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Am I crazy? Google Glass sucks (At least for now)

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Re: Am I crazy? Google Glass sucks (At least for now)

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Post by moocow01 »

I have to agree with this. The skydiving stuff - possibly interesting from a networking perspective - but from a product perspective... I just don't get why people ate this up. It honestly felt ridiculous to me.

I'd be more enthused if I felt like they laid out a road map for the product and talked about why we need this. Why do (normal) consumers want this, Google? Im not saying they don't I just want to know why Google thinks they do and what the offering really is going to be. We've seen tech-oriented glasses in many forms over the years flop... why now and why will people adopt these? Whats the actual killer features that are going to be worth putting these on?

Re: Am I crazy? Google Glass sucks (At least for now)

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Post by dguaraglia »

I think that Google is, at this point, doing a simple marketing exercise to test the concept. Why spend millions in R&D before you even know if people are interested in the new form factor?

So far, the reaction seems to be mostly positive. By hiring a few stunt guys and a blimp Google created a lot of hype, got a nice amount of feedback on that.

Heck, I was suckered by the presentation, even while thinking "I wonder what they are using the send the image feed, surely not 3G or even LTE... and what else besides doing Plus group conversations can this do?". I knew it wasn't revolutionary, but still got excited.

Re: Am I crazy? Google Glass sucks (At least for now)

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Post by gfosco »

chubot wrote: post #4

I watched the skydiving demo video and also didn't understand how it was different than someone with a GoPro camera strapped to their head.

The only difference, for the sake of the demo/pr stunt, was that the glasses have a 3G or 4G Radio and G+ Hangout integration.

Think about it, though... The experience of wearing the glasses is probably very difficult to properly explain or show. You can't really put it on a camera and get a true representation. They have a long way to go before it's ready.

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Post by bane »

I agree, when it's something more than a head mounted camera taking pictures of things I don't care to take pictures of, or telling me the weather when I don't care or can obviously tell by looking out a window...then I'll be interested (maybe).

As many people say, "it's the software stupid", so I'm waiting.

Re: Am I crazy? Google Glass sucks (At least for now)

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

chubot wrote: post #4

I watched the skydiving demo video and also didn't understand how it was different than someone with a GoPro camera strapped to their head.

If you watch the video closely they actually do have GoPros strapped to their chests, and it looks like they then used the GoPro HD footage to create the blog post video about the whole thing.
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