Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

news.cnet.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

31–40 of 76 posts

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#31

Post by ekianjo »

zobzu wrote: post #21

I used glass a couple of times and i was underwhelmed by the technology. The screen is tiny and of poor quality. Controls aren't all that great. Battery life is terrible. So yeah, it's fun and novel for a few minutes, but not much more. I'm more excited by some better use of frame mounted displays like the oculus however.

I have tried the developer version a couple of weeks ago, and while I found it cool at first, I noticed the same flaws that you mentioned, and after using it too much it needs time to cool down which is a little weird at first. I'm actually much more interested in the Oculus rift and the Valve display as well.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#32

Post by x0054 »

jonmrodriguez wrote: post #20

If you don't want the disadvantages of a display and what you care about is the video recording use-case, feel free to check out my product Epiphany Eyewear. http://www.epiphanyeyewear.com?design I know self-promotion is frowned upon and I'm sorry for that, but manufacturing & programming this product is all I do 15 hours a day x 7 days a week, so at this point it's my whole life and I feel like this is a relevant op…

Have you considered marketing these to the police departments? Porn industry is another good choice! :)

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#33

Post by x0054 »

brandynwhite wrote: post #29

Definitely not my experience, I have no such eyestrain or headaches and this is actually my first time hearing of someone having had this experience. I've heard of people having such problems with video games too but I feel like it's equally rare. I've been active in Glass development ( http://openshades.com and http://wearscript.com ). I think CNET is just looking for attention out of a non-issue, I've done intervie…

It's not all that far fetched to think that it would give headaches to some people. I know people who get headaches from using their smart phone, or computers in general. Why not Google Glass.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#34

Post by brandynwhite »

x0054 wrote: post #33
brandynwhite wrote: post #29

Definitely not my experience, I have no such eyestrain or headaches and this is actually my first time hearing of someone having had this experience. I've heard of people having such problems with video games too but I feel like it's equally rare. I've been active in Glass development ( http://openshades.com and http://wearscript.com ). I think CNET is just looking for attention out of a non-issue, I've done intervie…

It's not all that far fetched to think that it would give headaches to some people. I know people who get headaches from using their smart phone, or computers in general. Why not Google Glass.

The plausibility of an argument isn't a good measure to use because that's exactly the problem I have with this reporting, they come up with a plausible narrative 'a priori' that fits people's pre-conceptions and then justify it with random tidbits they can drudge up. Since people can naturally agree with such statements it makes correcting them substantially harder.

I know literally hundreds of people who use Glass daily and have never heard this once. Now it's on the front page of hacker news as a "thing". I don't doubt Chris is telling the truth about his experience. I'm just generally bothered by tech bloggers (in this case CNET) wanting to feed people intellectual junk food that they are looking for without any real concern for the damage it does to the industry they are reporting on. Reporting on legitimate problems with technology is beneficial because it opens a dialogue that ultimately makes it better, making "mountains out of mole hills" just distracts everyone and creates a fog of confusion.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#35

Post by dewiz »

brandynwhite wrote: post #34
x0054 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not all that far fetched to think that it would give headaches to some people. I know people who get headaches from using their smart phone, or computers in general. Why not Google Glass.

The plausibility of an argument isn't a good measure to use because that's exactly the problem I have with this reporting, they come up with a plausible narrative 'a priori' that fits people's pre-conceptions and then justify it with random tidbits they can drudge up. Since people can naturally agree with such statements it makes correcting them substantially harder. I know literally hundreds of people who use Glass…

So you are saying we should not trust Chris, instead we should trust you.

I would surely trust more if the private forum for Glass owners was not private at all, so that we could rely on hundreds of different experiences.

As for being in HN frontpage, good to see people are interested also on real life experience and disavantages of new tech.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#36

Post by brandynwhite »

dewiz wrote: post #35
brandynwhite wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The plausibility of an argument isn't a good measure to use because that's exactly the problem I have with this reporting, they come up with a plausible narrative 'a priori' that fits people's pre-conceptions and then justify it with random tidbits they can drudge up. Since people can naturally agree with such statements it makes correcting them substantially harder. I know literally hundreds of people who use Glass…

So you are saying we should not trust Chris, instead we should trust you. I would surely trust more if the private forum for Glass owners was not private at all, so that we could rely on hundreds of different experiences. As for being in HN frontpage, good to see people are interested also on real life experience and disavantages of new tech.

That's not what I'm saying at all (quite the opposite, I specifically said I don't doubt his experience). I also am glad that people voice their experiences good/bad with tech, that's what I'm basing my opinion on. My issue is not with anything Chris did, it's that any negative statement is amplified because it grabs attention and positive statements are generally 'boring' as news.

I do agree with your comment about the forum and I've lobbied for that to be opened up myself on numerous occasions. I think it's largely for legacy reasons at this point since people assumed their posts would be private it's tricky to make them more public than they had expected, but there are highly active communities on G+ that are public.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#37

Post by Cthulhu_ »

gst wrote: post #23

While I haven't used Google Glass yet, I can't imagine being productive (or being able to relax) while using it. I usually try to disable as many potential distractions as possible when working. I don't have mail notifications, I don't have chat notifications, I don't even have a clock that shows the time on my desktop. I'm way more productive when handling those things on my own schedule (e.g., batched handling of e…

Well, I've got the same idea about people who acknowledge every bleep and buzz their phone gives. I'd say it's the same thing, and notifications on the thing can be acknowledged or ignored.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#38

Post by Cthulhu_ »

The second argument he's raising is that the novelty and thus the daily use has worn off.

What I gathered from the first users of Glass who said it was amazing... was also that they were the center of attention all day long, people interested in them and the device, wanting to touch it, etc. If that novelty's worn off, or if people get tired of the attention, I can imagine it's not that great a device anymore.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

#40

Post by huhtenberg »

jonmrodriguez wrote: post #20

If you don't want the disadvantages of a display and what you care about is the video recording use-case, feel free to check out my product Epiphany Eyewear. http://www.epiphanyeyewear.com?design I know self-promotion is frowned upon and I'm sorry for that, but manufacturing & programming this product is all I do 15 hours a day x 7 days a week, so at this point it's my whole life and I feel like this is a relevant op…

I would actually gladly pay for the opposite - a wearable display without the camera.
Post reply on HN