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Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

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…

Fitbit Ionic has a five day battery life, give or take. But a smartwatch pales in comparison to how convenient Glass was to use: I used to be able to be read and reply to texts while doing anything, including driving, safely. And not having to interrupt a conversation when I noticed the incoming call or message was unimportant was fantastic.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by thaumaturgy »

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…

That's all well and good, and I don't think many people are disputing the value of having more and better memories of loved ones.

The trouble is in resolving that against the kind of culture that has fostered things like the "creepshots" subreddit.

Smartphones (and GoPros) have already shown the value of being able to film and share more of our lives, but they've also shown the downsides of having our graceless moments broadcast to the world, or the many events that are now impossible to enjoy in a sea of smartphones held aloft, or, if you're an attractive woman, far more of you put online for other people to gawk at.

Until those abuses are resolved somehow, people are going to resist having a little camera attached to everyone's face.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by naasking »

maltalex wrote: post #49
pavel_lishin wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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".

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

If the camera had a light indicating when it was actually recording, that seems better. There are probably many small changes to make such cameras more acceptable.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

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.

I also have a question: If you are one of those folks that don't use the phone function on their phone often (mostly games and reading and timekeeper while i'm out of the house), and only gets occasional email... is it still useful?

Honestly, they've always looked like a less functional phone strapped to my wrist.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by rthomas6 »

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…

Pebble watch?

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by jgrahamc »

grk wrote: post #40
jgrahamc wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I'm curious, what is it useful for? I've been thinking of getting one since it came out, but can't really imagine what I'd use it for after the coolness of the new gadget wears off.

Notifications (WhatsApp, iMessage, SMS). I get a lot of them.

Meetings (Google Calendar). I go to a lot of them.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by grok2 »

kageneko wrote: post #26
ddalex wrote: post #20

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Funny you should say that - when I was working @Intel I wrote a proposal for a Bluetooth Low Power ring that provide a simple input device for headless devices with 1 rotary input and one press input, sufficient to scroll and click on items. Another proposal I had was a bracelet that would sense capacitance changes in the hand upon fingers touching each other; this way you could have a 12-key "keyboard" on the phalan…

Speaking of ring interfaces, Ring [0] was a Kickstarter project that happened. I seem to recall that it did ship but didn't actually work too well. I suspect that your simpler interface would have been a lot more successful. I think some of it depends on which finger you're targeting, too. Wearing it on the index finger makes it easier to tap/push buttons using the thumb. In my HCI class, we went over this paper [1]…

I found this use of the Myo (to control the robotic arm of an amputee) really cool -- it seems like they found a life-changing use for what might have ended up a cool toy -- http://developerblog.myo.com/meet-the-man-with-a-myo-control... -- not sure how perfectly it works though.

Re: Intel made smart glasses that look normal

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Post by jgrahamc »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #56
jgrahamc wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I also have a question: If you are one of those folks that don't use the phone function on their phone often (mostly games and reading and timekeeper while i'm out of the house), and only gets occasional email... is it still useful? Honestly, they've always looked like a less functional phone strapped to my wrist.

I have no idea. I used my phone all the time.
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