Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by eterm » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:18 PM UTC

antihero wrote: post #6

Creepy as hell, but if it could use face recognition and give you data about people that would be some next level stuff.

Face recognition would be the killer app. I would hand over a month's salary to get a device that simply converted from face to name.

Nothing else, it doesn't have to bring up their facebook profile, twitter feed or anything else. It could even rely simply on entries I've entered myself, knowing someone before they've introduced themselves would be creepy. But just something so that when people remember me I don't stand like a dick because I can't recognise their face would be nice.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by collyw » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:18 PM UTC

X-ray goggles type app. Porn has driven a lot of the tech industry.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by Cthulhu_ » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:18 PM UTC

drKarl wrote: post #2

The "It's over 9000!!" app...

Image recognition, body composition calculations, physical strength calculations based on those, power stance rating, combine into power level? Sounds like a good app.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by msabalau » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

Field Trip languished on my phone, but the immediacy of the contextual information on Glass transforms the experience. It is surprisingly delightful to get "little gifts" of information as you are walking through a city. Walking by a nondescript restaurant in an unfamiliar neighborhood, learning from Glass that it has received great reviews, and having an amazing meal there feels like the future.

So does the Google Now style "you should leave for the party now", "here are the directions", "would you like to share the pictures", though that's less improved by being wearable, rather than smartphone based.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by bertil » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:21 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #3

Well, I got an idea: shoot a photo every 30 seconds, upload it to secure server and send an email to a lawyer when you get arrested.

getnarrative.com

Well, except they are Swedish ethnographers so they care about you taking pictures of your baby while you spend a year taking care of him or her (and auto-send cute pictures to the grand-parents) and not US ambulance chasers suing the life out of everyone, or gun-totting libertarian testing Sheriff's patience, but cultural idiosyncrasies apart, the idea’s roughly the same. :)

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by erdle2 » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:22 PM UTC

Quick Service Restaurants. Delivery. - Google Coordinate? Pick and Pack Fulfillment Facilities.

The immediate need and future for wearables is in the service and manufacturing industries where humans are still required but need to be more efficient.

Being able to see the status of every order, take a pic of every order as it heads out for QA, being able to see the customer placing the order at the drive thru or maybe through an app on their phone in the parking lot or driving up, etc.

People don't have an immediate need for wearables in their casual, everyday life. But they do have a need for those in the service industry to continue to create better, more efficient experiences. And then you have manufacturing and fulfillment facilities where people already carry around small computers and thermal printers for identifying and noting batches and statuses on the floor.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by panacea » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:43 PM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #7

panacea wrote: post #4

A lazer? Google Glass is already dusted. It occupies the very centre of an 'uncanny valley' when it comes to wearable computing. It's simply too creepy to have people walking around with a HUD and and camera next to one eye. And coming from Google no less. Should have positioned it more as something you wear for outdoor sports, or for specific activities (I know they tried a bit)... but as an everyday computing/senso…

Given your tone, I do wonder whether this is something you observed or something that you wish to happen. Personally I find the applications for a HUD to be endless, given enough time and polish.

If a personal HUD was so great, why do they need to bundle an outfacing camera to the device at the same time?

A personal HUD with sufficient utility might gain acceptance by people not wearing the device. Coupled to an eye mounted 'recording other people without their consent' device and Google's servers though?

(And yes, my tone is indicative of a luddite stance in this particular instance)

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by BugBrother » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:47 PM UTC

A killer application for selling to me:

A chording keyboard and ssh (I use Emacs anyway). This needs a good battery and enough screen quality for readable 80+ character without headaches.

Then I could go walking with a backpack filled with coffee and lunch... It might be hard to combine a readable screen with a not too high risk for getting my hit by cars.

(Possibly two chording keyboards if they leave the hands usable when strapped on?)

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by sharkweek » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:51 PM UTC

I'm not sure how realistic this would be but... my friends in lab research are chomping at the bit for something like this to eventually become a reality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orXws08ODiQ

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by glassapps » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 1:57 PM UTC

here are the currently available apps http://glass-apps.org/google-glass-application-list