I think that wearable computing will be the next big thing and it will take off even faster than the cellphone did (which itself was one of the fastest adopted technologies in history).
It will happen because people permanently plugged in to the Internet will simply be smarter than people who aren't. Imagine wearing your Google Glass, and it's microphone is picking up keywords from conversations around you and automatically Googling them in the corner of your eye. If you have an automatic encyclopaedia and other's don't, that's potentially a big advantage. It would sure make it hard for a salesman to pull one over on you, with all the facts and figures popping up in your glasses as they talk.
And people will discover if you say a certain word you get a funny search result, and everyone in the conversation that has Glass (or Apple's version) will be laughing together at this silly thing that just popped up, and people who aren't "connected" will feel left out. Pretty soon everyone will just have to have one.
I'm not even sure I'll trust people with "Glass", let alone joining in. But I'm pretty sure devices like this that can record anything with ease will be banned outright from my office.
My thoughts are simply that watches are just jewelry now... Cell and smartphones have made that happen. I would LOVE to be proven wrong (as an APPL long) but this sounds like a bad route to go down.
I could definitely see a market for a watch that gives you limited "smart" information so you wouldn't always have to pull your phone out of your pocket/purse. Apple isn't known for doing gimmicky things so if they're going down this path I would assume its because they think there's a practical application that people would find beneficial.
I'm not even sure I'll trust people with "Glass", let alone joining in. But I'm pretty sure devices like this that can record anything with ease will be banned outright from my office.
There will probably have to be a whole new set of manners/social conventions around wearable computers. When it's proper to use them, when not... Interesting times.
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
If everyone starts wearing Google glasses 24/7 that will be all she wrote for the TV set.
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
It's always the people who are happy with their TVs that's say Apple doesn't need to make one. Last time I checked, companies are still selling TV's. There will always be someone in the market for one.
But if Apple has plans to take over the living room do they want the TV you're staring at to have a Samsung or LG logo on it?
My guess is Apple won't do anything in the TV space until/unless they can do something on the content side. It's about a lot more than a slick user interface. But if Apple does get in this space I could see them doing a set top box and a TV, with maybe the TV having some functionality (Siri) that the set top box doesn't. The set top box would be for those who aren't in the market for a new TV.
How will you see Apple's logo if it's on the back?
It's always the people who are happy with their TVs that's say Apple doesn't need to make one. Last time I checked, companies are still selling TV's. There will always be someone in the market for one.
The problem is that those people will be happy with their TVs for the next 5-7 years.
I have the Garmin 500 and love it. The 510 is looking even better and I'm tempted to pick it up and pass the 500 on to the wife (she's one of those strange people that just likes to ride her bike and doesn't care about all the data :P ).
I believe concentrating on the world around you while riding your bike (because you're the one at risk whether it's the other person's fault or not) in the smart thing to do. I don't wear headphones to listen to music or talk on the phone, I ride my bike and pay attention to what's going on around me. The Garmin bike computer is great being mounted out in front of you, allowing you to quickly glance at it and then back to the road. The problem with either an iWatch or Google Glass would be the time it takes your attention away from what you're doing and/or taking one of your hands away from your bike controls. Anyone know how long the eyes take to change focus from close to far? That's one of the things I could see being an issue with Google Glass (unless it somehow projects the focal point out further). They'd also need to build Google Glass into sports glasses before one could really use them this way.
But it's probably just me, I see people doing plenty of things while riding that I would personally not do.
It's always the people who are happy with their TVs that's say Apple doesn't need to make one. Last time I checked, companies are still selling TV's. There will always be someone in the market for one.
You may be right and yes companies are still selling TVs. The thing is that they're all complaining that they're not making money. Let them duke it out, why get into that space? Is there any real value that Apple can bring to the actual TV display? Maybe there is.
The quality of displays right now is excellent and prices are competitive. What is lacking is the UI and content and you don't need to build the entire TV set to solve that problem. I'm sure Apple is capable of building a wonderful TV set, but I just don't see why they'd bother.
I think that wearable computing will be the next big thing and it will take off even faster than the cellphone did (which itself was one of the fastest adopted technologies in history).
It will happen because people permanently plugged in to the Internet will simply be smarter than people who aren't. Imagine wearing your Google Glass, and it's microphone is picking up keywords from conversations around you and automatically Googling them in the corner of your eye. If you have an automatic encyclopaedia and other's don't, that's potentially a big advantage. It would sure make it hard for a salesman to pull one over on you, with all the facts and figures popping up in your glasses as they talk.
