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Re: Scoble says Google Glass is doomed

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Post by jfoster »

Crito wrote: post #4

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…

Google will probably abandon it before being content with it only ever being a niche product. I'm not convinced that it (including future iterations) won't become accepted by consumers, though. Everyone is still evaluating a product that is not yet "ready".

Re: Scoble says Google Glass is doomed

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Post by jfoster »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #27
Crito wrote: post #4

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.

That's the usual mistake of wearable computing?

Re: Scoble says Google Glass is doomed

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Post by jfoster »

Havoc wrote: post #20

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.

That was the one bit of the post that I didn't understand. Google is now shipping Glass to Explorers without them meeting Google employees. Given that, it seems the custom fitting can't be so essential.

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Post by jfoster »

gress wrote: post #38

Glass is already successful. It was the most written about tech product in 2013, deflecting attention away from Apple and reminding people that Google can still be innovative.

I agree with your sentiment, but I wouldn't call it successful until they've translated the interest into sales to users who are not early adopters.

Re: Scoble says Google Glass is doomed

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Post by ghaff »

pseut wrote: post #53
michaelwww wrote: post #51

"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 was thinking about that point as I was reading through this discussion. The whole "Borg" Bluetooth earpiece thing does seem to be passe. (Personally, my problem with them was always that they ended up being out of juice when I needed them so I just use a corded headset when I use one.) I'm not sure what this observation says for wearable computing, if anything.

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Post by timrichard »

ams6110 wrote: post #42

(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.

> You might as well carry a huge banner that says "I'm a giant nerd."

Got that reaction with big clunky smartphones 15yrs ago. Now every Joe in the vicinity keeps earnestly stroking their Facebook app.

Screw it :-D

Re: Scoble says Google Glass is doomed

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Post by kordless »

Havoc wrote: post #56
kordless wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 sort of agree with you here. If anything, he's a nexus of reader's potential reactions. Such is his nature!
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