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Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by skeletonjelly »

cwilson wrote: post #8

I wish Google would focus on using Google Glass within the workplace before trying to take it to the streets for casual use. I can imagine using them within the office, because anything that makes me more productive is totally acceptable "socially". Outside of the office however I have serious doubts to if I'd wear these around daily. My colleague will know why I'm essentially talking to myself to use Google Glass, w…

What has started in the workplace and ended up a common item though? I feel like something that starts off in the workplace immediately loses it's "cool", which is needed for rapid uptake

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by wonderzombie »

GHFigs wrote: post #67
sukuriant wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why you were downvoted. You simply said that these machines are going to be getting smaller, cleaner, less obtrusive. And they will.

The inevitability of miniaturization notwithstanding, it's slightly challenging to imagine a less obtrusive version of something whose defining property is that it sits on your face. Maybe in five years we'll all be wearing smart-monocles. Who knows?

I (and a great many other humans) already wear an accessory which sits on the face. :)

When spectacles were first invented, they may well have been obtrusive and required some social adjustment. Now they're thoroughly assimulated. They are unobtrusive, and one's choice of frames/style often serves as a fashion statement.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by tferris »

Some nice thoughts but dcurtis missed the point: people do not criticise the concept or idea of Google Glass -- they sneer at the implementation. Once we have mores subtle devices or even contact lenses with embedded screens we'll see a breakthrough of this new medium but until then it's more kind of a R&D thing with a use case for just few niches.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by dade_ »

cwilson wrote: post #8

I wish Google would focus on using Google Glass within the workplace before trying to take it to the streets for casual use. I can imagine using them within the office, because anything that makes me more productive is totally acceptable "socially". Outside of the office however I have serious doubts to if I'd wear these around daily. My colleague will know why I'm essentially talking to myself to use Google Glass, w…

If everyday use cases can be performed without effort, then I think people will find that glass is invaluable. This would drive adoption and eventually acceptance in public.

For the time when I repaired the espresso machine or my laptop computer and ended up with leftover screws.

But analytics and AI is really where Google can make this shine, especially when the HUD reminds you that you need to leave early for the airport because of an accident on the highway.

And the video recording of leaving the house in a hurry so I can eliminate the doubt that I locked the door...

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by markdown »

joeld42 wrote: post #38

The closest analogy I see is with the segway. Something that could be useful and even world-changing but overhyped and dumped on a market without justifying it's existence. Apple could have released the iPad first but they waited to teach the market what it was with the iPhone first. Thus each step (iPhone, tablet) was a new form of a familiar thing rather than a new thing altogether. If I were in Google's shoes, I w…

> Apple could have released the iPad first but they waited to teach the market what it was with the iPhone first.

Amazing. They had both products in mind, considered them both, and thought that it would be best to lead with the iPhone, aye? And Steve told you this, did he?

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by panacea »

warfangle wrote: post #58
morsch wrote: post #5

It only solves one side of man machine interaction: the machine-to-man part. For many interactions, its solution for man-to-machine is voice, which is anything but unobtrusive in public.

Combined with the Myo, if the Myo performs as advertised... would be fantastic.

I tried googling "Myo" and "Myo Google Glass" and can't find anything. What is Myo?

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by damoncali »

blhack wrote: post #46
clemesha wrote: post #36

If Google can avoid the "Segway curse" of extreme dorkiness, I can only then see Google Glass having a chance at being revolutionary.

Segways didn't "fail" because they were dorky, they didn't see wide adoption because they were [and are] extremely expensive.

...and not particularly useful.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by 6ren »

Google Glass solves output. But voice input is still problematic, it's generally only usable when the set of expected words is heavily circumscribed. Though, most people can talk faster than they can type, around 150–160 WPM, so in principle, it's better than a keyboard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute#Speech_and_lis...

The first-to-market with new category of device doesn't always dominate the category. Consider the PC (Apple was first). Given an ugly version and a cool version of wearable computing, which will people prefer to wear?

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by munificent »

_delirium wrote: post #80
untog wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alright, what other consumer products like Google Glass have been released?

I'm not sure whether it's similar enough, but the "Private Eye", a wearable, monocular heads-up display, had a bit of niche success when it was introduced in 1989. Here's a contemporary blurb from Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=dwEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=...

Interesting, but fundamentally different.

Google Glass = head-mounted display + camera + access to the cloud

The Private Eye was just the first. It's like comparing an exercise bike to an actual ride-around-outdoors bicycle.

Re: The Glass Bicycle

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Post by timcederman »

markdown wrote: post #95
joeld42 wrote: post #38

The closest analogy I see is with the segway. Something that could be useful and even world-changing but overhyped and dumped on a market without justifying it's existence. Apple could have released the iPad first but they waited to teach the market what it was with the iPhone first. Thus each step (iPhone, tablet) was a new form of a familiar thing rather than a new thing altogether. If I were in Google's shoes, I w…

> Apple could have released the iPad first but they waited to teach the market what it was with the iPhone first. Amazing. They had both products in mind, considered them both, and thought that it would be best to lead with the iPhone, aye? And Steve told you this, did he?

It was mentioned in his biography and other places.
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