First, I will do everything I can to make sure it's banned in any workplace in which I have any control. Second, I will enforce a single rule - if you want to interact with me, you have to take them off.
This all has nothing specific to do with Google Glass and much more to do with the fact that if we accept this, then it's only going to get worse.
If Google doesn't allow its own product at meetings then why should anyone else?
First, I will do everything I can to make sure it's banned in any workplace in which I have any control. Second, I will enforce a single rule - if you want to interact with me, you have to take them off.
This all has nothing specific to do with Google Glass and much more to do with the fact that if we accept this, then it's only going to get worse.
What makes Glass any more invasive than the modern cell phone?
I can just as easily record video of someone discretely with my iPhone as someone wearing a head mounted camera. From the video that Google posted, Glass turns on a red LED light when it's recording. No cell phone does such a thing.
It's also extremely easy to record conversations without the other party being aware with an iPhone. Just start recording in the Voice Recorder app and set the phone down. Extremely discrete.
Honestly, I'm missing the paranoia surrounding Glass (and similar products). Is the general public just unaware how invasive cell phones can be?
it will not be successful, at least with the current price. This is just to be a talking point for shameless fandroids to boast, another "We first!" like Google 3D Map, like Microsoft tablets etc. But I think sooner or later this kind of devices will be a mainstream.
It's interesting that in the end, will Apple do this?
I think Apple has shown that it has a pretty good track record of figuring out what will become mainstream. The answer to your question is probably guided by that insight. If Apple agreed with your opinion that this will become mainstream, then yes. If Apple thinks something else will become the mainstream wearable technology, then no.
What makes Glass any more invasive than the modern cell phone?
I can just as easily record video of someone discretely with my iPhone as someone wearing a head mounted camera. From the video that Google posted, Glass turns on a red LED light when it's recording. No cell phone does such a thing.
It's also extremely easy to record conversations without the other party being aware with an iPhone. Just start recording in the Voice Recorder app and set the phone down. Extremely discrete.
Honestly, I'm missing the paranoia surrounding Glass (and similar products). Is the general public just unaware how invasive cell phones can be?
This is straw-ctuching. How can you easily record me taking the piss in the toilet with your phone? The moment you take out your phone is when you'll be met with my fist.
And to have to notice that little red light all the time? You may not have better things in life to do but I do. That's why the Glass will be banned on my office also.
It didn't take me long to see the potential problems. I couldn't stop laughing uncontrollably, and to me that's a RED FLAG of a dumb idea. Every time I had that initial reaction,the product was a dud. The other aspect was that i wear prescription glasses and having read about one of the early Glass developers that wears prescription glasses and he was unable to wear them for long periods of time just reinforces to me that it's not that great of a product coupled together with a eye doctor's comments on how they might create some potentially serious eye problems from long term use. Not to mention them already being banned from certain places of business before they are actually sold on the market, and I don't like being always connected. I don't use my cell phone like some overly excited teenager that can't seem to get off Twitter or Facebook on their smartphone. Sometimes, I actually will purposely go out of the house without my smartphone just to get away from technology for a few hours as I don't want it running my life to wear I need in in my eyes everywhere I go.
I think it's one of those products that gets a certain amount of initial hype but over time, it will go by the wayside as nothing that relevant to the majority of people. I still don't have any friends that are eager to buy one, even those that use Android products.
Maybe the actual people that will buy them are mostly the same people that register with XDA and flash their ROMs. Just a hunch.
None of that has anything to do with what I said, which was that this is a demonstration of creativity. Of course I said it with a sarcastic tone, so maybe you didn't understand me.
That aside, it's clear that you have no vision (predictive sense, not sensory sense). This is the first product of its type to ever be commercialized and you've already written off the entire idea. Google Glass relative to what will come is like a horse-drawn cart compared to fuel-cell vehicles. Technology like this will evolve to do things we haven't yet imagined. It will change in form to be comfortable and stylish. As for the acceptability of its use in public, a combination of two things will happen. First, we will develop better ways to store them so that, like your cell phone, you can "pocket" it when its use in inappropriate. Second, social norms will change so that wearing a computer on your head will become regular and expected.
For the first few years, this will be a niche product, but other companies will try their hand at computerized glasses and before long a market will develop. I'd say that in 15 to 20 years, products like this will be commonplace.
