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My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by moe »

jacquesm wrote: post #68
ewang1 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see that being much of an issue. When you're out in public, most expectations of privacy are gone anyways.

Yes, but you don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry to start photographing you either do you? How would you feel if where ever you went someone followed you with a camera pointed at you?

Whether we like it or not, that's where we're heading.

A few governments will try to add guard-rails, but that will merely cause delays (cf. the EU "Public Display"-law that delayed streetview).

At the end of the day the always-on features will be too useful and entertaining for a majority to "restrain" themselves.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by gradstudent »

saulrh wrote: post #32
threeseed wrote: post #27

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I don't think it'll be too different from pulling out your phone from a politeness standpoint. This is the point a lot of Glass proponents don't seem to get. They assume that not paying attention to you whilst looking at your face is somehow more polite than looking at your phone. It's not. I suspect that over time Glass will become like Bluetooth earpieces. Perfect for use alone but a faux pas around other people.

A couple of differences. First, vision is much higher bandwidth. You can glance at a notification and immediately know that you have a message, who sent the message, and how you received it. Takes half a second. Bluetooth earpieces are only suitable for sustained conversation. They are social faux pas because you are having a sustained conversation with someone else. This is not the case with HMDs - someone using a t…

> Second, glancing at an HMD is fundamentally different from pulling out a cell phone because you're not looking away from the other person.

I see this like conversing with someone that's looking past you: i.e. incredibly grating because you obviously do not have their full attention.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by RossM »

jacquesm wrote: post #68
ewang1 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see that being much of an issue. When you're out in public, most expectations of privacy are gone anyways.

Yes, but you don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry to start photographing you either do you? How would you feel if where ever you went someone followed you with a camera pointed at you?

I don't really get this argument. Putting aside that if someone wants to follow you and take pictures they can do that already, and that glass itself doesn't cause you to become that person, the worst you can experience will be in the background of someone's picture or video.

Miniature cameras have been available for years, strapping one to your head doesn't make you a stalker.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by Kiro »

rmp2150 wrote: post #50
dombili wrote: post #44

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Yes, but I don't think they've ever claimed that the picture quality of the camera was great. They emphasized on the camera a lot because taking pictures with the Glass is way more personal than taking a picture with a traditional camera. After some time, when you go back to look at the pictures you'd taken, you live those moments again the same way you remember them, from your point of view. This was my take anyway.

Yeah I understand that but whats the point if the quality is not good. Good Idea. Poor execution.

You have obviously already made up your mind that the Glasses suck so why do you even want our opinions?

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by pekk »

RossM wrote: post #83
jacquesm wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but you don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry to start photographing you either do you? How would you feel if where ever you went someone followed you with a camera pointed at you?

I don't really get this argument. Putting aside that if someone wants to follow you and take pictures they can do that already, and that glass itself doesn't cause you to become that person, the worst you can experience will be in the background of someone's picture or video. Miniature cameras have been available for years, strapping one to your head doesn't make you a stalker.

If someone wants to follow me and take pictures they have to pay the price of making it obvious that they are doing so.

Using little spy cameras is already thoroughly antisocial, glass seeks to change that and normalize public recording

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by drcube »

uptown wrote: post #75

"Also, Google is forbidding advertising in apps. This is a HUGE shift for Google's business model. I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company." Does anybody think this is their permanent stance? I certainly don't.

I will not buy Glass if there are ads. Period. I think most people are with me and Google knows this.

This probably won't extend to Android or any other Google service, but I can see why they would choose to forgo ads in Glass.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by OGinparadise »

peeplaja wrote: post #38
magic_haze wrote: post #4

Interesting he feels so strongly about that... but then again, he always kinda does. Not sure what to make of it. I used to follow Scoble's blog back when he was evangelizing for Microsoft, but he's abandoned his mediums so often and so vociferously that I sort of lost track. Is Google Plus his latest platform now? Personally, I'm consciously trying _not_ to get stuck with a single company's ecosystem, so a lot of th…

He used to evangelize Microsoft because he worked for them. Now he's paid by Rackspace - so his enthusiasm is not bought here.

Now he's paid by Rackspace - so his enthusiasm is not bought here.

Make no mistake: he attracts attention to himself and then sends some of it to Rackspace. He's a shock jock, he would bash Google+, Google and Google Glass if he thought it would be better for Rackspace, but it isn't. He has calculated that by being a Google billboard he will fare better.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by pekk »

lmm wrote: post #80
jacquesm wrote: post #68

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Yes, but you don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry to start photographing you either do you? How would you feel if where ever you went someone followed you with a camera pointed at you?

I live in London so that's basically happening already.

Are those recordings currently posted on Facebook or Youtube, with you tagged in them? Do those cameras follow you inside every pub? If so I am quite sorry for you.

This isn't fighting governments, this is creating the panopticon. All the public footage will be used by governments and I think you'll find that it will be much more invasive and even malicious than what governments are currently doing. Governments are mostly interested in illegal actions and are at least partially constrained, the general public and anyone who doesn't like you will be happy to use this against you in every way conceivable.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by blablabla123 »

It's funny, the whole post is about how nice those glasses are and how amazing. But I cannot really see why they are useful. If I understand the OP correctly, it features the same functions as a cell phone but without ads and being more social. I think he misses the point, staring at a cell-phone every 10 seconds is not non-social because of the looking away but because of the permanent distraction. It's a sign of politeness to be 100% focussed when talking to someone else.

I think I'll buy them if they are below $200 but I won't use them much. Watching Terminator is much cooler anyway ;)

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