How The First Google Glass Commercial Should Have Gone

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Post by radley » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:10 AM UTC

How The First Google Glass Commercial Should Have Gone
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Post by poundy » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:54 AM UTC

The hand gesture in front of the camera looks like the TED presentation by Pranav Mistry on SixthSense technology http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/ (pics)

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Post by tikhonj » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:59 AM UTC

I suspect that would just have set the bar too high. Unrealistic expectations are not good for devices in really early stages.

I think the presentation at Google IO was perfect: it was something obviously completely achievable now with the exact technology they had. And it was pretty cool.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 7:59 AM UTC

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Post by Toshio » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 8:00 AM UTC

s/Should Have Went/Should Have Gone/

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Post by Heinleinian » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 8:01 AM UTC

Exactly. It really is a shame that the true implications of augmented reality got lost in all the Google glass mockery. Forget the text message pop-ups and map overlays, that's all basically meaningless. Just a slightly easier to look at version of what's already on your phone.

But this kind of continuous melding of real life with video game graphics? A game-changer. Extrapolate it to everyone being able to see whatever they want to see, all the time, and things start to get pretty crazy pretty fast. Highly recommend Vernor Vinge's book Rainbows End for a full look at where this could take us a few years from now.

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Post by greendestiny » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 8:06 AM UTC

I think this explicitly not what the vision of Google Glass is. This is sort of the greatest hits of Augmented Reality that have never really worked.

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Post by Devilboy » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 8:08 AM UTC

Maybe in 5 or 10 years yes.

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Post by nsns » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 8:12 AM UTC

Toshio wrote: post #5

s/Should Have Went/Should Have Gone/

been?

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Post by hkmurakami » Wed, Jul 25, 2012, 8:14 AM UTC

I completely disagree with the hand gestures. Just having users accept wearing Glass is enough of a challenge without insinuating that the UI will require you to look like you're doing panotomimes in public.

And this is coming from someone who is dying to buy Google Glass! (mainly for the hands-free camera feature)