And people will discover if you say a certain word you get a funny search result, and everyone in the conversation that has Glass (or Apple's version) will be laughing together at this silly thing that just popped up, and people who aren't "connected" will feel left out. Pretty soon everyone will just have to have one.
You are describing a nightmare. We all think we are more clever than we actually are, it would be worse with this. That kind of life would be so pretentious.
You may be right and yes companies are still selling TVs. The thing is that they're all complaining that they're not making money. Let them duke it out, why get into that space? Is there any real value that Apple can bring to the actual TV display? Maybe there is.
The quality of displays right now is excellent and prices are competitive. What is lacking is the UI and content and you don't need to build the entire TV set to solve that problem. I'm sure Apple is capable of building a wonderful TV set, but I just don't see why they'd bother.
Honestly you could say the same things about computers and phones. Just because others aren't making money in that space doesn't mean Apple doesn't/couldn't. They have the vertical integration companies like Samsung/LG don't have (but are trying to build). IF Apple did do a TV my assumption is it would be more than just a dumb monitor.
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
I ponder whether they will simply make a display for their little box. By revamping their Cinema Display line to work as a TV display as well. They won't likely have a 50 inch or over model at the moment but a 30 and maybe a 40-42. They might even be able to spec it high enough to be 3D capable and work with blu-ray players for such movies until they can get them in their store.
Honestly you could say the same things about computers and phones. Just because others aren't making money in that space doesn't mean Apple doesn't/couldn't. They have the vertical integration companies like Samsung/LG don't have (but are trying to build). IF Apple did do a TV my assumption is it would be more than just a dumb monitor.
I think that wearable computing will be the next big thing and it will take off even faster than the cellphone did (which itself was one of the fastest adopted technologies in history).
It will happen because people permanently plugged in to the Internet will simply be smarter than people who aren't. Imagine wearing your Google Glass, and it's microphone is picking up keywords from conversations around you and automatically Googling them in the corner of your eye. If you have an automatic encyclopaedia and other's don't, that's potentially a big advantage. It would sure make it hard for a salesman to pull one over on you, with all the facts and figures popping up in your glasses as they talk.
And people will discover if you say a certain word you get a funny search result, and everyone in the conversation that has Glass (or Apple's version) will be laughing together at this silly thing that just popped up, and people who aren't "connected" will feel left out. Pretty soon everyone will just have to have one.
This is a nice fantasy, but this kind of thing isn't made possible by the presence of a HUD on your head, it's made possible by Artificial Intelligence which actually hasn't developed to the stage that it can actually do this stuff yet.
Google glass will be able to do pop-ups and pop-overs on what you are seeing, but the pop-ups will be more like advertisements for coupons and restaurants. It will be able to link into social media eventually like foursquare ratings on restaurants etc. but it won't be able to do anything or give you any information that pulling an iPhone out of your pocket can't also give you.
What you're thinking is that there will be some magic (Artificial Intelligence again), computer entity behind it all that understands you, understands what you want, what you think, knows about all your friends and interests and can talk back to you and suggest things in real time. This is the basic fantasy piece built into every single "concept" of future living you've ever heard about since they first started talking about "the future" at all.
It will only happen when Artificial Intelligence becomes a reality. So far, there is absolutely no indication at all that the basic problems of making an artificial intelligence have been solved or even correctly understood to the point where they *may* in the future be solved. This kind of thing (a computer that can understand you when you talk to it), is either impossible, or is literally hundreds of years out. Siri is pretty much the pinnacle of what we can expect from systems like this for the foreseeable future. The accuracy will be improved, but it won't gain magical sentience overnight.
It won't happen in your lifetime that you will have such an "intelligent assistant." Get used to it.
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Originally Posted by ascii
I think that wearable computing will be the next big thing and it will take off even faster than the cellphone did (which itself was one of the fastest adopted technologies in history).
It will happen because people permanently plugged in to the Internet will simply be smarter than people who aren't. Imagine wearing your Google Glass, and it's microphone is picking up keywords from conversations around you and automatically Googling them in the corner of your eye. If you have an automatic encyclopaedia and other's don't, that's potentially a big advantage. It would sure make it hard for a salesman to pull one over on you, with all the facts and figures popping up in your glasses as they talk.
