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...which is its advantage. I doesn't take up your full viewing space, but puts the information right in front of you.
That's no advantage at all. A real AR HUD wouldn't need to 'take up your full viewing space' but could place information where it was relevant.
11. You might as well carry a huge banner that says "I'm a giant nerd." You know how normal people start fidgeting and looking around for someone else to talk to the moment you mention that you work with computers? If you're wearing Google Glass, you won't even get to the hello.
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I think if someone can succeed at putting similar technology in normal looking glasses it will have a much better chance of success, otherwise I agree.
That would help, but I am not confident that it could be made as socially acceptable as for example smartphones. People who prioritize utility over fashion are prime candidates though. Even nerds who claim to be all about utility are typically more fashion conscious than they want to admit, but when you are on the job being all about utility stops being a fashion faux pas. Utility belts are perfectly acceptable for p…
I also don't think it's a bad thing, mind you. We're heading into an age of mass surveillance whether we like it or not. If we're going there we may as well go there with defensive, personally controllable (even if not secure), devices to go with it. Who watches the watchers and all that.
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That's no advantage at all. A real AR HUD wouldn't need to 'take up your full viewing space' but could place information where it was relevant.
What I meant by that was that it doesn't put itself into your line of sight, but when you do want it, it is (very) easily accessible.
6. The really scary thing? The eye sensor. There's a reason why +Larry Page didn't answer my question at last year's Google IO: that thing can probably tell whether you are drunk or sober (think about THAT tonight). It also can probably tell you when you are checking out someone you shouldn't be (wait until the wife gets an alert about THAT). Of course Google will use it to tell what brands you are checking out at the grocery store (coupon alert) or when you are shopping in a shopping mall.
My bet is on Google Glass going the way of the Segway... ...that is to say, ridiculed by the general public, but finding a bit of a niche in certain industries. The police, postal carriers, etc. @cstross did a pretty good job of convincing me that some form of augmented reality would be very useful for the police. There is a real-life push right now to get police wearing cameras too, I think this sort of device could…
Same usual mistake: Google Glass is NOT a proper HUD (Heads Up Display), or a proper form of Augmented Reality. It doesn't project anything on the main vision area, but only on the little screen on the upper right side.
There is a lot of stuff you could do with this sort of technology. If proper HUD glasses ever become more practical, you could of course do a lot more (and you would already have officers comfortable with the general concept).
This is the problem people have with glass, they feel like their privacy is being invaded and it is not solving a painpoint. So google is going to know who i am looking at and what products i am looking at.... come on, this is ridiculous! I need to feel that this is a utility not something of excess i do not need. This can help doctors as info on pubmed quickly, collaborate with other docters quicker especially in ur…
As for Google Ogle-detection™... I think the solution there is probably relationship counselling. That's basically an extension of the "my smartphone's GPS will allow my wife to track my every movement" problem. Trust and respect will remain as important as ever in relationships in the future.
Of course, from a user sort of a well cool gadget POV, I do think its rather cool and would happily have a go on one my self.
So, while I see the merits, I think there will be a huge social problem, which may well negate mass take up. As another poster said, what may well happen is that they will be used in lots of specific situations, rather than be a general use thing. I know I'd probably like using it for specific things, or as a toy or gadget, but out and about? No, Im too pretty..... ;)
(continuing his list) 11. You might as well carry a huge banner that says "I'm a giant nerd." You know how normal people start fidgeting and looking around for someone else to talk to the moment you mention that you work with computers? If you're wearing Google Glass, you won't even get to the hello.
Bear in mind that this isn't in the valley, but in a fairly conservative part of CT. I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of negative experiences while wearing Glass have far more to do with the wearer than the hardware.