Anyone know when those of us who "won" access via the social media promo will be able to get them?
Not until all the IO12 Explorers get theirs. I'd think a few weeks at least.
Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
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Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Someone already pointed this out in another thread: what if someone hacks it, starts displaying shock porn. Closing your eyes won't help, neither can you take them off as easy as glasses.
Until someone develops active (LED-based) contacts with high enough resolution to really shock you, that's not a great risk. I think the current research front is at around 2^8 or 2^9 pixels, perhaps. I'd feel pretty safe from being "eye-raped" by anything on such a display. Note that I mean total pixels, not "pixels squared", i.e. a couple of hundred pixels total. Of course, a big always-on or annoyingly flashing bl…
Unless they overlaid a big opaque black block while you were driving at high speed...
(Granted I'm sure they'll think about that during the design phase, and maybe not allow 100% opacity or something.)
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#43I'm quite content with my Batman mug.
You're such a joker.
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#44I think 8h+ at work in front of 2 panels is enough for me, I plan to downgrade my mobile experience choosing dumbest nokia phone model 105, now I use Android mobile phone. Google Glass is gadget for teenagers with a lots of friends status updates and stuff that is not really matters.
>Google Glass is gadget for teenagers with a lots of friends status updates and stuff that is not really matters.
Wow, that's a pretty scathing statement. I wonder how many of the people who own a Glass in this thread are teenagers with stuff that doesn't matter.
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would you wear a contact lens version of Glass if it was available or does the same apply?
Someone already pointed this out in another thread: what if someone hacks it, starts displaying shock porn. Closing your eyes won't help, neither can you take them off as easy as glasses.
If we manage to put hight resolution active displays in contact lenses, I'm pretty sure we can manage to implement a convenient safety switch (blink eyes three times? I'm sure somebody will come with something better)
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#46I own one already. Feel free to ask me any questions! Edit: I actually posted a short blog post about the pickup/first couple days of use: http://michaelevans.org/blog/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-google...
How much of your field of vision does it generally take up? If I catch someone using it when we're ostensibly having a conversation, will I be able to sucker punch them with impunity?
Check the video of it being demoed, you can tell when they use it because they look like they're having a stroke
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#47A 'meh' review of the alpha (beta?) devices floating around right now:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-glass-googles-wearab...
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#48I own one already. Feel free to ask me any questions! Edit: I actually posted a short blog post about the pickup/first couple days of use: http://michaelevans.org/blog/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-google...
I am keen to read while driving on an autobahn, is it save? Can I develop while looking out of the window? That would be great, this staring on a screen always felt somewhat autistic.
Re: Poll: Do you own a Google glass?
#49I think 8h+ at work in front of 2 panels is enough for me, I plan to downgrade my mobile experience choosing dumbest nokia phone model 105, now I use Android mobile phone. Google Glass is gadget for teenagers with a lots of friends status updates and stuff that is not really matters.
>Google Glass is gadget for teenagers with a lots of friends status updates and stuff that is not really matters. Wow, that's a pretty scathing statement. I wonder how many of the people who own a Glass in this thread are teenagers with stuff that doesn't matter.
I found out many things I do, I can do without any gadget, walking down the street without Google Glass and finding place to take a coffee is easy, just turn your head, and you will find many cafes around you, if you are traveling, why do you need assistance, it is more interesting to travel without any assistance, if you cant find something, you always can ask people around you (google glass owners), where is the place you are looking for. Or buy "analog" :) compass with paper map, and manage how do they work. Imagine, no battery for magnet compass and paper map is needed, incredible!!!
Do you really need notifications from every place you have signed up the news letter while driving, while eating, while taking a look at the beautiful thing around you (in truuuuu HD, retina eyes provides you with truuuu HD, trust me).
Take a deep breath, open your eyes, look around you, do you see crazy people? Buy Google Glass and become one of them, join the dark insanely stupid legion controlled by Google.