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Google Announces Project Glass
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#12I know it has been said a thousand times, but Google could really take a cue from Apple on how to launch a new product. The "closed beta" approach generates a good deal of hype, but prevents early adopters from buying or using your product, which is insane! Google is tipping their hand to the competition. It may seem far-fetched that anyone else is working on a wearable computer like this, but I guarantee Google is not alone. If Google is slow to bringing this to market (which wouldn't surprise anyone), then this announcement gives Samsung/Apple/lots of others a chance to catch up in a potentially new market.
Ugh. Google, you have so many cool ideas and so little business acumen.
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#13I dunno, maybe I'm a Luddite but I don't think the tendency to never be disconnected is good for the human psyche. I know that personally my own mental well being tends to suffer if I don't let myself have considerable stretches of time where I'm not consuming any information. Also, though cool, the video is probably a pretty inaccurate representation of what that tech would actually get used for. It shows some guy g…
On the flip side, it'll probably be used for constant Wikipedia lookups and trivializing boring organizational work. Computers streamline memorization and scheduling and my agenda and a thousand other things that would normally disrupt my thought processes and interrupt whatever idea I was having. My computer is an extension of myself, and I am a better human for it, because I can spend more time exerting the consciousness that separates me from every other animal on earth.
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#14I dunno, maybe I'm a Luddite but I don't think the tendency to never be disconnected is good for the human psyche. I know that personally my own mental well being tends to suffer if I don't let myself have considerable stretches of time where I'm not consuming any information. Also, though cool, the video is probably a pretty inaccurate representation of what that tech would actually get used for. It shows some guy g…
Like it or not, that seems to be the trend. People find it harder and harder to live "off the Internet", especially if they've grown up with it. Take it away from them for a couple of days and they will really miss it. There was even a survey asking people for what sum of money will they quit the Internet forever. I don't remember seeing anyone from the interview saying they would take the deal. They just couldn't imagine themselves never using the Internet again.
I guess once you get used to talking with anyone, anywhere in the world, and with so much access to any information you want, anything less seems like isolation.
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#15oh man, someone needs to trademark iGlass NOW
Too late. They do network monitoring solutions. (iglass.net)
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#16I know it has been said a thousand times, but Google could really take a cue from Apple on how to launch a new product. The "closed beta" approach generates a good deal of hype, but prevents early adopters from buying or using your product, which is insane! Google is tipping their hand to the competition. It may seem far-fetched that anyone else is working on a wearable computer like this, but I guarantee Google is n…
Also, you're immediately setting up your product for a negative reception. People expect all the cool stuff and tight integration shown in the concept video. If you can't deliver that...
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#17What this will provide for disabled and autistic people is amazing. It's too easy to get caught up in the "social sharing" part of this and forget that something like this can really help change people's lives. Edit: To expand a bit, take an autistic adult that wants to do something, like go to the movies. It's simple for us, we wash up, get dressed, go outside, go down the straight, hope on the 132 Bus for 3 stops,…
> God, what I wouldn't give to be apart of this.
Get in touch with them!
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#18What this will provide for disabled and autistic people is amazing. It's too easy to get caught up in the "social sharing" part of this and forget that something like this can really help change people's lives. Edit: To expand a bit, take an autistic adult that wants to do something, like go to the movies. It's simple for us, we wash up, get dressed, go outside, go down the straight, hope on the 132 Bus for 3 stops,…
> God, what I wouldn't give to be apart of this. Get in touch with them!
Trust me, I'm working on it! Need to get a hold of this team. I'm working with someone building an app for Autistic and disabled people, and while a phone is great... this is just... she'll be awestruck.
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#19A little off-topic. "Articles" like these make me think Google+ has become a blogging platform more and a social network less.
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#20Videos are fun and all, but I want an SDK!
(Seriously, even if it's still pretty crude...)