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Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by ddalex »

lj3 wrote: post #33
jrimbault wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did you detect which phalanges are touched by the thumb ? That seemed like a very interesting project.

It's been done: http://theperegrine.com/peregrine-glove/

It probably can be done like Disney managed here: https://www.cnet.com/news/tablet-like-touch-interface-comes-...

The main problem I'm seeing is the extreme variance of the capacitance between users and the variance across the same user during usage - some smart algorithms that constantly re-calibrate and infer what's touched are needed.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by pavel_lishin »

nogridbag wrote: post #37

Despite all the negativity around Google Glasses' camera, that was actually the best feature. You could really capture some great moments directly from your eye's perspective at the wink of an eye. My mother recently passed and out of all the photos and videos, my favorite was a 10 second video of me handing her flowers shot from Google Glasses. It looks like she's staring right back into my soul. I have a three mont…

Yup, another father here: I'd love an always-on camera that I can tell to save the last 30 seconds of playback. There are a lot of moments I'd love to have on video or camera that are there-and-gone - even if I had my phone in my pocket, by the time I pulled it out, it would be too late.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by matte_black »

jgrahamc wrote: post #35
jotm wrote: post #31

I don't see the point of these overpriced smartwatches and glasses that can barely do one thing (display notifications), but I want my future full AR/VR glasses, so I'm glad the early adopters pay for it. Right now, what I'd want is a very simple, slim, long-lasting watch that would notify me of emails, messages, phone calls and notifications based on their origin (business account, work account, personal, random). I…

I didn't until I bought an Apple Watch and now I wear it every day and find it a very useful accessory.

Cellular or non-cellular?

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by matte_black »

bsenftner wrote: post #25
y0ghur7_xxx wrote: post #3

This is actually something I would like to wear. It's like normal glasses, I am not recording videos of the people around me, and it could show me relevant information when needed without looking at my phone. I can think of a few use cases this could cover, in a very elegant way. The nice thing is, that they are completely "invisible" for other people around me.

These are going to own the security industry's human surveillance staff. Imagine being a security guard for some corporate or university campus, these are a must.

A must for what?

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by ainiriand »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #16
pi-squared wrote: post #9

Yeah, right - "no one will use it for every tweet notification, it will only provide contextual information" - it will be used for whatever people want to use it and we know what people want to use it for (porn).

It's a monochrome display. Pretty hard to use it for porn.

Monochrome like the fist computer displays, isn't it?

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by SquareWheel »

erikj wrote: post #14

I'm disappointed that "programming for Vaunt will involve JavaScript". We're stuck with this horribly designed language on the web because browsers don't run anything else (natively), and there is a strong trend in the field to replace it, either with compilation of saner languages to JS or with WebAssembly. We don't need to infect another nascent market with this atrocity, let it die.

WebAssembly has no intention of replacing JavaScript. Nor should it.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by nogridbag »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #42
nogridbag wrote: post #37

Despite all the negativity around Google Glasses' camera, that was actually the best feature. You could really capture some great moments directly from your eye's perspective at the wink of an eye. My mother recently passed and out of all the photos and videos, my favorite was a 10 second video of me handing her flowers shot from Google Glasses. It looks like she's staring right back into my soul. I have a three mont…

Yup, another father here: I'd love an always-on camera that I can tell to save the last 30 seconds of playback. There are a lot of moments I'd love to have on video or camera that are there-and-gone - even if I had my phone in my pocket, by the time I pulled it out, it would be too late.

And from my short experience even if you manage to pull out your phone or DSLR quickly to capture that special moment, the baby immediately stops cooing/smiling and instead is staring at this black object you're sticking in their face.

I think Google's onto something with Google Clips. But I think there's more to this concept. Would definitely be interested in a v2 that is able to capture video.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by tlrobinson »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #42
nogridbag wrote: post #37

Despite all the negativity around Google Glasses' camera, that was actually the best feature. You could really capture some great moments directly from your eye's perspective at the wink of an eye. My mother recently passed and out of all the photos and videos, my favorite was a 10 second video of me handing her flowers shot from Google Glasses. It looks like she's staring right back into my soul. I have a three mont…

Yup, another father here: I'd love an always-on camera that I can tell to save the last 30 seconds of playback. There are a lot of moments I'd love to have on video or camera that are there-and-gone - even if I had my phone in my pocket, by the time I pulled it out, it would be too late.

GoPros (and other action cameras, I assume) have a feature like that.

But please don't be "that guy" constantly recording unwilling subjects (except in your own home, of course)

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by maltalex »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #42
nogridbag wrote: post #37

Despite all the negativity around Google Glasses' camera, that was actually the best feature. You could really capture some great moments directly from your eye's perspective at the wink of an eye. My mother recently passed and out of all the photos and videos, my favorite was a 10 second video of me handing her flowers shot from Google Glasses. It looks like she's staring right back into my soul. I have a three mont…

Yup, another father here: I'd love an always-on camera that I can tell to save the last 30 seconds of playback. There are a lot of moments I'd love to have on video or camera that are there-and-gone - even if I had my phone in my pocket, by the time I pulled it out, it would be too late.

Would you love that camera if it was pointed at you?

The trade-off between the convenience of having an always-on camera and living in a society in which everyone has an always-on cameras seems like a no-brainer to me.

There's even a Black Mirror episode like that - "The Entire History of You".

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

nogridbag wrote: post #37

Despite all the negativity around Google Glasses' camera, that was actually the best feature. You could really capture some great moments directly from your eye's perspective at the wink of an eye. My mother recently passed and out of all the photos and videos, my favorite was a 10 second video of me handing her flowers shot from Google Glasses. It looks like she's staring right back into my soul. I have a three mont…

Given Google refused to allow you to store pictures local-only, Glass' camera was... it's least-used feature for me. I loved notifications without having to get out my phone (or look at my wrist). Google's absolute refusal to make photo sync optional on Glass was honestly the beginning of the end for my trust in El Goog.
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