"You know who wears sunglasses indoors? Blind people and assholes." -- Larry David
It's curious that people don't mind hearing aids or wouldn't mind "Google Ear" if there were such a thing. They don't mind recording devices on cell phones in pockets. There's something about the modifying the eyes that upsets people. I hate it when people wear weird contact lenses, such as the all black lenses. I want to see your eyes unimpeded if I'm going to talk comfortably to you. I want to see who you are and how you are reacting to me. Take you Google Glass off, set it on the table and point it at me. I don't care. Just don't wear it when you're talking to me.
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…
The privacy thing is really a big deal, it cannot be underplayed. You can probably get the public to buy into it for police, since you can sell the "it will keep the police honest" angle, but I cannot think of any painpoint that it would solve for the general public, when worn by the general public. As for Google Ogle-detection ™... I think the solution there is probably relationship counselling. That's basically an…
I don;t know if u downvoted me, but what u saying is exactly what i am saying, the privacy issue is a big issue and they keep on piling on features that are creepy. I wish the first version did not have the ability to take record videos or take pics but to only display video and pics. Then the public and public places like restaurants would have been more accepting, but the cat is already out of the bag, so we will see how this unfolds.
"You know who wears sunglasses indoors? Blind people and assholes." -- Larry David It's curious that people don't mind hearing aids or wouldn't mind "Google Ear" if there were such a thing. They don't mind recording devices on cell phones in pockets. There's something about the modifying the eyes that upsets people. I hate it when people wear weird contact lenses, such as the all black lenses. I want to see your eyes…
1. Has to have a light to indicate recording, or everyone around you will be paranoid. (Most people will still be paranoid, but at least you can say "No red light, it's not recording!"). 2. Will probably be very popular as a cyclist camera. Cyclist who just want a decent 720p camera to record cycling activity (evidence against dangerous drivers), but don't want to attach a dorky camera to their head (i.e. GoPro), wil…
You can get (kids!) helmets with built in cameras already. When the UCI drops their helmet cam ban then we'll see some good pro ones.
Strava already has a Glass integration they showed off at the last Glass dev demo.
The Recon(?) cycling augmented glasses look pretty good too.
The privacy thing is really a big deal, it cannot be underplayed. You can probably get the public to buy into it for police, since you can sell the "it will keep the police honest" angle, but I cannot think of any painpoint that it would solve for the general public, when worn by the general public. As for Google Ogle-detection ™... I think the solution there is probably relationship counselling. That's basically an…
I don;t know if u downvoted me, but what u saying is exactly what i am saying, the privacy issue is a big issue and they keep on piling on features that are creepy. I wish the first version did not have the ability to take record videos or take pics but to only display video and pics. Then the public and public places like restaurants would have been more accepting, but the cat is already out of the bag, so we will s…
I did not downvote you, I agree with your point about privacy.
Something about the authors writing style just rubs me the wrong way. Kinda like an advert that was carefully crafted by a team with the sole purpose of triggering a specific emotion. That being said, I did actually learn something from that wall of text: The fact that Glass needs to be specifically fitted to the wearer is definitely problematic. I'm curious how G will work around that from a logistical PoV.
It's Scoble. I guarantee he's not carefully crafting anything other than his own thoughts. I appreciate the fact he calls out his emotions in his posts - why blame him for your own emotional response to reading it?
>I guarantee he's not carefully crafting anything other than his own thoughts.
With ~5 mil readers I suspect he is indeed taking the reader's potential reaction into account and adjusting his writing accordingly.
>why blame him for your own emotional response to reading it
I was commenting on the impression that it create rather than blaming anyone for anything.
"You know who wears sunglasses indoors? Blind people and assholes." -- Larry David It's curious that people don't mind hearing aids or wouldn't mind "Google Ear" if there were such a thing. They don't mind recording devices on cell phones in pockets. There's something about the modifying the eyes that upsets people. I hate it when people wear weird contact lenses, such as the all black lenses. I want to see your eyes…
Um… bluetooth earpieces? See them left in lately?
I think that's more of an ego thing that people don't like, such as, "I get a lot of important phone calls, so I might have to stop talking to you and start talking to the person in my ear at any moment." Maybe it's the same with Glass. I don't know.
1. Has to have a light to indicate recording, or everyone around you will be paranoid. (Most people will still be paranoid, but at least you can say "No red light, it's not recording!"). 2. Will probably be very popular as a cyclist camera. Cyclist who just want a decent 720p camera to record cycling activity (evidence against dangerous drivers), but don't want to attach a dorky camera to their head (i.e. GoPro), wil…
This whole light thing seems a bit out of proportion, like being paranoid of people wearing shades in case they are eyeing you up (which is more than half the reason anyone wears them in the first place).
I recall reading that a lot of women wear sunglasses so that you can't make eye contact with them, as a lot of men use eye contact aggressively.
It's Scoble. I guarantee he's not carefully crafting anything other than his own thoughts. I appreciate the fact he calls out his emotions in his posts - why blame him for your own emotional response to reading it?
>I guarantee he's not carefully crafting anything other than his own thoughts. With ~5 mil readers I suspect he is indeed taking the reader's potential reaction into account and adjusting his writing accordingly. >why blame him for your own emotional response to reading it I was commenting on the impression that it create rather than blaming anyone for anything.
I find it amusing that he uses G+ to write about it. I agree that cost is important. $500 is probably way too high, considering what $500 buys in fun gadgets. They should also have a visible light to indicate when the camera is active.
There should be one light that turns on and off to show when the wearer is recording, and another light that is always on to show when the NSA is recording.