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Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

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Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

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How are these different to the cheap "spy glasses" you can get on ebay? Not meant offensively btw, just actually curious! eg. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-HIGH-DEFINITION-SPY-CAMERA-DVR...

Epiphany's many advantages include: Epiphany has better video quality, most notably our camera optics are almost incomparably better. The stuff you linked to is all narrow-angle, which makes that video seem like looking through a toilet-paper tube. Whereas Epiphany's field of view is 160 degrees, almost as wide as a GoPro, so it can see everything you see including your hands: https://yougen.tv/video/9b406d41-8e68-43…

I got nausea from watching that video. It's a prime example of how little those types of devices make sense unless there's a great way of image stabilizing it.

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

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I borrowed one for a few weeks from a friend.

Do they feel disappointed with spending all that money? Was their experience the same?

Most likely yes. Otherwise why lend it out for several weeks ;)

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

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Or you could not wear it for 8 hours a day. I wear my glasses for half that amount and I get headaches, to wear it everywhere is insane. I'd figure it would be more of a situational thing than anything.

8 hours a day? If I had a pair, I'd wear them 16-18h / day.

That's exactly what us billion or more people who wear glasses do. Wear them all day ;)

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

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8 hours a day? If I had a pair, I'd wear them 16-18h / day.

That's exactly what us billion or more people who wear glasses do. Wear them all day ;)

Yup, I'm a glass wearer as well ;).

Re: Google Glass evangelist: It's not worth the headache

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Pre-order? Do you have a product yet or just a landing page?

Thank you for your interest. They absolutely exist, in fact fashion brand BCBGMAXAZRIA modeled Epiphany on the runway at New York Fashion Week https://yougen.tv/video/beddc3d4-784f-40ab-8066-652ac8e3f694... , and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis rocked Epiphany at a concert in Seattle! We're shipping now but we're cranking through a long backlog. An order placed now will take 4 or more weeks for us to fulfill. I'm actively wo…

Neat!

While not a fan of the concept I'm happy to see you're actually shipping product. Thanks for your reply.

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