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Google Announces Project Glass

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Re: Google Announces Project Glass

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Post by gbog »

ryandvm wrote: post #9

I dunno, maybe I'm a Luddite but I don't think the tendency to never be disconnected is good for the human psyche. I know that personally my own mental well being tends to suffer if I don't let myself have considerable stretches of time where I'm not consuming any information. Also, though cool, the video is probably a pretty inaccurate representation of what that tech would actually get used for. It shows some guy g…

The best souvenir I have of the last month are those fifteen minutes spent with kid, wife and friends resting on a rock inside a forest hill around Beijing: we had no 3g, no network, no thoughts, just thee silence and the soft wind. So yes, having no connection will become a blessing.

Re: Google Announces Project Glass

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Post by knieveltech »

joezydeco wrote: post #69
knieveltech wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I'm holding out hope that Google collectively has enough sense not to torpedo this exciting new technology by turning it into a wearable AR billboard system. While I could totally see voluntary opt-in for merchant ad displays while walking around in downtown, I'm pretty sure it would have to be voluntary. I'm optimistic that Google realizes they aren't going to be able to get away with anything more invasi…

It doesn't need to be an active system. Google could monetize the hell out of it just by showing advertisers how effective their billboards, posters, and audio commercials are in the environment through passive collection.

There's an interesting idea, and one I wouldn't object to.

Re: Google Announces Project Glass

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Post by sorbits »

whackedspinach wrote: post #57
jasonlotito wrote: post #10

What this will provide for disabled and autistic people is amazing. It's too easy to get caught up in the "social sharing" part of this and forget that something like this can really help change people's lives. Edit: To expand a bit, take an autistic adult that wants to do something, like go to the movies. It's simple for us, we wash up, get dressed, go outside, go down the straight, hope on the 132 Bus for 3 stops,…

As someone who has terrible vision, I've been waiting for this type of thing for years. I have trouble reading menus at fast food restaurants or street signs. The ability to just pull up context aware information in front of my eyes would be amazing. I looked into doing it myself with some AR goggles, but the cameras in them just were not good enough yet. I've loved this idea ever since I read about the glasses in Ac…

If you have an iOS device then I highly recommend Lumin: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lumin/id480343142?mt=8

Re: Google Announces Project Glass

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Post by jnt8686 »

joezydeco wrote: post #69
knieveltech wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I'm holding out hope that Google collectively has enough sense not to torpedo this exciting new technology by turning it into a wearable AR billboard system. While I could totally see voluntary opt-in for merchant ad displays while walking around in downtown, I'm pretty sure it would have to be voluntary. I'm optimistic that Google realizes they aren't going to be able to get away with anything more invasi…

It doesn't need to be an active system. Google could monetize the hell out of it just by showing advertisers how effective their billboards, posters, and audio commercials are in the environment through passive collection.

smart.

Re: Google Announces Project Glass

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Post by drostie »

How do you solve the most obvious problems of focus? Is there a really strong lens on the front of this thing?

I keep thinking of this problem when I hear about things like heads-up contact lenses and so on. It is a tremendous eyestrain for me to focus on anything within a meter, and so I'm often relaxing my eyes by looking away from my laptop at distant things. Within 10-20 cm or so it is extremely difficult to focus on anything; within 10cm it is actively impossible.

So are they really using a lens that can make a 1cm-away display look like it's 100cm away?

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