If I ever have to get glasses, I might think about it. But I'm not going to start wearing glasses just to use another device.
Would you wear a contact lens version of Glass if it was available or does the same apply?
Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
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#12If I ever have to get glasses, I might think about it. But I'm not going to start wearing glasses just to use another device.
I think you might be missing the point.
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#13If I ever have to get glasses, I might think about it. But I'm not going to start wearing glasses just to use another device.
Would you wear a contact lens version of Glass if it was available or does the same apply?
If the technology were there to have a workable version of Glass as a contact lens, I'd wear it all day every day. Augmentation of the senses is the next logical step, right?
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#14If I ever have to get glasses, I might think about it. But I'm not going to start wearing glasses just to use another device.
Would you wear a contact lens version of Glass if it was available or does the same apply?
Someone already pointed this out in another thread: what if someone hacks it, starts displaying shock porn. Closing your eyes won't help, neither can you take them off as easy as glasses.
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#15I own one already. Feel free to ask me any questions!
Edit: I actually posted a short blog post about the pickup/first couple days of use: http://michaelevans.org/blog/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-google...
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#16I'm quite content with my Batman mug.
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#17To ask about price, which determines buying decisions, I just added:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5644984
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#18If I ever have to get glasses, I might think about it. But I'm not going to start wearing glasses just to use another device.
Would you wear a contact lens version of Glass if it was available or does the same apply?
I doubt it. I can't even put in eyedrops, so I doubt contacts would work for me.
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#19I put yes, but I don't get to pick mine up until a few days from now.
Very excited about:
* how it enhances the external mind concept
* always on Bluetooth headphones (I think there are a lot of novel use cases that can spawn from this)
* Spaced repetition applications
* Building habits and changing behaviors (e.g. might be more inclined to build the habit of going to the gym if I had intelligently timed questions/feedback on the glasses)
* Life logging enhancements (picture notes and voice notes - I'm betting glass will encourage this more often)
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would you wear a contact lens version of Glass if it was available or does the same apply?
Someone already pointed this out in another thread: what if someone hacks it, starts displaying shock porn. Closing your eyes won't help, neither can you take them off as easy as glasses.
Until someone develops active (LED-based) contacts with high enough resolution to really shock you, that's not a great risk.
I think the current research front is at around 2^8 or 2^9 pixels, perhaps. I'd feel pretty safe from being "eye-raped" by anything on such a display. Note that I mean total pixels, not "pixels squared", i.e. a couple of hundred pixels total.
Of course, a big always-on or annoyingly flashing block of color in your field of vision even with your eyes closed would be pretty annoying. But only until you've managed to take out the contact, which is not all that hard to do with some practice.