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Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by liber8 »

I'm not sure why I haven't seen this addressed yet, but doesn't the widespread use of something like Glass portend the dramatic fall of the prevalence of street crime? Widespread use of CCTV cameras are one thing, but millions of eye-level recording devices (presumably automatically beamed to the cloud at some point), would seem to me to be a major deterrent to all sorts of street crime.

I can see this effecting not just things like person on person crime (muggings, rape, battery, etc.) but also burglaries, arson, or any other crime that requires a getaway. Police or citizens could issues statements like "We had a break-in at 9:30 at 555 Main Street. If you were in a 5 block radius of that address, click here to upload your video feed from 9:00 to 10:00."

Obviously this also has terrifying privacy concerns as well, but the extent to which this could completely transform society seems to be undersold here, doesn't it?

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by WestCoastJustin »

liber8 wrote: post #51

I'm not sure why I haven't seen this addressed yet, but doesn't the widespread use of something like Glass portend the dramatic fall of the prevalence of street crime? Widespread use of CCTV cameras are one thing, but millions of eye-level recording devices (presumably automatically beamed to the cloud at some point), would seem to me to be a major deterrent to all sorts of street crime. I can see this effecting not…

To a point this is already happening with cell phone cameras and social media. Lots of people were identified in the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot [1] due to pocket cameras and cellphone pictures/video.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot...

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by huggah »

mikeryan wrote: post #37
sigkill wrote: post #33

The most important part of this entire project in my opinion is the ability of the Glass to function as a head up display. Imagine that you can now wear it while driving, and there's an app that will show you everything about the route and your cars' statistics right in front of your eyes. Heck, if it could project the phone's screen on its own display then applications that have already been written get a new life -…

Imagine that you can now wear it while driving, and there's an app that will show you everything about the route and your cars' statistics right in front of your eyes Unless you're in one of Google's Self Driving Cars this sounds like a recipe for disaster. If these things take off I'm pretty sure wearing them while driving will be pretty quickly outlawed.

The display in Glass is incredibly unobtrusive. Glancing at a direction arrow (for maps) is no more distracting than glancing at the speedometer--it's less distance for the eye to cover, and the displayed images are ruthlessly simplified so that absorbing them is almost subconscious.

I think the danger comes from people who get text messages while they're driving and want to look at a shared photo. That should be disabled while driving, which glass can make a pretty good guess at.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by doctorpangloss »

sigkill wrote: post #33

The most important part of this entire project in my opinion is the ability of the Glass to function as a head up display. Imagine that you can now wear it while driving, and there's an app that will show you everything about the route and your cars' statistics right in front of your eyes. Heck, if it could project the phone's screen on its own display then applications that have already been written get a new life -…

Have you noticed that we haven't seen even the slightest attempt at a camera shot of the collimated display? It can certainly be done.

Why Google Glass will fail: When normal people who didn't sign agreements discover just how positively awful the "screen" is.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by thedufer »

nodata wrote: post #27

Is that really the whole device, or is the processing done elsewhere, like a phone or something? (I admit I only skim read the article)

> losing data or experiencing slow data on a phone put the headset into a near-unusable state

This makes me think that the voice processing is done server-side. I wouldn't be at all surprised by this; that's how Siri does it, and I would be amazed if they managed to fit good enough voice recognition into even a phone, let alone this tiny thing.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by ryusage »

mikeryan wrote: post #37
sigkill wrote: post #33

The most important part of this entire project in my opinion is the ability of the Glass to function as a head up display. Imagine that you can now wear it while driving, and there's an app that will show you everything about the route and your cars' statistics right in front of your eyes. Heck, if it could project the phone's screen on its own display then applications that have already been written get a new life -…

Imagine that you can now wear it while driving, and there's an app that will show you everything about the route and your cars' statistics right in front of your eyes Unless you're in one of Google's Self Driving Cars this sounds like a recipe for disaster. If these things take off I'm pretty sure wearing them while driving will be pretty quickly outlawed.

Doesn't seem like it'd be much different from glancing at the dash, console, GPS, etc.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by fixedd »

adeaver wrote: post #46
mikeryan wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine that you can now wear it while driving, and there's an app that will show you everything about the route and your cars' statistics right in front of your eyes Unless you're in one of Google's Self Driving Cars this sounds like a recipe for disaster. If these things take off I'm pretty sure wearing them while driving will be pretty quickly outlawed.

Why? Seriously wondering here. I don't see it any different than having wireless phone, navigation, radio, and the countless other things we already have in the cars. Main difference is this would be right in front of us meaning we don't have to take our eyes off the road to change the radio station, check the nav or answer that call.

And it's voice activated.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by danso »

liber8 wrote: post #51

I'm not sure why I haven't seen this addressed yet, but doesn't the widespread use of something like Glass portend the dramatic fall of the prevalence of street crime? Widespread use of CCTV cameras are one thing, but millions of eye-level recording devices (presumably automatically beamed to the cloud at some point), would seem to me to be a major deterrent to all sorts of street crime. I can see this effecting not…

Dashboard cams in Russia are ostensibly popular because they help document incidents of roadside violence/malfeasance

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/russian-dash-cams/

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by turing »

speeder wrote: post #28

" Think of it this way — if you get a text message or have an incoming call when you’re walking down a busy street, there are something like two or three things you have to do before you can deal with that situation. Most of them involve you completely taking your attention off of your task at hand: walking down the street. With Glass, that information just appears to you, in your line of sight, ready for you to take…

I'm inclined to disagree. When I'm in class or working and I receive a notification I almost always check it. In most cases I wouldn't say that this is because I'm "addicted," but rather because I have a class of notifications that need to be handled quickly (job and fellowship applications, questions from my boss or the PI in my lab, etc). Most of the time I end up pulling my phone out and seeing that it's just a dumb text message or an email from a mailing list. With Glass I would be able to immediately see if any given notification was something that needed my attention.

Re: I used Google Glass

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Post by npsimons »

blhack wrote: post #34
WestCoastJustin wrote: post #4

Avid sailor here, and I like to race, typical race is ~6 hours, but longer races too, 24-48 hours. We are continually evaluating, speed over ground, radios, depth, AIS for marine traffic, tide flow (current), GPS, charts, race course, etc. We have many devices that give us a picture of what is going on. I love the idea of Google Glass as a heads up display [1] for everyday people! Sure, we use a computer to compile m…

FYI there are HUDs that are made for snowboarders and skiers that you might be able to adapt for sailing if you don't want to wait for glass! Like this: http://www.reconinstruments.com/

Second this; while they don't have a camera or the Glass software, they are goggle mounted (choice of goggles) and have barometer, thermometer, plus are Android devices all on their own. Also, they don't cost as much, plus, you know, you can get them now.
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