And people will discover if you say a certain word you get a funny search result, and everyone in the conversation that has Glass (or Apple's version) will be laughing together at this silly thing that just popped up, and people who aren't "connected" will feel left out. Pretty soon everyone will just have to have one.
I'm not even sure I'll trust people with "Glass", let alone joining in. But I'm pretty sure devices like this that can record anything with ease will be banned outright from my office.
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Originally Posted by allmypeople
My thoughts are simply that watches are just jewelry now... Cell and smartphones have made that happen. I would LOVE to be proven wrong (as an APPL long) but this sounds like a bad route to go down.
I could definitely see a market for a watch that gives you limited "smart" information so you wouldn't always have to pull your phone out of your pocket/purse. Apple isn't known for doing gimmicky things so if they're going down this path I would assume its because they think there's a practical application that people would find beneficial.
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Originally Posted by matrix07
I'm not even sure I'll trust people with "Glass", let alone joining in. But I'm pretty sure devices like this that can record anything with ease will be banned outright from my office.
There will probably have to be a whole new set of manners/social conventions around wearable computers. When it's proper to use them, when not... Interesting times.
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
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Originally Posted by Bilbo63
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
If everyone starts wearing Google glasses 24/7 that will be all she wrote for the TV set.
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Originally Posted by Bilbo63
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
It's always the people who are happy with their TVs that's say Apple doesn't need to make one. Last time I checked, companies are still selling TV's. There will always be someone in the market for one.
How will you see Apple's logo if it's on the back?
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Originally Posted by jpvn
I prefer a watch over glases any day... Apple just needs to make a cool desing that would atract all tipes of buyers..
Or one that snaps into all sorts of third party cases and bands.
The problem is that those people will be happy with their TVs for the next 5-7 years.
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Originally Posted by Gatorguy
http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Computer-Monitor-Cadence-Sensor/dp/B00APBMNP4/ref=sr_1_2?s=gps&ie=UTF8&qid=1362407493&sr=1-2
I have the Garmin 500 and love it. The 510 is looking even better and I'm tempted to pick it up and pass the 500 on to the wife (she's one of those strange people that just likes to ride her bike and doesn't care about all the data :P ).
I believe concentrating on the world around you while riding your bike (because you're the one at risk whether it's the other person's fault or not) in the smart thing to do. I don't wear headphones to listen to music or talk on the phone, I ride my bike and pay attention to what's going on around me. The Garmin bike computer is great being mounted out in front of you, allowing you to quickly glance at it and then back to the road. The problem with either an iWatch or Google Glass would be the time it takes your attention away from what you're doing and/or taking one of your hands away from your bike controls. Anyone know how long the eyes take to change focus from close to far? That's one of the things I could see being an issue with Google Glass (unless it somehow projects the focal point out further). They'd also need to build Google Glass into sports glasses before one could really use them this way.
But it's probably just me, I see people doing plenty of things while riding that I would personally not do.
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Originally Posted by Rogifan
It's always the people who are happy with their TVs that's say Apple doesn't need to make one. Last time I checked, companies are still selling TV's. There will always be someone in the market for one.
You may be right and yes companies are still selling TVs. The thing is that they're all complaining that they're not making money. Let them duke it out, why get into that space? Is there any real value that Apple can bring to the actual TV display? Maybe there is.
The quality of displays right now is excellent and prices are competitive. What is lacking is the UI and content and you don't need to build the entire TV set to solve that problem. I'm sure Apple is capable of building a wonderful TV set, but I just don't see why they'd bother.
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Originally Posted by ascii
If everyone starts wearing Google glasses 24/7 that will be all she wrote for the TV set.
Yes, because everyone watches TV with one eye closed
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Originally Posted by ascii
I think that wearable computing will be the next big thing and it will take off even faster than the cellphone did (which itself was one of the fastest adopted technologies in history).
It will happen because people permanently plugged in to the Internet will simply be smarter than people who aren't. Imagine wearing your Google Glass, and it's microphone is picking up keywords from conversations around you and automatically Googling them in the corner of your eye. If you have an automatic encyclopaedia and other's don't, that's potentially a big advantage. It would sure make it hard for a salesman to pull one over on you, with all the facts and figures popping up in your glasses as they talk.
And people will discover if you say a certain word you get a funny search result, and everyone in the conversation that has Glass (or Apple's version) will be laughing together at this silly thing that just popped up, and people who aren't "connected" will feel left out. Pretty soon everyone will just have to have one.
