What a really liked about this was the UI, finally an OS that doesn't look like Windoze, etc
Clean, simple, it just works and flies off the desktop when its not needed.
A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
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Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
This got me thinking about whether "fly-by-wire" vision will ever be viable (or preferable) to human vision and how various sight impairments would be dealt with using such a system. Certainly myopia would be a trivial fix since the image could be placed directly in front of the eye, but how would you correct for hyperopia without a convex lens between the eye and the display?
>"without a convex lens between the eye and the display" I hardly see that as even a problem :) prescription displays? Sounds like a big profit winner.
Now that's a great idea for us vision-impaired geeks; reason enough to own a pair
Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#43I'd love it if, instead of 'close menu', you just said 'thanks' to finalize an action and leave the current context (or hide the entire UI). That seems more natural; it's what I'd do in person if I asked someone for the weather or the time.
But then if you're in a discussion with someone and say thanks to them at the end wouldn't it annoy you when it closed the menu item you were in?
I think they're trying to ensure the phrases don't cross over with regularly used phrases
Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#44I'd love it if, instead of 'close menu', you just said 'thanks' to finalize an action and leave the current context (or hide the entire UI). That seems more natural; it's what I'd do in person if I asked someone for the weather or the time.
But then if you're in a discussion with someone and say thanks to them at the end wouldn't it annoy you when it closed the menu item you were in? I think they're trying to ensure the phrases don't cross over with regularly used phrases
Well, in just the same way you could be in a restaurant, and have finished ordering food.
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#45What he did is very impressive, and I understand he was attempting to replicate what appeared in the Project Glass video, but why does all the graphical interaction have to obscure the user's vision (for Project Glass and his live demo)? The icons layout horizontally too close to the center of your view. If the whole point is to have this augmented experience, the user still needs to have a mostly unobstructed view o…
The Glass video is a publicity/concept video from an ad agency, not a product demo from the engineering team.
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#46Awesome effort. I'm a bit concerned that the reporter effectively says "to all naysayers, Will says it's true so it must be", and am slightly skeptical as Will hasn't put up information for others to build their own / sourcecode, which I'd expect unless he plans to sell the product himself. That said I think I believe this is genuine, and full kudos to the guy for his efforts if so.
I can absolutely see how this is legit. Did you see the AR system he's the lead developer on? CEO Vision: http://www.willpowell.co.uk/blog/?p=194
Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#47What a really liked about this was the UI, finally an OS that doesn't look like Windoze, etc Clean, simple, it just works and flies off the desktop when its not needed.
Thats the Google Glass os, he just copied that. Its not his own UI.
Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#48I certainly don't want to bad mouth a guy who builds something cool, but there's a significant difference between this and Project Glass. He states in his blog post ( http://www.willpowell.co.uk/blog/?p=210 ) The Vuzix glasses are driven by stereoscopic feeds, which are fed by the HD cameras. What he's seeing is coming through the cameras. He's not looking at reality with an overlaid display. The glasses he is using…
More importantly, it explains why both the world and the overlays appear in focus. I have yet to see an explanation for how Project Glass does the same. Apparently it's based on the same technology that went into Babak Parviz's contact lenses, which use Fresnel lenses to make the overlay appear in focus when your eye focuses on real-world objects several feet in front of you. Fresnel lenses also impair image quality. And you'd need another lens on the opposite side to undo the projection on light coming in from the world around you.
I'm wondering whether the reason that Google's glasses only use a small display in the corner of one eye is that the see-through image quality is simply not good enough to justify covering the wearer's entire field of view. If you look at the photos of Sergey Brin wearing them, they are not very transparent, at least from the angle the photos were taken: http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/6/2929927/google-project-glas...
Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#49Awesome effort. I'm a bit concerned that the reporter effectively says "to all naysayers, Will says it's true so it must be", and am slightly skeptical as Will hasn't put up information for others to build their own / sourcecode, which I'd expect unless he plans to sell the product himself. That said I think I believe this is genuine, and full kudos to the guy for his efforts if so.
I can absolutely see how this is legit. Did you see the AR system he's the lead developer on? CEO Vision: http://www.willpowell.co.uk/blog/?p=194
Agreed; I'm a believer ;)
Re: A hacker creates his own version of Google Project Glass
#50Awesome effort. I'm a bit concerned that the reporter effectively says "to all naysayers, Will says it's true so it must be", and am slightly skeptical as Will hasn't put up information for others to build their own / sourcecode, which I'd expect unless he plans to sell the product himself. That said I think I believe this is genuine, and full kudos to the guy for his efforts if so.
I think I believe... Your confidence is overwhelming.
Perhaps I'm a little over cautious (then again, perhaps not ;) ).