Now Google just needs to invent a waiver form that pops up out of thin air in every public space %u2013 privacy issue solved! Better yet, instead of saying "cheeeese" for a photo, people could say "Gooooogle" and Glass could apply the auto-blur technology that Maps uses, to any face in a video/photo that didn't say "Google"
At the Friday event one visitor per Guide was allowed to wear glass at a time. The Saturday event had higher attendance and more attendees were wearing it at a given point in time.
Reviewing photos involves swiping on the temple trackpad. Deleting them is a tap and swipe down.
Glass originally only worked with iPhone as a Bluetooth headset and email device (provided you enabled Personal Hotspot on the phone.) Since they've changed it to have greater independence over Wi-Fi, it's supposed to be possible to Navigate without having it paired to an Android device with the Glass app installed.
Emails and Text notifications arrive on it and a tap lets you read them more fully. What I found is that dictating a reply invisibly attaches a signature "sent from Google Glass" which some recipients found pretentious.
I also found that plugging my ears with my fingers worked better than cupping my ears to hear what Glass was trying to tell me.
You're correct, you have to talk to it or tap it to interact with it. Controlling it from an app is not possible.
It will get internet from Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on an Android device and works with an iPhone using personal hotspot. The iPhone doesn't have a Glass app, so it's possible to use Glass for internet with iPhone.
The largish thing behind the ear is the battery.
The MicroUSB connector is normally power-only, or for flashing the device if you wanted to load a modified firmware. Sync takes place over wi-fi, and it requires photographing a QR code to associate with a google account in order to sync personal information over wi-fi.
I'm not sure what images you see on the internet that aren't of the current device - the device hasn't changed since they shipped it to Explorers in May or June.
Commenting on the food didn't seem important, although I would like to point out that the Friday event had beer, wine and cocktails service. Apparently, Saturday attendees got stiffed on those beverages?
Wow, lots of hate up in here... These people look no more dumb than anyone staring down at their smartphone.
People can put their phones away. With Glass, you wouldn't know if the Glasshole is paying attention to you or not. Like those peeps with bluetooths always in their ears.
Wow, lots of hate up in here... These people look no more dumb than anyone staring down at their smartphone.
Yup. Remember how all the Apple loyalists though that having a 4" phone made you look like you were carrying around a giant brick? Those same people are now saying that Apple invented the 4" phone. Now they say that anything over 4" is too big. Guess what tune they will be singing when Apple releases a 4"+ phone? It's the same thing when the rumours were abound that Apple was going to release a cheaper plastic iPhone. "NO WAY THEY WOULD EVER DO THIS", "Apple has standards" and "Nope. Wrong." were the comments. Those same people are now saying that Apple invented polycarbonate for phones and that the 5c is now one of the natural wonders of the world. You'll know who the posters are as they tend to say the same thing over and over.
So the best thing to do is just ignore the hate comments where people get very angry at Google for any reason and instead focus on the news and talk about the actual articles.
Frankly, I think the product is pretty neat and it is a definite first step towards the next thing. I don't think the watch is the market to be. Don't like the Pebble or any of the other smart watch innovators and I doubt the iWatch is going to sway me to replace my watch. Glass though has definite promise and as other have mentioned, I can definitely see wearing it certain situations. All the time? I'll have to wait and see how it performs.
Quote... "All attendees signed a waiver permitting them to be photographed before being admitted to the event."
I'm guessing that was because a TV company is making a compilation of puzzled people slapping their foreheads, looking up at the ceiling and generally looking like idiots!
Actually the waiver is because they plan to violate your personal privacy and since you might not be a gmail or other google product user where you signed away any right to privacy you might think you had they had to make sure their bases were covered.
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It may be only a niche product at first but there's more than a few professionals that are excited about it. Once they're on board the general public will be more accepting of it too IMO.
Of course there are people out there who think it a good product or idea. There were lots of people in the 1950's who thought using an x-ray machine to view your feet while trying on new shoes was a great idea as well, but we found out it was bad for your health.
This picture says it all. Every person I have seen so far using these looks like this women her eye are off in different direction and she is struggling to use it, it not something natural to do. She just looks in pain.
I can practically smell the fear on these forums. A company has made a unique and innovative product, albeit a first generation model with kinks to be smoothed out over time, and Apple has no competing product on the radar that we are aware of. Glass is definitely opening the door to a new category of computers that will be commonplace in the next 10 years as the technology evolves and becomes more consumer-friendly.
