basically, GG is a combo bluetooth earpiece plus small handsfree display plus headcam. and very easy to operate - the integrated UI is its real innovation. you still need to be packing a smartphone too.
but you know, who really needs a headcam all the time? or any of the time (ok, once in a while to document/share something in particular that requires using your hands - like cooking with a certain recipe)? and how many of the rest of us want to have anyone stick their camera in our face like that? (i sure don't - if you want to talk with me, take it off first. and don't even think about walking into my office/home with it on).
of course it is fairly common now to see techie guys walking down the street with their bluetooth earpiece on, talking away to whoever, in their own private world. but it's their privacy that is being compromised then. and sometimes women talking into the mic on their earbud cord. but it is so normal now to see people with earbuds/cords on anyway.
so i can see a real mass market for a GG - without the camera. then it's just a much superior version of a bluetooth earpiece, now with a display too. that smartphone you still will need that's in your pocket will always be a much better camera to use in almost every way for when you want one.
there will still be the distraction effect - people momentarily shifting attention to the display away from the people they are with. that used to be considered rude in the old days. but cell phones and texting have already made it semi-acceptable tho still not polite. maybe future generations won't give a sh*t at all about that. well, that's their karma to deal with.
When using a phone or a camera, it's a little obvious your filming or taking a shot. With Glasses, you're just wearing it and people don't know if you actuly recording or not. So privacy concern is real.
It'd be so much better if the GG showed a red light when they're recording. Also, it could help if the camera objective had a lid, and it's clearly visible if the lid is on or off. You could place the lid on the objective, and people would know for sure that they have nothing to fear.
It'd be so much better if the GG showed a red light when they're recording. Also, it could help if the camera objective had a lid, and it's clearly visible if the lid is on or off. You could place the lid on the objective, and people would know for sure that they have nothing to fear.
It does show a red light, but how long is it going to take for someone to hack that and turn it off? Basically, you should just not interact with anyone wearing Google Glass, other than to ask them to leave your place of business.
People keep saying things like this, but I'm not sure I believe it. Movie studios use special camera mounts to eliminate camera vibration. I imagine that glass video would look more like those crappy YouTube videos where the cameraman doesn't know what he is doing. Not professional quality at all.
I already wear glasses (when my contacts aren't in, which is more often than I'd like since I'm getting eyes of a late 30s-year-old now). I hate wearing glasses. They cause migraines and general discomfort. They obstruct life and they damage hand-eye coordination, and yet they're a necessity (can't afford eye surgery). Why would I add to that with this dumb Google gadget? Has anyone who requires contacts or real glasses tested these things on their defective and modified eyes?
Then on top of that, you can add the rest of the complaints and issues already mentioned.
It does show a red light, but how long is it going to take for someone to hack that and turn it off? Basically, you should just not interact with anyone wearing Google Glass, other than to ask them to leave your place of business.
Agreed. The "it shows a red light when recording" argument is worthless. Anyone who wishes to record anonymousely will do so.
People may get upset but they dont care about their privacy. Look at the NSA stuff. Google spyware is selling by the millions everyday.
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Originally Posted by kevt
Good article. I think the suspicion will be huge, especially over the ability to record via a camera, and wondering where people's attention is. Smartphones are sometime invasive enough when used without basic courtesy, but at least you can see when someone is looking at, recording with a smartphone. I don't expect this to take off - imo it hinders rather than enhances basic human interaction.
Once websites pop-up to exhibit collections of nasty or embarrassing pictures/videos of people taken surreptitiously with Glass, the mainstream media will pick the story up, and there will be a public backlash. The minute someone sees a video of themselves on a website asking "so you're not recording this, right?" is the end of Glass. Google Wave it bye-bye.
By definition, if you're wearing Google Glass, you're a dork. So, it doesn't matter how cool you are before you put it on, once you do you're a dork.
Why not a brand new word to differentiate Google users? You know, the kind of person who is truly a sheep and is too stupid to want technology to integrate with their life... instead of the other way around.
The red light should definitively be hardwired, and if the led is dead, then the camera is dead too.
Google has to take this privacy issue very seriously, because it could kill the product.
On a side note, if I were a bar owner, I wouldn't ban the GG, but I'd probably put some tape on the camera to tranquilize the other clients.
The product is already dead. Any business owner who doesn't ban Glass is asking for trouble. If I were a bar owner, I'd ban them and have the bouncers toss anyone wearing them, and if they "accidentally" get broken in the process, oops!
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but you know, who really needs a headcam all the time? or any of the time (ok, once in a while to document/share something in particular that requires using your hands - like cooking with a certain recipe)? and how many of the rest of us want to have anyone stick their camera in our face like that? (i sure don't - if you want to talk with me, take it off first. and don't even think about walking into my office/home with it on).
of course it is fairly common now to see techie guys walking down the street with their bluetooth earpiece on, talking away to whoever, in their own private world. but it's their privacy that is being compromised then. and sometimes women talking into the mic on their earbud cord. but it is so normal now to see people with earbuds/cords on anyway.
so i can see a real mass market for a GG - without the camera. then it's just a much superior version of a bluetooth earpiece, now with a display too. that smartphone you still will need that's in your pocket will always be a much better camera to use in almost every way for when you want one.
there will still be the distraction effect - people momentarily shifting attention to the display away from the people they are with. that used to be considered rude in the old days. but cell phones and texting have already made it semi-acceptable tho still not polite. maybe future generations won't give a sh*t at all about that. well, that's their karma to deal with.