I feel google glass is more of a 'wannabe product of the future' than an actual useable product used by the public. It seems like something that's cool in a scifi movie, but in real life, it isn't really benefiting anything. Google is looking into the future to see what they thought was next, and it won't work, either because it's not practical and comes with too many downsides (what general public will all of a sudden start buying clunky-ass ugly glasses that you talk to to send a text instead of using their current day phone), or maybe it's just too soon for the tech.
The mobile phone market is not finished, the next revolution that replaces it will still be years away. Something like an iwatch could succeed because it's not trying to replace a phone, it's trying to enhance the experience and work with it. And it is not as 'in your face' as glasses for wearable computing.
I could talk about this for hours. But long story short.. It's too soon.. It's too big a change.. Perhaps even a step in the wrong direction.
Although interesting, it will fail. I have my hopes on an iwatch, it has true potential.
Google's looking into the future? These types of devices have been done before. There was another company that worked on the same thing only it used two video displays instead of one, the other features it had I don't know since it was just some R&D project someone worked on and it was done years ago. They are just trying to figure out how to make money and get attention at the same time. They are getting a lot of mileage in the media. I'll give them that. Controversy does help promote a company.
Google Glass isn't trying to replace a phone either. Think of it as a BlueTooth earpiece and video screen you wear.
Yeah, there are a lot of cool demo things coming out, but putting out something that's practical, usable and actually something that makes things easier is what may become successful. As much as I like smartphones, I need to take a break from them from time to time to be able to relate to people on a one on one basis with no distractions. Something as simple as that can be more enjoyable.
What's that laughter I hear rolling across the Pacific? A tsunami? Oh no, it is just Steve Jobs laughing hysterically from his grave at the dumb idiots at Google who thought this was a good product idea. Steve would have blown his top right off if someone at Apple has proposed a product with so many serious usability flaws. Well done Google!
Question1: does anyone else think this idea is just 'creepy', like being plugged into the Matrix?
Question2: how many people have lost or broken a pair of glasses?
Question3: I wonder how long it will be before someone starts getting vision problems from one of these?
1. It's creepy but it's also hi-tech (Star Trek). Personally I think it's creepy because it's from Google. If it's from Apple who take privacy seriously then I'd be much more comfortable.
2. I yet to lose my glasses. I don't wear it all the time though.
3. Not very long indeed. This is a good point.
This is straw-ctuching. How can you easily record me taking the piss in the toilet with your phone? The moment you take out your phone is when you'll be met with my fist.
And to have to notice that little red light all the time? You may not have better things in life to do but I do. That's why the Glass will be banned on my office also.
What exactly is straw clutching about my argument? If a perv wants to take video of you using the toilet, all they have to do is hit record on the phone before entering the bathroom and just be holding it. It doesn't take much skill and is a hell of a lot more discrete than someone having to stare at you the whole time. And since the phone would end up at waist height, it's better aligned for the "money shot." Or do you punch everyone who walks into the bathroom clutching a cell phone because if so I'm guessing you spend a good deal of time in jail?
And again, better to have a light you can notice versus a cell phone with no indicator. As much as people here want to say it's not about Google, the dismissive comments about cell phone intrusiveness paint a totally different picture
Some company will take what Google has achieved with glass and they will make it better and cheaper. It will become more useful and practical. But currently it just sent quite ready for prime time, that's all. But currently, you all sound like a bunch of grumpy old men, crying about "privacy", "I'm sick of Google stories on a Apple site" etc...
What exactly is straw clutching about my argument? If a perv wants to take video of you using the toilet, all they have to do is hit record on the phone before entering the bathroom and just be holding it. It doesn't take much skill and is a hell of a lot more discrete than someone having to stare at you the whole time. And since the phone would end up at waist height, it's better aligned for the "money shot." Or do you punch everyone who walks into the bathroom clutching a cell phone because if so I'm guessing you spend a good deal of time in jail?
And again, better to have a light you can notice versus a cell phone with no indicator. As much as people here want to say it's not about Google, the dismissive comments about cell phone intrusiveness paint a totally different picture
Hit record on the phone and then what? Tilt it at my dick? Oh, and for a record if someone holding a phone talking while I'm pissing then he/she will be met with my fist too but at least I'll see the phone clearly and can act accordingly.
Yeah, those little red light is really helpful.. You can see it from what? A foot maybe?
