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Re: Google Glass

#31

Post by gnufied »

I have always wondered where are following hardware hidden in this design:

1. CPU and really the whole shebang. where is it?

2. It probably requires some sort of 3G/4G card and connection? Where the heck does it fit?

3. Batteries! Where are those? Are they solar charged?

I understand people who are saying, it is not that much of a big deal just miniaturization of existing technologies but if all above 3 fit in that glass frame, I am genuinely amazed. If anyone who have used Google glass and can chime-in, that will be awesome.

Re: Google Glass

#33

Post by jonknee »

gnufied wrote: post #31

I have always wondered where are following hardware hidden in this design: 1. CPU and really the whole shebang. where is it? 2. It probably requires some sort of 3G/4G card and connection? Where the heck does it fit? 3. Batteries! Where are those? Are they solar charged? I understand people who are saying, it is not that much of a big deal just miniaturization of existing technologies but if all above 3 fit in that g…

The guts appear to be in the fat side.

Re: Google Glass

#34

Post by sparkinson »

gnufied wrote: post #31

I have always wondered where are following hardware hidden in this design: 1. CPU and really the whole shebang. where is it? 2. It probably requires some sort of 3G/4G card and connection? Where the heck does it fit? 3. Batteries! Where are those? Are they solar charged? I understand people who are saying, it is not that much of a big deal just miniaturization of existing technologies but if all above 3 fit in that g…

I would have thought it'd pair with your phone, with the phone doing all the hard work. The glasses really just being a display and recorder.

Re: Google Glass

#35

Post by risratorn »

bobsy wrote: post #14

I didn't realise how bad it looks. The premise looks awesome. The demo video... awesome. The way the product looks on someone's face... this isn't the finished product right? I think Google should look at designer glasses and outsource the design to someone who knows what they are doing.

On their Google+ they have some additional photo's of people wearing the device and thb ... it could really be a lot worse.

https://plus.google.com/111626127367496192147/posts/N95x6MCS...

Re: Google Glass

#36

Post by sp332 »

bobsy wrote: post #14

I didn't realise how bad it looks. The premise looks awesome. The demo video... awesome. The way the product looks on someone's face... this isn't the finished product right? I think Google should look at designer glasses and outsource the design to someone who knows what they are doing.

Here are some images from "Fashion Week", when they had it looking as good as possible. https://www.google.com/search?q=google+glass+fashion+week

Re: Google Glass

#37

Post by risratorn »

sparkinson wrote: post #34
gnufied wrote: post #31

I have always wondered where are following hardware hidden in this design: 1. CPU and really the whole shebang. where is it? 2. It probably requires some sort of 3G/4G card and connection? Where the heck does it fit? 3. Batteries! Where are those? Are they solar charged? I understand people who are saying, it is not that much of a big deal just miniaturization of existing technologies but if all above 3 fit in that g…

I would have thought it'd pair with your phone, with the phone doing all the hard work. The glasses really just being a display and recorder.

That would indeed be the most obvious way to go, it would also make the device more powerful down the road since the computing is done on a smartphone which only get faster and faster by the year.

Re: Google Glass

#38

Post by sparkinson »

znowi wrote: post #7

Sadly, as someone already wearing glasses, it's not an option for me.

I believe the unit and frame are separate. As mentioned there are a few examples of the units being on standard glasses with lenses.

Re: Google Glass

#39

Post by taligent »

Those are the use cases ? Are they serious ? Not a single one of those occurs routinely enough to warrant you wearing glasses all the time.

I don't understand why they aren't positioning this for more serious markets e.g. education, training, factories, stock taking, hospitals, administration etc. Could have been far more interesting and allowed some far more interesting tie ins with their existing products.

Re: Google Glass

#40

Post by sparkinson »

taligent wrote: post #39

Those are the use cases ? Are they serious ? Not a single one of those occurs routinely enough to warrant you wearing glasses all the time. I don't understand why they aren't positioning this for more serious markets e.g. education, training, factories, stock taking, hospitals, administration etc. Could have been far more interesting and allowed some far more interesting tie ins with their existing products.

I doubt it's robust and stable enough to use in a hospital yet.
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