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Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by aeroevan »

BugBrother wrote: post #18

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 usab…

I'm really hoping to get a Twiddler3 once it comes out: https://plus.google.com/105804767481830727070/posts/j4M9fmRr...

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by yeldarb »

I created a presentation remote for a hackathon.

It's far from a "killer app" but it does solve a problem I've had (you don't need a second screen pointing towards the presenter at a conference, and you don't need a device in your hand to progress your slides during a talk)

https://github.com/yeldarby/glass-presentation-remote

Most of the apps released so far have been of the "because I can" genre. There's not a compelling reason to use them on Glass rather than your smartphone.

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Post by gregpilling »

A have wished I had Google Glass a few times when my infant child was doing something cute. It ruins the moment to go get a camera, or to fiddle with a smartphone. By the time you go get the camera, the baby has stopped doing the interesting thing, and is now wondering what you are doing. I once bought a camera based exclusively on 'time to first photo' (circa 2006) because of this issue.

Another app that I expect to see would be some sort of Robocop/Terminator display for law enforcement. I have been to the SHOT Show(1) in Las Vegas, and the number of toys available to LEO is surprisingly large. Things like guns that shoot around corners (uses camera), to small tank like things. Google glass combined with a camera on a weapon would be something likely to develop.

I think once someone like Oakley can integrate Glass into their eyewear make it less obvious that will change some things too. As it stands I have no particular desire for this piece of technology.

(1) Shooting Hunting Outdoors Trade show http://www.shotshow.org/

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Post by zxcvvcxz »

sharkweek wrote: post #19

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

Cool concept, but there's no way it's happening with the current Glass optics. The screen is just too small, removed, and low quality.

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Post by ctdonath »

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.

Bingo. Killer app: face recognition. Add license plate recognition to that (per another current threagood money for a system that would, unintrusively, pop up an info bubble over everyone's head (name, summary of interactions, relationships, last social media posts, etc). Considering the data mining potential, I'd expect Google et al to provide the hardware & services for free or darned near it.

Add license plate recognition to that (per another current thread). Cars correlate real close with their owners.

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Post by CmonDev »

Google Glass is basically same thing as 90s VR. Good (and obvious) idea that can't be properly done on today's tech. My expectation is a capability to process your surroundings in near-real time and have a low-latency mobile connection.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by ctdonath »

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…

We had the same complaints about cell phones, especially with handsfree headsets. It was simply too creepy to have people walking around with a small box mushed against their ear ... or worse, just walking along chattering into the air with nobody around.

Well, we still have the same complaints, we just find it so useful we've accepted the "cell phone zombification" of society.

HUDs will be the same, and like Bluetooth-enabled earpieces will gradually disappear into barely-visible devices.

Re: Google Glass Still Needs a Killer App

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Post by ctdonath »

BugBrother wrote: post #18

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 usab…

Combine Glass with the Thalmic Myo https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/ - an armband which detects muscle contractions, so you can just twiddle your fingers in the air (or make other hand/arm gestures) to type.
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