Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by milanvrekic » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 6:55 PM UTC

Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?
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Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by rudiger » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

Programming Google Glass to play blackjack (basic strategy or a card-counting system) seems like a much more tractable problem. Watch the table, count the cards and recommend the optimal play.

I believe these sorts of wearable computing devices are already banned in most casinos.

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by milanvrekic » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 7:42 PM UTC

rudiger wrote: post #2

Programming Google Glass to play blackjack (basic strategy or a card-counting system) seems like a much more tractable problem. Watch the table, count the cards and recommend the optimal play. I believe these sorts of wearable computing devices are already banned in most casinos.

I wonder what are the policies for cell phones?

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by Bartlet » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 7:49 PM UTC

Given that cell phones are banned in casinos (for table games, etc) I think it's self-evident that Google Glass will also be banned.

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by georgemcbay » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 8:04 PM UTC

milanvrekic wrote: post #3

rudiger wrote: post #2

Programming Google Glass to play blackjack (basic strategy or a card-counting system) seems like a much more tractable problem. Watch the table, count the cards and recommend the optimal play. I believe these sorts of wearable computing devices are already banned in most casinos.

I wonder what are the policies for cell phones?

You can have a cell phone in your pocket but they won't let you use it for anything. I suspect in the era of smartphones that they would completely ban them from the floor if not for the fact that enforcing that rule would be a nightmare.

Source: I've absent mindedly taken a call while sitting down at a table in Las Vegas and got an instant warning from the dealer.

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by njloof » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 8:09 PM UTC

Seeing as they can ban you for using your brain to count cards, I'm pretty sure they'll ask you to take off your nerd glasses.

Edit: Also, hackers were doing this stuff while Milan Vrekic was eating Cheerios. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by waterlesscloud » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 8:12 PM UTC

They'll have to ban them or shut down, so it seems like a pretty obvious choice.

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Post by Reedx » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 8:13 PM UTC

What will be interesting is what casinos will do when this kind of tech is embedded in contacts or the eye itself.

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by bkanber » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 8:15 PM UTC

milanvrekic wrote: post #3

rudiger wrote: post #2

Programming Google Glass to play blackjack (basic strategy or a card-counting system) seems like a much more tractable problem. Watch the table, count the cards and recommend the optimal play. I believe these sorts of wearable computing devices are already banned in most casinos.

I wonder what are the policies for cell phones?

No cell phones allowed at the tables. If you want to use your phone you have to stand up and walk away.

Re: Could Google Glass be banned in the casinos?

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Post by milanvrekic » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 8:23 PM UTC

njloof wrote: post #6

Seeing as they can ban you for using your brain to count cards, I'm pretty sure they'll ask you to take off your nerd glasses. Edit: Also, hackers were doing this stuff while Milan Vrekic was eating Cheerios. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie

Very cool :) Thanks for the link