Let your fear melt away! Apple will have their own glasses for you to wear. In the meantime, enjoy the debut of a Google product that is futuristic, does not infringe on the design of any Apple product, and defines a new category of devices. Or is that what you're all so scared of? That now Apple will clearly have to "copy" from Google to enter this market? That Google is the first without question? That there weren't even any attempts to make a product like this until Google made it and now Google has wide public recognition of its status as the first mover? Eh, that's not too scary. They probably won't sue Apple when it makes its own iGlasses.
Of course there are people out there who think it a good product or idea. There were lots of people in the 1950's who thought using an x-ray machine to view your feet while trying on new shoes was a great idea as well, but we found out it was bad for your health.
There were lots of people who dissed the iPad and the iPhone. They're dissing an iWatch and iTV while still vaporware. Perhaps you even remember claims that the iPhone might cause brain tumors.
So yeah perhaps you do have a point. A new technology/product can be successful in spite of naysayers, the unimaginative, or those afraid of doing things in a new way.
Remember how all the Apple loyalists though that having a 4" phone made you look like you were carrying around a giant brick?
Remember how people said that about the original iphone? Apple made the phone smaller when they made the screen bigger for a reason. What do you think that could be?
Those same people are now saying that Apple invented the 4" phone. Now they say that anything over 4" is too big. Guess what tune they will be singing when Apple releases a 4"+ phone?
Apple did manage to make the best 4" screen phone out there, judging by demand. If some people want to guess apple will not release a phone with a comparable form factor to current 5"/6" phones, they might be right. You seem to saying they definitely will, which seems equally naive.
It's the same thing when the rumours were abound that Apple was going to release a cheaper plastic iPhone. "NO WAY THEY WOULD EVER DO THIS", "Apple has standards" and "Nope. Wrong." were the comments. Those same people are now saying that Apple invented polycarbonate for phones and that the 5c is now one of the natural wonders of the world.
Are those actual quotes!?! I haven't seen anyone's correct prediction of the 5C, other than that it would come in the leaked plastic back. The analysts and commenters that claimed Apple needed to release it to replace the 4S price-point to compete with Android were completely wrong.
...the best thing to do is just ignore the hate comments where people get very angry
Maybe I should have...
...at Google for any reason...
So there is no valid reason to be angry at Google? Ok.
...and instead focus on the news and talk about the actual articles.
Frankly, I think the product is pretty neat and it is a definite first step towards the next thing.
Ok so you like something about it. What?
I don't think the watch is the market to be. Don't like the Pebble or any of the other smart watch innovators and I doubt the iWatch is going to sway me to replace my watch.
Nothing to do with the article, but it's interesting that you wear a watch and wouldn't replace it with something more functional if the opportunity arose, but would wear this on your face...
Glass though has definite promise and as other have mentioned, I can definitely see wearing it certain situations. All the time? I'll have to wait and see how it performs.
I can practically smell the fear on these forums...
...Apple will have their own glasses for you to wear. In the meantime, enjoy the debut of a Google product that is futuristic, does not infringe on the design of any Apple product, and defines a new category of devices. Or is that what you're all so scared of? That now Apple will clearly have to "copy" from Google to enter this market? That Google is the first without question? That there weren't even any attempts to make a product like this until Google made it and now Google has wide public recognition of its status as the first mover? Eh, that's not too scary. They probably won't sue Apple when it makes its own iGlasses.
Why would anyone be afraid? Seems like an odd thing to say. It doesn't compete with anything from Apple in any way. People think these things are weird and have no current practical application for them. How is that hard to comprehend?
I can practically smell the fear on these forums. A company has made a unique and innovative product, albeit a first generation model with kinks to be smoothed out over time, and Apple has no competing product on the radar that we are aware of. Glass is definitely opening the door to a new category of computers that will be commonplace in the next 10 years as the technology evolves and becomes more consumer-friendly.
Let your fear melt away! Apple will have their own glasses for you to wear. In the meantime, enjoy the debut of a Google product that is futuristic, does not infringe on the design of any Apple product, and defines a new category of devices. Or is that what you're all so scared of? That now Apple will clearly have to "copy" from Google to enter this market? That Google is the first without question? That there weren't even any attempts to make a product like this until Google made it and now Google has wide public recognition of its status as the first mover? Eh, that's not too scary. They probably won't sue Apple when it makes its own iGlasses.
The only thing we fear is Losing our privacy with Google.
There were lots of people who dissed the iPad and the iPhone. They're dissing an iWatch and iTV while still vaporware. Perhaps you even remember claims that the iPhone might cause brain tumors.
So yeah perhaps you do have a point. A new technology/product can be successful in spite of naysayers, the unimaginative, or those afraid of doing things in a new way.
I swear to GOD, I will smack in the face anyone trying to talk to me with one of those stupid things on.
