post by gfodor »

jonmc12 wrote: post #409
gfodor wrote: post #391

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This isn't really comparable. Clearly there are hundreds of uses for a always-available video or photo recorder.

"Clearly there are hundreds of uses.." - and that was exactly the introduction for the Google code camp for Wave. Uses and value at Google scale are 2 different things.

I don't buy the comparison. Wave was a software product with a complete different paradigm for communication and had huge switching costs. This is a webcam you can wear on your head. The market for portable video cameras was validated in the 1970s.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by PeterisP »

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…

That's the whole point - if someone started reading a book or newspaper while on a walk with their mate or during a group conversation, then it used to be socially unacceptable.

And, as you say, the tech doesn't change anything - if we're hanging out and suddenly you're zoning out by checking FB on your phone instead of connecting with me (I'm right here! Right now!), then it's just as offensive as if I'd fold out a full-size newspaper between us while we're sitting in a cafe.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by kenferry »

Ok, if these images are real, I'm very impressed.

But I'm concerned that they're mockups. It is very, very dangerous to make people think you can do more than you actually can.

The "directions" demo image features full color, right in the middle of your field of view, with a display resolution that allows super light weight fonts and subtle glow effects.

Is anyone able to comment on whether this is a realistic portrayal?

I know they have _something_, but I hope what they've shown here isn't vaporware.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by hnriot »

artursapek wrote: post #353
hnriot wrote: post #325

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obviously. after driving 10 hours she was humoring him as much as possible, but it's pretty clear to anyone.

She would travel the same distance to see me, more often than I would even. I regret bringing romance into a conversation on HN. It has nothing to do with my point, it was an anecdote.

you're going to have to face facts sooner or later about that relationship.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by PeterisP »

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.

You can't do the design until you know exactly how large each needed component will be and what hardware UI will work for a wearable computer that hasn't been people-tested for long yet.

They're not mass-producing them yet - the visuals can be defined much later than the actual tech.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by PeterisP »

pilooch wrote: post #92

Question that comes immediately to my mind: I'm wearing glasses (short-sighted), so an augmented pair seems like an easy step, can I wear GGlass on top of my prescription glasses ?

The officially suggested way is to put prescription lenses in a GGlass "frame" and some of the publicly seen GGlass usages have been with such frames/lenses.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by silverbax88 »

derekchiang wrote: post #388
damoncali wrote: post #319

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that is true and it catches on, then it is terrifying.

Dude I don't care what you think, but Google is the greatest technology organization ever existed. The "How It Feels" video literally made me in tears because the vision is so great, so compelling. The way we interact will change fundamentally, but that isn't a bad thing. People are always terrified by progress because progress means difference, and people feel comfort in falling back to the same thing. But, again, I…

Google? Granted, they've done some really cool stuff after they copied other search engines and hit upon paid search as a profit model.

And not Bell Labs? The organization that built everything from scratch that Google uses to push bits around every day?

Re: Google Glass

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Post by moheeb »

TeeWEE wrote: post #15
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.

The technology is not limited to one design. Just like mobile phones look different.

This is one of the funniest things I've ever read here! Nicely done.

(can't upvote)

Re: Google Glass

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Post by silverbax88 »

blazingfrog2 wrote: post #276
mkr-hn wrote: post #237

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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…

I don't know you or your background but I'm going to guess you may not be part of that younger generation (late high school, early college years) who was literally born with a computer in their crib and came into their teen years with with a smart phone in their hand. I'm often reminded of the divide between them and my generation (born in the mid 70's) when I visit friends who have children that age, or even in publ…

As a tech guy in his forties, I find these arguments hilarious - especially when my own generation had the same things said about television ("They won't know personal contact or relationships!") , video games...every new thing is the end of human society as we know it.

Until it isn't.

I mean, honestly, stop being so myopic. There were people who decried the STEAM ENGINE. There were people - sometimes, legitimate journalists and "thought leaders" who would write articles and essays about ELECTRICITY. And RADIO. And the PHONE. And the TELEGRAPH.

And when the telegraph began to become obsolete, there was wailing and and gnashing of teeth. When the 'horseless carraige' was introduced, there were op-ed pieces written stating it was a sad state that America might not use horsepower in the future.

Yeah, society is going to change. It's always changing. People adapt. Some things we lose, some things we gain. It's only "the way it should be" to you because it's the world you know.

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