Straw-clutching man, if you think these two devices are the same. The world with this device is a heaven for peeping toms. I don't want to argue with someone who's not logical so good luck with your Glass but don't come near me. I might punch that Glass right into your eyes, seriously.
And, well now they have evidence of you punching them in the face too.
Yes, and all this is the problem waiting to happen. Someone might looks at you repeatedly because they thought they recognize you. This kind of situation will be completely different if that person has a Glass.
And I can bet a dollar one of the most popular app on Glass store will be infrared or X-ray type.
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If Google doesn't allow its own product at meetings then why should anyone else?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-bans-glass-at-shareholder-meeting-8650084.html
What makes Glass any more invasive than the modern cell phone?
I can just as easily record video of someone discretely with my iPhone as someone wearing a head mounted camera. From the video that Google posted, Glass turns on a red LED light when it's recording. No cell phone does such a thing.
It's also extremely easy to record conversations without the other party being aware with an iPhone. Just start recording in the Voice Recorder app and set the phone down. Extremely discrete.
Honestly, I'm missing the paranoia surrounding Glass (and similar products). Is the general public just unaware how invasive cell phones can be?
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Originally Posted by matrix07
it will not be successful, at least with the current price. This is just to be a talking point for shameless fandroids to boast, another "We first!" like Google 3D Map, like Microsoft tablets etc. But I think sooner or later this kind of devices will be a mainstream.
It's interesting that in the end, will Apple do this?
I think Apple has shown that it has a pretty good track record of figuring out what will become mainstream. The answer to your question is probably guided by that insight. If Apple agreed with your opinion that this will become mainstream, then yes. If Apple thinks something else will become the mainstream wearable technology, then no.
They banned ALL recording devices at the meeting not just Glass. The headline only mentioning Google's latest product is just cheap link bait.
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Originally Posted by caliminius
What makes Glass any more invasive than the modern cell phone?
I can just as easily record video of someone discretely with my iPhone as someone wearing a head mounted camera. From the video that Google posted, Glass turns on a red LED light when it's recording. No cell phone does such a thing.
It's also extremely easy to record conversations without the other party being aware with an iPhone. Just start recording in the Voice Recorder app and set the phone down. Extremely discrete.
Honestly, I'm missing the paranoia surrounding Glass (and similar products). Is the general public just unaware how invasive cell phones can be?
This is straw-ctuching. How can you easily record me taking the piss in the toilet with your phone? The moment you take out your phone is when you'll be met with my fist.
And to have to notice that little red light all the time? You may not have better things in life to do but I do. That's why the Glass will be banned on my office also.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
No, they just need to stop posting about it entirely.
I think she's just bored and needs a forum of her own or something.
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Originally Posted by drblank
It didn't take me long to see the potential problems. I couldn't stop laughing uncontrollably, and to me that's a RED FLAG of a dumb idea. Every time I had that initial reaction,the product was a dud. The other aspect was that i wear prescription glasses and having read about one of the early Glass developers that wears prescription glasses and he was unable to wear them for long periods of time just reinforces to me that it's not that great of a product coupled together with a eye doctor's comments on how they might create some potentially serious eye problems from long term use. Not to mention them already being banned from certain places of business before they are actually sold on the market, and I don't like being always connected. I don't use my cell phone like some overly excited teenager that can't seem to get off Twitter or Facebook on their smartphone. Sometimes, I actually will purposely go out of the house without my smartphone just to get away from technology for a few hours as I don't want it running my life to wear I need in in my eyes everywhere I go.
I think it's one of those products that gets a certain amount of initial hype but over time, it will go by the wayside as nothing that relevant to the majority of people. I still don't have any friends that are eager to buy one, even those that use Android products.
Maybe the actual people that will buy them are mostly the same people that register with XDA and flash their ROMs. Just a hunch.
None of that has anything to do with what I said, which was that this is a demonstration of creativity. Of course I said it with a sarcastic tone, so maybe you didn't understand me.
That aside, it's clear that you have no vision (predictive sense, not sensory sense). This is the first product of its type to ever be commercialized and you've already written off the entire idea. Google Glass relative to what will come is like a horse-drawn cart compared to fuel-cell vehicles. Technology like this will evolve to do things we haven't yet imagined. It will change in form to be comfortable and stylish. As for the acceptability of its use in public, a combination of two things will happen. First, we will develop better ways to store them so that, like your cell phone, you can "pocket" it when its use in inappropriate. Second, social norms will change so that wearing a computer on your head will become regular and expected.
