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Google Glasses Announced
Eponymous Hero writes "The Geordi La Forge in all of us rejoices as Google announces Google Glasses, the augmented reality glasses that will no doubt spy on everything you look at and target you with ads at that crucial moment. The only question left begging is how soon can we merge them with bionic eye implants?"
The googles! They do nothing!
I already have a bionic eye implant, and it would work well with these glasses. It would suck having to wear glasses again, though.
I wouldn't want a HUD implanted. You realise you have to have a needle stuck in your eye to get an implant? It doesn't hurt but it does kind of freak you out.
You will be assimilated... if you live long enough. All the cyborgs I know are geezers.
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I thought bluetooth headsets enabled people to be oblivious a-holes, but wait till this gets in the hands of the masses.
...as if a million nerds suddenly went out and bought contacts...
but google dissuaded me of that with one minute of their "in the life of" video.
Was anyone else wondering if the glasses he wears are hipster glasses?
It must include how much ammo I have left, my health and armor. Extra points if it has an image of my head as I take damage.
"I see undead people" Warcraft III - Necromancer
Sooo... Would this cause your brain to overload with all the additional information - or for it to step aside and cease to function?
I love how the pitch boils down to "Google goggles: they'll help you get laid". (Ukulele not included)
"Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
yes they are cool, but i don't see the usability factor other than it being a smartphone i wear. How will they change my life making them a killer device to buy?
my smartphone makes calls. plays games. plays music and movies. records life events. i use it as my GPS device.etc etc etc.
how will these do it better? from the video it seems their biggest draw is to make you buy stuff right away. i bet the marketers will love them and normal people will hate them
...they looked like regular shades and not some "I am a geek" fashion statement. I think it's bad enough seeing social zeros walking around with bluetooth headsets in their ears, although thankfully that practice seems to be on the wane.
I noticed that when the user went to share a photo he just took it went on to his Google+ account. If I have the choice of sharing on Facebook then that'd be cool.
I like the concept though. I wonder if Apple are going to get in on this act with some iShades or something. Augmented reality is becoming common now on the smartphone with apps like Yelp which has a nifty Monocle feature that lets you see all the local businesses nearby just by pointing the phone at your surroundings. Stands to reason that eyewear will end up doing the same thing.
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If you think people with cellphones are dangerous, wait until they start wearing these while driving.
They also act as birth-control
Hooking it up to a portable back-scatter x-ray?
{cue film noir voiceover} The are a million stories in the naked city, mine is one of them...{voiceover off}
It's bad enough that someone will be talking on a bluetooth headset without you knowing, making it seem strange that someone is talking to them selves. Now they will be looking at you and talking to someone else. I can see it now - "Are you looking at me?" "What are you looking at!", hmm.
-- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
The last thing I want is to be more plugged in. I don't want things popping up in my field of vision unbidden either. I am obviously not their target market. Maybe teens and college kids will love it. To me it's a total fail.
From their design study. And an article about it: project glass.
Well, it depends on exactly how they implement it.
The standard advertising model is right out - I'll happily pay for it.
I'd love face recognition, but only from my personal address book. I have a horrible memory for faces, so I'd love that sort of memory aid. But having it auto-dial up Facebook and such is a bit too creepy for my taste.
It'd need to let me turn on/off notifications - I don't let my iPhone buzz when I get an email, I'm sure as hell not going to accept popups.
If there's a full-color display, I want zoom capability - use the camera, show me what I'm looking at, and then "enhance".
And if they're going to make it voice-activated, they'd damned well make sure it only listens to me. (Or else I *will* troll everyone wearing one of these.)
The one common thread in all of these videos with smartphones, smart glasses, etc. is an ADD-hyperactive 20-ish person who is *always* portrayed as living in a bustling city with a million different things happening at once...and never working at a job. While people in this type of environment really do exist (Strand Books is a family book store in NYC, btw), that is not how the majority of the US and the rest of the world lives.
I think a more exciting and relate-able way of introducing this technology is to show how it could be used some sort of work or industrial environment. For example, I found a lot more ways to use and relate to a smartphone at work before I could begin to integrate one into my non-work life.
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Just like your iPhone and iPad, you will be able to turn these off/remove them when you don't want things popping up unbidden in your field of vision. More likely they will be configurable enough to manage the balance between unbidden and on demand behavior. If not, there will be a CyanogenMod build that is configurable enough to tweak to you're liking, including compensating for your profound lack of self-discipline if you can't make yourself unplug on your own.
I have no idea how they expect to burn so many CPU cycles doing real time computation and keeping a bright-in-daylight screen on while having decent battery life on a device so small that it fits on glasses frames. The idea is cool, but I think we need a breakthrough in battery technology to support these Google Glasses.
If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.
Was I the only one who thought it was kinda sad that he "shared" the sunset with the girl, but he really was there all alone?
I kept picking up on all the obvious places where the Google ads would be. Come on, you KNOW it's going to happen...
When your eyes settle on the sandwich you're about to eat
AUTO-AD: Wouldn't some TIM'S CASCADE CHIPS go good with this sandwich? They're only $1.99 at a store 300 ft. from your current location
As you say 'Meet me at Strand Books'
AUTO-AD: BARNES & NOBLE has a much bigger selection of music books, and is conveniently located one block to your left.
Walking down street
AUTO-AD: Immediately to your left - CITY DENTURES AND IMPLANTS has been providing quality orthodontia for over 50 years!
While grabbing coffee at a street vendor recommended by your friend
AUTO-AD: STARBUCKS is 250 feet behind you, and is running a special - $1.00 off with coupon code 100OFFNOW
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Did you ever look at your parents when you were young and wondered when you'd get to that point where your thought patterns would switch from "cool" to "what we've got is good enough, dagnabbit" and you'd be officially old? Congrats, you're there. Its not a set age, its a state of mind.
Are there going to be problems with these? Sure. Will they be clunky and not good to start with? Of course. Is it the start of "something new", possibly something awesome? Most definitely. Sorry you won't be along for the ride.
Yes, can hardly wait for an army of idiots walking around talking to themselves.
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Between people with bluetooth headsets and a vast array of homeless, your dream will be true in no time.
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I can't wait for the app that will analyze a woman's clothing and give you a virtual facsimile of what she looks like naked. It's going to happen. And then it will be banned in the app store. And then it will be remade for the use of one pedophile on rooted glasses so they can see little kids naked out in the street. And then congress will get involved and the glasses will be banned.
You know what, let's just forget the whole thing.
...they'd damned well make sure it only listens to me. (Or else I *will* troll everyone wearing one of these.)
"Browse goatse" will be the new battle cry.
The MPAA attempt to compel theaters to disable my camera as I head into a movie?
The RIAA will seek to eavesdrop and charge me for listening to music I may not have licensed from them.
Cops will pull drivers over for distracted driving (even if only a GPS app was running), and compel drivers to share their unlock password to review what was running.
Someone will post videos from the changing room at a gym and get sued.
An employee will sue after being fired when management jacks into the camera on the company issued goggles to observe them and sees something risque.
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