You are describing a nightmare. We all think we are more clever than we actually are, it would be worse with this. That kind of life would be so pretentious.
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Originally Posted by ascii
If everyone starts wearing Google glasses 24/7 that will be all she wrote for the TV set.
You seriously think that's going to happen? Has Sergy Brin got you under his RDF?
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Originally Posted by Bilbo63
You may be right and yes companies are still selling TVs. The thing is that they're all complaining that they're not making money. Let them duke it out, why get into that space? Is there any real value that Apple can bring to the actual TV display? Maybe there is.
The quality of displays right now is excellent and prices are competitive. What is lacking is the UI and content and you don't need to build the entire TV set to solve that problem. I'm sure Apple is capable of building a wonderful TV set, but I just don't see why they'd bother.
Honestly you could say the same things about computers and phones. Just because others aren't making money in that space doesn't mean Apple doesn't/couldn't. They have the vertical integration companies like Samsung/LG don't have (but are trying to build). IF Apple did do a TV my assumption is it would be more than just a dumb monitor.
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Originally Posted by crazy_mac_lover
If apple Is to release iwatch , it will make google glass an idiot .
Both are great devices and have different purposes. The watch should have NFC.
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Originally Posted by Bilbo63
I'm not sure it matters if the display doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Essentially that's all the TV set will become is display. The important stuff is the UI and the content and that's all that I think Apple is concerned with. The idea of Apple making a TV set itself is merely a smoke-screen. If they do, I agree with you, they'll have a set-top box too. I have no need for a new TV, I am perfectly happy with my LG set.
I ponder whether they will simply make a display for their little box. By revamping their Cinema Display line to work as a TV display as well. They won't likely have a 50 inch or over model at the moment but a 30 and maybe a 40-42. They might even be able to spec it high enough to be 3D capable and work with blu-ray players for such movies until they can get them in their store.
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Originally Posted by Rogifan
Honestly you could say the same things about computers and phones. Just because others aren't making money in that space doesn't mean Apple doesn't/couldn't. They have the vertical integration companies like Samsung/LG don't have (but are trying to build). IF Apple did do a TV my assumption is it would be more than just a dumb monitor.
True enough. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Originally Posted by ascii
I think that wearable computing will be the next big thing and it will take off even faster than the cellphone did (which itself was one of the fastest adopted technologies in history).
It will happen because people permanently plugged in to the Internet will simply be smarter than people who aren't. Imagine wearing your Google Glass, and it's microphone is picking up keywords from conversations around you and automatically Googling them in the corner of your eye. If you have an automatic encyclopaedia and other's don't, that's potentially a big advantage. It would sure make it hard for a salesman to pull one over on you, with all the facts and figures popping up in your glasses as they talk.
And people will discover if you say a certain word you get a funny search result, and everyone in the conversation that has Glass (or Apple's version) will be laughing together at this silly thing that just popped up, and people who aren't "connected" will feel left out. Pretty soon everyone will just have to have one.
This is a nice fantasy, but this kind of thing isn't made possible by the presence of a HUD on your head, it's made possible by Artificial Intelligence which actually hasn't developed to the stage that it can actually do this stuff yet.
Google glass will be able to do pop-ups and pop-overs on what you are seeing, but the pop-ups will be more like advertisements for coupons and restaurants. It will be able to link into social media eventually like foursquare ratings on restaurants etc. but it won't be able to do anything or give you any information that pulling an iPhone out of your pocket can't also give you.
What you're thinking is that there will be some magic (Artificial Intelligence again), computer entity behind it all that understands you, understands what you want, what you think, knows about all your friends and interests and can talk back to you and suggest things in real time. This is the basic fantasy piece built into every single "concept" of future living you've ever heard about since they first started talking about "the future" at all.
It will only happen when Artificial Intelligence becomes a reality. So far, there is absolutely no indication at all that the basic problems of making an artificial intelligence have been solved or even correctly understood to the point where they *may* in the future be solved. This kind of thing (a computer that can understand you when you talk to it), is either impossible, or is literally hundreds of years out. Siri is pretty much the pinnacle of what we can expect from systems like this for the foreseeable future. The accuracy will be improved, but it won't gain magical sentience overnight.
It won't happen in your lifetime that you will have such an "intelligent assistant." Get used to it.