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Re: Google Glass

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Post by agumonkey »

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

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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.

I agree but where Google felt different from others, is that all their rip-offs were simpler, faster and free-er than the competition. What other company gives free candies like that ?

Glass, and most importantly cars are even a stronger step in that direction. Actually, if Google cars ever make it to the public, I think it would qualify them for being up there with NASA, Bell and many others, don't you think ?

Re: Google Glass

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Post by computerslol »

Part of me really wants one. The other part of me is concerned.

The concerned part is my developer self. I am having a hard time not seeing this as extremely limiting from an interaction perspective. All I am seeing is GPS and text input (from speech). I'd imagine there will be an accelerometer, but I couldn't imagine asking users to jerk their heads around to point at something. If it came with a glove that tracked a hand or something, I'd be less nervous.

If this takes off, everyone will get one. It looks like the future. Many people already feel they can replace their computers with smartphones, what if they replace their smartphones with this? If I was an average american and didn't know better, I'd let me 5 year old computer continue to age, chuck my cell phone, and blow my technology budget for the year to get one of these instead... It's a device that as far as I can see has no decent ability to capture pointing.

How do you scroll in it without looking like an idiot that talks to yourself in public?

Re: Google Glass

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Post by [deleted] »

saulrh wrote: post #501
waterlesscloud wrote: post #301

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If you're hearing the same point made from a lot of quarters, then maybe there's an actual phenomenon behind it. But more than that, Glass is fundamentally different. It's designed, from the concept up, to always be in your awareness. That's what it is . That's the entire appeal of it. That's not a book, and it's not even a smartphone that spends most of its time in your pocket. It's something that always demands som…

Two things. First, when something is always available and you are always aware of it and taking data from it, it becomes part of you in the same way that your eyes or your clothing are part of you. It's part of you when you're talking to people in the same way that your computer is part of you when you're having an email conversation. It's entirely possible that you with google glass is generally less socially adept…

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Re: Google Glass

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Post by rollo_tommasi »

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

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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…

The "How It Feels" video put you in tears because it's a cinematic compilation of a fantasy lifestyle set to stirring music. The vision you found so compelling is the vision of a life filled with aerial acrobatics, skydiving, exotic travel and the surface indicators of deep personal relationships.

It's a product pitch, not a manifesto. It is to a true vision of a better tomorrow what a thirty-second "I Approve This Message" ad is to the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It has been calibrated and hand-crafted by highly skilled advertising professionals to evoke an emotional response that you will imprint onto the product itself.

You are already living in the age of augmented reality. It just hasn't been augmented in quite the way you're hoping for.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by kybernetikos »

syassami wrote: post #354

I'd really love to have this in a non-voice activated version that would simply analyse my brain activity and execute the commands. It still feels slightly awkward or unintuitive to speak your commands to a phone in an open area. If you could think "Take a picture" and have the glass perform that command it would really be incredible. I don't think we're that far off either with fMRI studies regarding object recognit…

'simply' is not a word to use lightly in that sentence.

I've experimented with brain controllers and certainly at the moment, they leave a lot to be desired. At this stage, I'd rather have an unobtrusive clicker/keyer on one hand, a bluetooth throat mike or do gesture detection through the video than any kind of brain interface.

I do have an idea that maybe you could do something with pressure changes in the ear canal, but I'd have to do some experimentation to see if it's really practical.

Basically you want something unobtrusive that doesn't take significant chunks of your body out of action.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by tibbon »

I'm glad so many of you don't want them- increases my changes of getting one soon :)

"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."

Re: Google Glass

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Post by waterlesscloud »

lhnz wrote: post #561
waterlesscloud wrote: post #200

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If you're in conversation with me wearing one of these things, I'm going to ask you to take it off. That's how I'm "just going to deal with it".

Are you interesting enough for me to comply or will I just walk over to somebody else.

If that makes you walk way, I'll live.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by hnriot »

Evbn wrote: post #341
waterlesscloud wrote: post #301

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If you're hearing the same point made from a lot of quarters, then maybe there's an actual phenomenon behind it. But more than that, Glass is fundamentally different. It's designed, from the concept up, to always be in your awareness. That's what it is . That's the entire appeal of it. That's not a book, and it's not even a smartphone that spends most of its time in your pocket. It's something that always demands som…

When it's been said forever, it's not really a new threat. Small talk was always pointless.

that's simply not true, it's a fundamental building block of relationships.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by hnriot »

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 nonsense, sure google's useful, but no more so than bing or any other company that wants to build the same. How about the cellular carriers, or the infrastructure companies that make internet in your house possible. Google was an inevitable company, someone would have made the web searchable...

Google Glass isn't progress, it might lead to some progress, but right now its a delivery platform for commerce and a camera.

Ok Glass, CTRL-ALT_DEL

Re: Google Glass

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Post by ephemeralism »

redact207 wrote: post #559
Karunamon wrote: post #517

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Off the top of my head, instant sharing of anything without futzing around with a discrete device. How many moments are missed because a camera wasn't ready or the app took to long to load? "Ok glass, record a video" Bam. If it works in real life at the same speed as in the video, I don't think this effect can be overstated. It allows you to share while still being a participant in the experience (as opposed to the g…

You're at the urinal and some guy yells out "Ok glass, share video". There will be problems.

Voice recognition and / or some way of detecting the proximity of the command should solve that.
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