For the first few years, this will be a niche product, but other companies will try their hand at computerized glasses and before long a market will develop. I'd say that in 15 to 20 years, products like this will be commonplace.
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Originally Posted by Rayz
If Google doesn't allow its own product at meetings then why should anyone else?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-bans-glass-at-shareholder-meeting-8650084.html
Classic. Google bans Google Glass. Imagine that....... Priceless.
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Originally Posted by potatoman
I feel google glass is more of a 'wannabe product of the future' than an actual useable product used by the public. It seems like something that's cool in a scifi movie, but in real life, it isn't really benefiting anything. Google is looking into the future to see what they thought was next, and it won't work, either because it's not practical and comes with too many downsides (what general public will all of a sudden start buying clunky-ass ugly glasses that you talk to to send a text instead of using their current day phone), or maybe it's just too soon for the tech.
The mobile phone market is not finished, the next revolution that replaces it will still be years away. Something like an iwatch could succeed because it's not trying to replace a phone, it's trying to enhance the experience and work with it. And it is not as 'in your face' as glasses for wearable computing.
I could talk about this for hours. But long story short.. It's too soon.. It's too big a change.. Perhaps even a step in the wrong direction.
Although interesting, it will fail. I have my hopes on an iwatch, it has true potential.
Google's looking into the future? These types of devices have been done before. There was another company that worked on the same thing only it used two video displays instead of one, the other features it had I don't know since it was just some R&D project someone worked on and it was done years ago. They are just trying to figure out how to make money and get attention at the same time. They are getting a lot of mileage in the media. I'll give them that. Controversy does help promote a company.
Google Glass isn't trying to replace a phone either. Think of it as a BlueTooth earpiece and video screen you wear.
Yeah, there are a lot of cool demo things coming out, but putting out something that's practical, usable and actually something that makes things easier is what may become successful. As much as I like smartphones, I need to take a break from them from time to time to be able to relate to people on a one on one basis with no distractions. Something as simple as that can be more enjoyable.
Question2: how many people have lost or broken a pair of glasses?
Question3: I wonder how long it will be before someone starts getting vision problems from one of these?
What's that laughter I hear rolling across the Pacific? A tsunami? Oh no, it is just Steve Jobs laughing hysterically from his grave at the dumb idiots at Google who thought this was a good product idea. Steve would have blown his top right off if someone at Apple has proposed a product with so many serious usability flaws. Well done Google!
1. It's creepy but it's also hi-tech (Star Trek). Personally I think it's creepy because it's from Google. If it's from Apple who take privacy seriously then I'd be much more comfortable.
2. I yet to lose my glasses. I don't wear it all the time though.
3. Not very long indeed. This is a good point.
What exactly is straw clutching about my argument? If a perv wants to take video of you using the toilet, all they have to do is hit record on the phone before entering the bathroom and just be holding it. It doesn't take much skill and is a hell of a lot more discrete than someone having to stare at you the whole time. And since the phone would end up at waist height, it's better aligned for the "money shot." Or do you punch everyone who walks into the bathroom clutching a cell phone because if so I'm guessing you spend a good deal of time in jail?
And again, better to have a light you can notice versus a cell phone with no indicator. As much as people here want to say it's not about Google, the dismissive comments about cell phone intrusiveness paint a totally different picture
Hit record on the phone and then what? Tilt it at my dick? Oh, and for a record if someone holding a phone talking while I'm pissing then he/she will be met with my fist too but at least I'll see the phone clearly and can act accordingly.
Yeah, those little red light is really helpful.. You can see it from what? A foot maybe?
Straw-clutching man, if you think these two devices are the same. The world with this device is a heaven for peeping toms. I don't want to argue with someone who's not logical so good luck with your Glass but don't come near me. I might punch that Glass right into your eyes, seriously.
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Originally Posted by Crowley
How might want to try talking to people before putting your fist in their face. Just a hint for day-to-day life.
Sure. I'm all for talk first but someone with Glass might give me the wrong impression frankly.
And, well now they have evidence of you punching them in the face too.
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Originally Posted by bmason1270
And, well now they have evidence of you punching them in the face too.
Yes, and all this is the problem waiting to happen. Someone might looks at you repeatedly because they thought they recognize you. This kind of situation will be completely different if that person has a Glass.
And I can bet a dollar one of the most popular app on Glass store will be infrared or X-ray type.