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Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by sjhcockrell »

cwilson wrote: post #8

I wish Google would focus on using Google Glass within the workplace before trying to take it to the streets for casual use. I can imagine using them within the office, because anything that makes me more productive is totally acceptable "socially". Outside of the office however I have serious doubts to if I'd wear these around daily. My colleague will know why I'm essentially talking to myself to use Google Glass, w…

That's my take, too--it would be infinitely more useful in a work environment.

I can imagine how having a HUD could be useful while programming, even though I have two screens in front of me already.

I can also imagine how it would make certain elements of interacting with people working remotely--like seeing what someone's doing, whether it's programming in a terminal or sketching on a pad--so much easier.

That said, it'd definitely stay in an office drawer after-hours.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by DanBC »

VengefulCynic wrote: post #10

To my mind, the Google Glass is far more like the Microsoft Tablet, the Tesla Roadster and the Palm Treo: the initial realization of a concept that, before now, didn't exist in the world at all. It seems incorrect to compare it to the iPhone and the iPad because both of those were taking technology that had existed in the tech community for years and reimagining them in a way that appealed to the general public. As a…

> Google Glass is [...] the initial realization of a concept that, before now, didn't exist in the world at all.

I don't understand. Heads up displays have existed in various forms for years. We've had versions that cover one eye, or that use lasers onto the retina.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by pc86 »

mehrdad wrote: post #9

Personally I am offended by Google glass! and I refuse to talk to anyone filming and recording my voice me on Google glass. It's offensive on many levels. Google should work on a social etiquette for their product. Showing you a small screen on your end is your business, pointing a camera toward me, recording me and my voice is my business, and it can only be done with my permission, and it is "no". The only scenario…

I don't think that's how recording laws work.

Regardless, my impression from the latest Verge piece on Glass is that there is an external light when recording.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by Wilya »

benaiah wrote: post #14
mehrdad wrote: post #9

Personally I am offended by Google glass! and I refuse to talk to anyone filming and recording my voice me on Google glass. It's offensive on many levels. Google should work on a social etiquette for their product. Showing you a small screen on your end is your business, pointing a camera toward me, recording me and my voice is my business, and it can only be done with my permission, and it is "no". The only scenario…

Actually, it doesn't require any permission whatsoever so long as you are in a public area. If the owner of private property says you can't film there, then you can't, but simply being the subject of public filming doesn't give you the right to object. Like it or not, those are the rules.

Depends where you live. Some countries have stricter privacy protection laws than others.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by sukuriant »

manaskarekar wrote: post #2

I personally don't know many people who are dismissing it off as "ugly, useless, and un-productizable." Almost everyone understands this is the room-sized ENIAC equivalent of our times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC

I don't know why you were downvoted. You simply said that these machines are going to be getting smaller, cleaner, less obtrusive.

And they will.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by untog »

DanBC wrote: post #22
VengefulCynic wrote: post #10

To my mind, the Google Glass is far more like the Microsoft Tablet, the Tesla Roadster and the Palm Treo: the initial realization of a concept that, before now, didn't exist in the world at all. It seems incorrect to compare it to the iPhone and the iPad because both of those were taking technology that had existed in the tech community for years and reimagining them in a way that appealed to the general public. As a…

> Google Glass is [...] the initial realization of a concept that, before now, didn't exist in the world at all. I don't understand. Heads up displays have existed in various forms for years. We've had versions that cover one eye, or that use lasers onto the retina.

The concept isn't just the technology. This is the first time such technology has ever been considered for a consumer application.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by Cardeck1 »

The biggest problem with Google Glass is privacy.Anyone can record you without you knowing it. And it's not just walking down the street. There are so many bad scenarios. Usually we embrace new tech here but this device would bring privacy to a whole new level. Not to mention that Google is starting to be too powerful for our own good.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by PeterisP »

mehrdad wrote: post #9

Personally I am offended by Google glass! and I refuse to talk to anyone filming and recording my voice me on Google glass. It's offensive on many levels. Google should work on a social etiquette for their product. Showing you a small screen on your end is your business, pointing a camera toward me, recording me and my voice is my business, and it can only be done with my permission, and it is "no". The only scenario…

If you value privacy, you don't want me looking at your private stuff. Don't show it to me or ask me to leave.

But if you allow me to look at you, then I can remember what I see. I am allowed to remember everything that I see and hear, every single last detail, forever, and without requesting permission from anyone.

If I have trouble remembering, I may write it down or draw pictures of what I saw and heard, and also store these forever without asking for permission or forgiveness.

Glass is just a widget that helps me do it slightly more accurately.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by car54whereareu »

morsch wrote: post #5

It only solves one side of man machine interaction: the machine-to-man part. For many interactions, its solution for man-to-machine is voice, which is anything but unobtrusive in public.

How about some buttons instead? Voice is not what I want for man-to-machine communication. IBM found out people don't want voice to text over 20 years ago http://vivondo.blogspot.com/2012/04/ibm-speech-to-text-exper....

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by robryan »

DanBC wrote: post #22
VengefulCynic wrote: post #10

To my mind, the Google Glass is far more like the Microsoft Tablet, the Tesla Roadster and the Palm Treo: the initial realization of a concept that, before now, didn't exist in the world at all. It seems incorrect to compare it to the iPhone and the iPad because both of those were taking technology that had existed in the tech community for years and reimagining them in a way that appealed to the general public. As a…

> Google Glass is [...] the initial realization of a concept that, before now, didn't exist in the world at all. I don't understand. Heads up displays have existed in various forms for years. We've had versions that cover one eye, or that use lasers onto the retina.

And I never see anyone using one of these technologies in public as part of their everyday lives. We see it time and time again that technologies that have existed in one form or another for some time really take off when they are packaged in an attractive and consumer friendly form.
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