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Re: Google Glass

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Post by damoncali »

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…

To each his own, I suppose. While you were crying I was repulsed by the intrusion of little bits of low value information and the threat of constant mental overhead in dealing with that little floating box. But more so, I'm repulsed by the thought of having to fight my way past other people's little boxes in order to communicate with them. Progress indeed.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by lwat »

sshconnection wrote: post #438

Dear god, so many haters in here. It's a brand new prototype product, and people are complaining about minor features etc. What is wrong with you people? I thought this was a board full of hackers. If you can't see the massive potential in this, you may be in the wrong place.

I agree. Can't you people see the possibilities here? The opportunities? Can't you just appreciate this amazing new technology without resorting to 'people these days' bullshit arguments?

Sigh.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by zmmmmm »

gfodor wrote: post #393

Here's one quirky thing though, there are moments in life where everyone around you wants to take a picture. Like, a celebrity walks by. Or you are at the top of a long climb. Or you're at the zoo. Are people in these situations going to be just a sea of voices saying in round "OK Glass take a picture, OK Glass take a picture"?

I found that the most unconvincing part of the video. Quite apart from the point you mention, even in the most-likely-edited video there was a noticeable lag between when she said to take the picture and when it happened, and that is not accounting for the second and a half it takes to actually say the sentence. How would we react if anybody released a camera with a 3 second shutter lag and then advertised it as ideal for photos of action scenes? Then factor in the high probability the voice recognition fails or a network problem occurs or bluetooth disconnects or any other random thing and I can guarantee this is 100% absolutely the worst possible way to try and take a picture of any scene you care about.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by lwat »

wwwtyro wrote: post #428
gfodor wrote: post #393

Here's one quirky thing though, there are moments in life where everyone around you wants to take a picture. Like, a celebrity walks by. Or you are at the top of a long climb. Or you're at the zoo. Are people in these situations going to be just a sea of voices saying in round "OK Glass take a picture, OK Glass take a picture"?

That's what I don't like about voice control. I'm too shy/reserved to do that kind of thing in public.

Thought control will come eventually.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by hajzjzn »

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.

Speak for yourselve. I'm as beatiful as a butterfly...

... in the larvae stage.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by nazgulnarsil »

arihant wrote: post #125

Except for handsfree picture taking, I'm not sure what this device does that Pebble watch does not. I'm much more comfortable wearing a watch on my hand than mounting a camera on my face. Also, whenever I do take pictures I really wanna take, I subconsciously take care of picture composition by moving my phone around a bit. In Glass, I'll be moving my face around?

I'm with you. For now pebble is way more interesting. maybe in 2-3 years google glass will have killer apps.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by prawn »

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…

Phone stack for Google Glass?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Phone%20Stack

Re: Google Glass

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Post by vacri »

rayiner wrote: post #444
derekchiang wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> but Google is the greatest technology organization ever existed. Bullshit. NASA sent humans to the moon. Bell Labs gave us the transistor. U.S. Steel basically built our modern civilization. Google found somewhat better ways of searching documents in return for selling advertising, plus rip-offs of Hotmail, MS Office, iOS, Facebook, etc.

Google touches normal folks in far more profound ways than NASA's moon shot (How did that turn out? Are we still going to the moon? Oh). Sure, NASA is a force majeure and certainly nothing to be sniffed at, but the efficiency and power of google search on it's own revolutionised the web and was a major spur to its uptake. Google maps was equally revolutionary - available to anyone who could access the internet, and for free, something not done before - Google keeps on doing services like this.

I mean, if you're talking about google being a mere ripoff of other products that 'came first', why not apply the same ruler to NASA (there were previous rocket programs) and steel companies? Bell Labs certainly contributed heaps to everyday culture, but if they were #1, that wouldn't really knock Google very far down the list.

And classifying a steelmaking company as a tech company is a bit far-fetched.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by vacri »

silverbax88 wrote: post #420
blazingfrog2 wrote: post #276

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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 jou…

None of the things you've mentioned interrupts the social interactions when you're actually out with someone. I do agree that the only constant is change, but also, the always-on internet is truly something new for us.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by killerpopiller »

silverbax88 wrote: post #418
derekchiang wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I vaguely remember "the internet" before google and it seriously sucked. Partially, because searching was wading through yahoo-like sites and annoying pop-ups. And before that all was in black&white.

Searching was, and is, imho one of the main usage scenarios. Google toned that sonewhat loud and cluttered act down and improved it, a lot.

I am thankfull for that. http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Searching-the-...

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