Its too bad Microsoft's not doing this. I was rather hoping for Clippy to make a comeback ;) For those that don't know Clippy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant
I guess HN people don't like my sense of humor. Oh well..
Google Announces Project Glass
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#102I 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…
I think you could be mistaking Google's master plan here. It would be quite simple for Google to not be the manufacturer, but instead be the "android" for the glasses. Just a thought.
Re: Google Announces Project Glass
#103I 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…
I think you could be mistaking Google's master plan here. It would be quite simple for Google to not be the manufacturer, but instead be the "android" for the glasses. Just a thought.
I hadn't considered that. I guess Google could be planning to license their "Android-for-glasses" to OEMs. Then Apple can easily step in and make a unified user experience/hardware platform that will out-do Google's ;)
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah yes the old "Google is evil ad company" shtick. You see an impressive new technology and this is the only way you can frame it to initiate a discussion?? But actually your scenario sounds plausible if Google was the most ignorant, narrow minded, child-like version of an ad network. If they have any smart people at all working at Google, I think that they would have a much wider, longer-term vision in which they ca…
Given Google's recent change in trend, where do you think it stands? I can see that it would initially be relevant, than it would gradually stray and become increasingly flooded with obvious ad bombarding and irrelevancy, much like what Google did to search.
The recent change in trend has never shocked me like the very small shocked few. A lot of people will say something like "Google is creepy!" and then turn around and do 10 searches on it that day in between checking their Gmail.
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#105What 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,…
I might even allow deaf people to hear spoken words, or to know which direction a loud noise is coming from.
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#106prediction: by end of 2015 these will be as popular as iPhone and iPad. the future will have arrived : ) woohoo. http://clippedcomic.blogspot.ca/2012/04/google-glasses.html
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#10899% of the technology is having a really good connection either wifi or your phone company's wireless data. I remember when I got a Nexus One and tried showing off the Google Translate app to co-workers; one Japanese, one Portuguese, one Bosnian but it took so long to connect it was embarrassing. I managed to get some Japanese translated after about 10 minutes. Now I have a Samsung Galaxy S 2 (translate still sucks)…
Not to mention that Google would be empowered to a live/recorded stream of video of every user. That's a whole other can of worms for ya. Coming up, put a Google chip on your brain and think like Google.
A few years ago Google wanted to record a few seconds of sound from the homes of people using the microphones/speakers on their computers.
I'm quite sure it was the computer speaker since not every computer has a microphone but most if not all have speakers and a speaker is really a just a reverse microphone.
People freaked out over that so I'd say recording live streams of video would be worse especially considering some things people may be looking at each day would be very private.