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Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by dman »

randallsquared wrote: post #113
oinksoft wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's awful. For ages, we've worried about The Government mounting cameras everywhere until the only private space was one's own home, and away from windows at that. 1984 famously envisioned a world where this surveillance extended to the domicile, but even then it was stationary and had blind spots. Seems that in the near future, there will be little need for any of this, and there will be no coercion; rather, most o…

Most of the evil that was thought to come from universal recording was because of the centralized nature of the recording. Widespread public feeds do not have the same inhibiting effect on desirable behavior, but might well have that inhibiting effect on undesirable behavior (where global society increasingly defines what "undesirable" means). Universal sousveillance is the best of both worlds! David Brin called this…

Being a dissident becomes harder with every passing day.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by purplelobster »

dsr_ wrote: post #111
liber8 wrote: post #51

I'm not sure why I haven't seen this addressed yet, but doesn't the widespread use of something like Glass portend the dramatic fall of the prevalence of street crime? Widespread use of CCTV cameras are one thing, but millions of eye-level recording devices (presumably automatically beamed to the cloud at some point), would seem to me to be a major deterrent to all sorts of street crime. I can see this effecting not…

What I really want is for police officers on duty to be required to have it on and recording all their interactions with citizens.

A very good use for this technology. Officers on duty are not entitled to privacy in my opinion. Everything should be recorded and archived to deter corrupt behavior.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by surfaceTensi0n »

neverm0re wrote: post #127
liber8 wrote: post #51

I'm not sure why I haven't seen this addressed yet, but doesn't the widespread use of something like Glass portend the dramatic fall of the prevalence of street crime? Widespread use of CCTV cameras are one thing, but millions of eye-level recording devices (presumably automatically beamed to the cloud at some point), would seem to me to be a major deterrent to all sorts of street crime. I can see this effecting not…

Sousveillance[1] seems to really answer 'Who watches the watchmen?' with 'We all do'. Ultimately I think not only crime will go down, but also more egregious cases of corruption. This is more harmful to governments in the long run who like a rather tight control over information, as the internet constantly demonstrates. I'm slowly learning to be okay with this aspect of AR. It's the /services/ that Glass secretly ena…

A slightly more futuristic take on AR's sleazy side:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/02/sight_a_s...

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by jkn »

huhtenberg wrote: post #30

Google should really make a camera-less version of the Glass. Portable eye-level display is insanely useful. But if it's burdened with something that is viewed by many as a source of privacy concerns, it would just hinder the adoption. It will make the Glass banned from corporate environments, planes and basically every place that has "no cameras" signs. Like supermarkets.

It will make the Glass banned from corporate environments, planes and basically every place that has "no cameras" signs. Like supermarkets.

What about mobile phones then?

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by dataminer »

dman wrote: post #131
randallsquared wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most of the evil that was thought to come from universal recording was because of the centralized nature of the recording. Widespread public feeds do not have the same inhibiting effect on desirable behavior, but might well have that inhibiting effect on undesirable behavior (where global society increasingly defines what "undesirable" means). Universal sousveillance is the best of both worlds! David Brin called this…

Being a dissident becomes harder with every passing day.

Getting your ideas out is getting much easier.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by Kiro »

huhtenberg wrote: post #94
kzrdude wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't really photograph it, it's so close to the eye.

You and I can't probably photograph it, but the Glass marketing people should be perfectly capable of doing that, don't you think? I mean, c'mon, it's an interaction product. With no images of the actual interaction. How odd is that.

What? Have you missed the new Glass homepage? It's filled with GUI images and a video too.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by crucialfelix »

speeder wrote: post #28

" Think of it this way — if you get a text message or have an incoming call when you’re walking down a busy street, there are something like two or three things you have to do before you can deal with that situation. Most of them involve you completely taking your attention off of your task at hand: walking down the street. With Glass, that information just appears to you, in your line of sight, ready for you to take…

> might have very serious consequences on how we work as biological beings.

its a little late for that.

but personally I liked getting a smart phone because it meant I didn't need to be around the computer and could still handle emergencies or react to opportunity. or just keep connected with people in different continents while walking through my city.

I think these devices are the gateway to getting away from the Television and a Typewriter interface. Its a way to get back to being present but still getting the advantages of being connected.

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