Why Google Glass Broke

Post by tdkl » Thu, Feb 05, 2015, 7:20 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #62

kefka wrote: post #13

I work in a capacity that reviews, tests, and develops proofs of concepts for new tech. We purchased 3 glasses when they came on the market. Our review: 1. pathetic battery life. You're going to have at most 6 hours of life. And that's with the GG radios off (and functionality at a nil). 2. You can't turn it off. it goes into a screen-off non-standby that still chews through battery. So when you think that youre cons…

>And, they took out one of the neatest features: facial recognition. Care to clarify who "they" is here? Last I heard, the local governments were going to pass legislation banning this feature. Google was more or less strong-armed by the state. Yeah, its fun to give an overly-negative review of 1st gen dev platforms, but the reality is that a lot of whats happened with glass was more or less planned to happen. It was…

Post by crumpled » Thu, Feb 05, 2015, 8:54 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #70

crumpled wrote: post #69

I don't understand why everybody is pretending that the Google Glass that "explorers" and developers have is a consumer product, and that it failed in the market. Google Glass has yet to hit the consumer market. All of the criticisms of it as a fashion statement or a consumer device are pretty much moot. It's like people pretended to understand that they were alpha/beta testers and then conveniently forgot. Yes, this…

Does this page look like a beta: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Glass_Explorer... "Who are Glass Explorers? From chefs to cyclists, Glass Explorers are the first to make, move, and marvel through Glass. They're bold and inspiring and they're helping shape the future of Glass." It certainly doesn't even use the word 'beta' even once. And when there are frames made by DVF available I'd say that, yes, you…

Post by untog » Thu, Feb 05, 2015, 9:51 PM UTC

crumpled wrote: post #72

untog wrote: post #70

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Does this page look like a beta: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Glass_Explorer... "Who are Glass Explorers? From chefs to cyclists, Glass Explorers are the first to make, move, and marvel through Glass. They're bold and inspiring and they're helping shape the future of Glass." It certainly doesn't even use the word 'beta' even once. And when there are frames made by DVF available I'd say that, yes, you…

I see the word "prototype" used all over this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass And if you refer to the terms of service, it's pretty plain that it's not a consumer product.

Post by crumpled » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 5:31 AM UTC

untog wrote: post #74

crumpled wrote: post #73

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http://www.google.com/glass/termsofuse/

Are you trying to suggest that people ever read the Terms of Use?

Post by nucleardog » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 10:41 PM UTC

snowwrestler wrote: post #50

kefka wrote: post #39

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And one last story regarding the Glass. Google engineers came to us for a public demonstration. Now, our network has a secure component (WPA2-enterprise) and a non-secure component. However to use either, you need to register the MAC address with our system. Simple. No. For a company that made Android, and focuses oh so much on security, they dont support WPA2-enterprise. Just doesn't work. So, we were relegated to t…

Why do people need to manually give you their MAC address for a non-secure network? Any "bad actor" could just sniff and copy an approved MAC address, so it does nothing for security. And while it's possible to look up the MAC address on some devices, it's not simple on any of them. This seems more like your shortcoming, not Google's.