Be warned.
Lol okay, but if you slap me I will press charges.
I hope Google ends up getting this right. I can see some cool uses for Glass, especially if it can interface seamlessly with my iPhone. It would be really nice to be able to read and respond to texts, for example. Like others, my main concern would be folks taking photos of you that you're unaware of. Would be too easy to do.
I swear to GOD, I will smack in the face anyone trying to talk to me with one of those stupid things on.
Be warned.
Lol okay, but if you slap me I will press charges.
I hope Google ends up getting this right. I can see some cool uses for Glass, especially if it can interface seamlessly with my iPhone. It would be really nice to be able to read and respond to texts, for example. Like others, my main concern would be folks taking photos of you that you're unaware of. Would be too easy to do.
I envision a market for "Glass Shades." Little black microfiber cloths that you can drape over the Google Glass camera. So the #Glasshole across the table from you can't shoot photos or videos of you.
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“Such amaze, so future”, huh?
It’s called a stand. Been around for centuries.
And vomit from the motion of your head.
Google Glass: We cheated, now you can do it, too.
So does a GPS or any smartphone.
Better yet, instead of saying "cheeeese" for a photo, people could say "Gooooogle" and Glass could apply the auto-blur technology that Maps uses, to any face in a video/photo that didn't say "Google"
Hi Tadd,
At the Friday event one visitor per Guide was allowed to wear glass at a time. The Saturday event had higher attendance and more attendees were wearing it at a given point in time.
Reviewing photos involves swiping on the temple trackpad. Deleting them is a tap and swipe down.
Glass originally only worked with iPhone as a Bluetooth headset and email device (provided you enabled Personal Hotspot on the phone.) Since they've changed it to have greater independence over Wi-Fi, it's supposed to be possible to Navigate without having it paired to an Android device with the Glass app installed.
Emails and Text notifications arrive on it and a tap lets you read them more fully. What I found is that dictating a reply invisibly attaches a signature "sent from Google Glass" which some recipients found pretentious.
I also found that plugging my ears with my fingers worked better than cupping my ears to hear what Glass was trying to tell me.
You're correct, you have to talk to it or tap it to interact with it. Controlling it from an app is not possible.
It will get internet from Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on an Android device and works with an iPhone using personal hotspot. The iPhone doesn't have a Glass app, so it's possible to use Glass for internet with iPhone.
The largish thing behind the ear is the battery.
The MicroUSB connector is normally power-only, or for flashing the device if you wanted to load a modified firmware. Sync takes place over wi-fi, and it requires photographing a QR code to associate with a google account in order to sync personal information over wi-fi.
I'm not sure what images you see on the internet that aren't of the current device - the device hasn't changed since they shipped it to Explorers in May or June.
Commenting on the food didn't seem important, although I would like to point out that the Friday event had beer, wine and cocktails service. Apparently, Saturday attendees got stiffed on those beverages?
People can put their phones away. With Glass, you wouldn't know if the Glasshole is paying attention to you or not. Like those peeps with bluetooths always in their ears.
Wow, lots of hate up in here... These people look no more dumb than anyone staring down at their smartphone.
Yup. Remember how all the Apple loyalists though that having a 4" phone made you look like you were carrying around a giant brick? Those same people are now saying that Apple invented the 4" phone. Now they say that anything over 4" is too big. Guess what tune they will be singing when Apple releases a 4"+ phone? It's the same thing when the rumours were abound that Apple was going to release a cheaper plastic iPhone. "NO WAY THEY WOULD EVER DO THIS", "Apple has standards" and "Nope. Wrong." were the comments. Those same people are now saying that Apple invented polycarbonate for phones and that the 5c is now one of the natural wonders of the world. You'll know who the posters are as they tend to say the same thing over and over.
So the best thing to do is just ignore the hate comments where people get very angry at Google for any reason and instead focus on the news and talk about the actual articles.
Frankly, I think the product is pretty neat and it is a definite first step towards the next thing. I don't think the watch is the market to be. Don't like the Pebble or any of the other smart watch innovators and I doubt the iWatch is going to sway me to replace my watch. Glass though has definite promise and as other have mentioned, I can definitely see wearing it certain situations. All the time? I'll have to wait and see how it performs.
Talk about stupidity.
A.k.a. "How To Look Like A Ridiculous Nerd" Tour - what a train wreck.
Quote... "All attendees signed a waiver permitting them to be photographed before being admitted to the event."
I'm guessing that was because a TV company is making a compilation of puzzled people slapping their foreheads, looking up at the ceiling and generally looking like idiots!