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Originally Posted by TheMacMan
When using a phone or a camera, it's a little obvious your filming or taking a shot. With Glasses, you're just wearing it and people don't know if you actuly recording or not. So privacy concern is real.
It'd be so much better if the GG showed a red light when they're recording. Also, it could help if the camera objective had a lid, and it's clearly visible if the lid is on or off. You could place the lid on the objective, and people would know for sure that they have nothing to fear.
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Originally Posted by chadmatic
Google Glass will become a prime example of a consumer product launch that failed by taking a technology too far. ...
It's not that they took it too far, it's that they took a wrong turn.
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Originally Posted by PaulMJohnson
I've only seen two people wearing glass so far and they looked like such stereotypical nerds that I was put off for life.
Google needed to give the first batch to cool people. Not to a bunch of dorks.
By definition, if you're wearing Google Glass, you're a dork. So, it doesn't matter how cool you are before you put it on, once you do you're a dork.
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Originally Posted by coollector
It'd be so much better if the GG showed a red light when they're recording. Also, it could help if the camera objective had a lid, and it's clearly visible if the lid is on or off. You could place the lid on the objective, and people would know for sure that they have nothing to fear.
It does show a red light, but how long is it going to take for someone to hack that and turn it off? Basically, you should just not interact with anyone wearing Google Glass, other than to ask them to leave your place of business.
People keep saying things like this, but I'm not sure I believe it. Movie studios use special camera mounts to eliminate camera vibration. I imagine that glass video would look more like those crappy YouTube videos where the cameraman doesn't know what he is doing. Not professional quality at all.
Then on top of that, you can add the rest of the complaints and issues already mentioned.
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Originally Posted by anonymouse
It does show a red light, but how long is it going to take for someone to hack that and turn it off?
Thank you, I did not know that.
I hope that Google made it very hard to hack, otherwise it's useless.
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Originally Posted by Robin Huber
True, they no longer think you are schizophrenic, but they still think you are a douche.
Which is more than a bit unfair to schizophrenics.
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Originally Posted by anonymouse
It does show a red light, but how long is it going to take for someone to hack that and turn it off? Basically, you should just not interact with anyone wearing Google Glass, other than to ask them to leave your place of business.
Agreed. The "it shows a red light when recording" argument is worthless. Anyone who wishes to record anonymousely will do so.
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Originally Posted by coollector
Thank you, I did not know that.
I hope that Google made it very hard to hack, otherwise it's useless.
Hey, it's open!
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Originally Posted by anonymouse
Hey, it's open!
This could be hardware instead of software.
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Originally Posted by DroidFTW
Agreed. The "it shows a red light when recording" argument is worthless. Anyone who wishes to record anonymousely will do so.
I think the word you wanted there was 'surreptitiously', not 'anonymousely'. Anonymice don't spy on you.
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Originally Posted by coollector
This could be hardware instead of software.
Every component of Glass is almost certainly controllable via software. Even if it weren't, it could still be disconnected or painted over.
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Originally Posted by AdonisSMU
People may get upset but they dont care about their privacy. Look at the NSA stuff. Google spyware is selling by the millions everyday.
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Originally Posted by kevt
Good article. I think the suspicion will be huge, especially over the ability to record via a camera, and wondering where people's attention is. Smartphones are sometime invasive enough when used without basic courtesy, but at least you can see when someone is looking at, recording with a smartphone. I don't expect this to take off - imo it hinders rather than enhances basic human interaction.
Once websites pop-up to exhibit collections of nasty or embarrassing pictures/videos of people taken surreptitiously with Glass, the mainstream media will pick the story up, and there will be a public backlash. The minute someone sees a video of themselves on a website asking "so you're not recording this, right?" is the end of Glass. Google Wave it bye-bye.
Why not a brand new word to differentiate Google users? You know, the kind of person who is truly a sheep and is too stupid to want technology to integrate with their life... instead of the other way around.
Why not just call them googs?
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Originally Posted by anonymouse
I think the word you wanted there was 'surreptitiously', not 'anonymousely'. Anonymice don't spy on you.
Anonymouse, FTW.
I'm surprised it didn't auto correct for him. Must be an Android thing.
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Originally Posted by anonymouse
Every component of Glass is almost certainly controllable via software.
The red light should definitively be hardwired, and if the led is dead, then the camera is dead too.
Google has to take this privacy issue very seriously, because it could kill the product.
On a side note, if I were a bar owner, I wouldn't ban the GG, but I'd probably put some tape on the camera to tranquilize the other clients.
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Originally Posted by coollector
The red light should definitively be hardwired, and if the led is dead, then the camera is dead too.
Google has to take this privacy issue very seriously, because it could kill the product.
On a side note, if I were a bar owner, I wouldn't ban the GG, but I'd probably put some tape on the camera to tranquilize the other clients.
The product is already dead. Any business owner who doesn't ban Glass is asking for trouble. If I were a bar owner, I'd ban them and have the bouncers toss anyone wearing them, and if they "accidentally" get broken in the process, oops!