Actually the waiver is because they plan to violate your personal privacy and since you might not be a gmail or other google product user where you signed away any right to privacy you might think you had they had to make sure their bases were covered.
It may be only a niche product at first but there's more than a few professionals that are excited about it. Once they're on board the general public will be more accepting of it too IMO.
http://mhadegree.org/will-google-glass-revolutionize-the-medical-industry/
http://readwrite.com/2013/06/07/google-glass-5-industries-it-will-change-forever#awesm=~ojBJsQq94CCBko
http://jalopnik.com/five-reasons-why-google-glass-could-be-great-for-gearhe-476333253
Of course there are people out there who think it a good product or idea. There were lots of people in the 1950's who thought using an x-ray machine to view your feet while trying on new shoes was a great idea as well, but we found out it was bad for your health.
This picture says it all. Every person I have seen so far using these looks like this women her eye are off in different direction and she is struggling to use it, it not something natural to do. She just looks in pain.
I can practically smell the fear on these forums. A company has made a unique and innovative product, albeit a first generation model with kinks to be smoothed out over time, and Apple has no competing product on the radar that we are aware of. Glass is definitely opening the door to a new category of computers that will be commonplace in the next 10 years as the technology evolves and becomes more consumer-friendly.
Let your fear melt away! Apple will have their own glasses for you to wear. In the meantime, enjoy the debut of a Google product that is futuristic, does not infringe on the design of any Apple product, and defines a new category of devices. Or is that what you're all so scared of? That now Apple will clearly have to "copy" from Google to enter this market? That Google is the first without question? That there weren't even any attempts to make a product like this until Google made it and now Google has wide public recognition of its status as the first mover? Eh, that's not too scary. They probably won't sue Apple when it makes its own iGlasses.
Be warned.
There were lots of people who dissed the iPad and the iPhone. They're dissing an iWatch and iTV while still vaporware. Perhaps you even remember claims that the iPhone might cause brain tumors.
So yeah perhaps you do have a point. A new technology/product can be successful in spite of naysayers, the unimaginative, or those afraid of doing things in a new way.
Apple did manage to make the best 4" screen phone out there, judging by demand. If some people want to guess apple will not release a phone with a comparable form factor to current 5"/6" phones, they might be right. You seem to saying they definitely will, which seems equally naive.
Are those actual quotes!?! I haven't seen anyone's correct prediction of the 5C, other than that it would come in the leaked plastic back. The analysts and commenters that claimed Apple needed to release it to replace the 4S price-point to compete with Android were completely wrong.
Maybe I should have...
So there is no valid reason to be angry at Google? Ok.
Ok so you like something about it. What?
Nothing to do with the article, but it's interesting that you wear a watch and wouldn't replace it with something more functional if the opportunity arose, but would wear this on your face...
... but even then not really.
So this was just trolling then.
Um, no.
http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/159442/apple-worked-on-google-glass-like-device-decided-it-wasnt-worth-it
Why would anyone be afraid? Seems like an odd thing to say. It doesn't compete with anything from Apple in any way. People think these things are weird and have no current practical application for them. How is that hard to comprehend?
The only thing we fear is Losing our privacy with Google.
Hardly vaporware as nothing was announced.
I swear to GOD, I will smack in the face anyone trying to talk to me with one of those stupid things on.
Be warned.
Lol okay, but if you slap me I will press charges.I hope Google ends up getting this right. I can see some cool uses for Glass, especially if it can interface seamlessly with my iPhone. It would be really nice to be able to read and respond to texts, for example. Like others, my main concern would be folks taking photos of you that you're unaware of. Would be too easy to do.
... or that staring slightly up instead of at the people in front of you can be disconcerting.
Not to mention creepy. Zombie-like.
I wonder when the first #Glasshole will sue Google for causing them to step into an open manhole.
Or for causing them to get hit by a bus. It's bound to happen.
I swear to GOD, I will smack in the face anyone trying to talk to me with one of those stupid things on.
Be warned.
Lol okay, but if you slap me I will press charges.
I hope Google ends up getting this right. I can see some cool uses for Glass, especially if it can interface seamlessly with my iPhone. It would be really nice to be able to read and respond to texts, for example. Like others, my main concern would be folks taking photos of you that you're unaware of. Would be too easy to do.
I envision a market for "Glass Shades." Little black microfiber cloths that you can drape over the Google Glass camera. So the #Glasshole across the table from you can't shoot photos or videos of you.
Kickstarter anyone?
They look autistic to me. Could also be Durham residents.
On a more serious note,
Why is this funny?It seems like you think it's funny since you follow it with "on a more serious note". Could you explain the joke?