Developers Begin Hunt For a Killer App For Google Glass

x-ray, duh by Shivetya · 2013-03-09 01:36 · Score: 0

virtual or not.....

or straight out of Dilbert, imagining being able to shoot torpedoes and such at people annoying you....

on a more serious side, if they had the ability to track multiple moving objects you could have all sorts of uses.. even for the blind by simply outing audio. They would be less obtrusive than a dog

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Re:x-ray, duh by lxs · 2013-03-09 01:56 · Score: 0

outing audio
Is this some sort of automatic gaydar you are proposing?
Re:x-ray, duh by Rambo+Tribble · 2013-03-09 03:18 · Score: 1

I believe the TSA may have dibs on the X-ray app.

Angry Birds? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 01:37 · Score: 0

Angry Birds.

Privacy and etiquette by markdavis · 2013-03-09 01:42 · Score: 5, Interesting

>"although uncertainty about whether consumers will embrace the technology"

Personally, I think people are rude enough with their phones (and even tablets) as it sits now. I can't imagine it with a bunch of people with those stupid things on their heads. Now they can even look at you and still not be looking at you.

Then add the aspect that someone looking at you wearing one is "recording" or at least "analyzing" everything seen and heard and sharing it with Google or whomever is quite invasive. It is one thing to give away your own privacy... and quite another to violate the privacy of everyone around you all the time.

And please don't bother replying to this with crap like "but you are in public". It doesn't matter if you are in public or not. And quite frankly, sitting in a booth at a restaurant with a few friends, there is way more than a reasonable expectation that your conversations, your body expressions, what you are wearing and eating, etc are not shared with Big Brother or the entire world.

I will try to keep an open mind. But I doubt I would be comfortable with people using those around me. It is beyond spooky. And I can't imagine I am alone. So that might be the answer to the summary's question about if consumers will "embrace" the technology.

Re:Privacy and etiquette by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:02 · Score: 1

I'm with you 100%. I hope restaurants ask people to take these off or leave. No different than a guy with a camcorder panning back and forth, or a smart phone doing obviously the same thing.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by pittaxx · 2013-03-09 02:02 · Score: 2

Well, I imagine that they would be slightly "rude" than phones and tablets, but not by much:
As the screen is positioned near the top of the eye, you would still be clearly able to tell quite clearly when the person is looking at you and when his eyes jump upwards towards their small screen (unless you on a significantly elevated surface),
They would not be recording all the time either - I imagine that would just kill the battery life. In fact, given that the batteries on these are bound to be rather small, I imagine you will probably be able to do much less recording with these than with your smartphone. Not to mention, that by looking at this it seems that the recording etc is voice activated (or will involve some fiddling with with the glasses, which might give you a hint).
As far as "analyzing" goes, there was an article about app that will try to identify people based on what they are wearing , but I'm very skeptical when people begin to talk how good it is, but anything beyond human shape recognition is still borderline fiction these days ( at least for the consumer devices).
Re:Privacy and etiquette by ceoyoyo · 2013-03-09 02:12 · Score: 3, Interesting

I see a growing market in clothing with integrated IR LEDs.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by macklin01 · 2013-03-09 02:21 · Score: 5, Interesting

Personally, as a guy with hearing loss that's really cutting into those handy consonant sounds above 2000 Hz, I'm thrilled at the idea of real-time "closed captioning" placed under each speaker. Right now, noisy restaurants and lectures can be a bit of a nightmare, even with top-of-the-line hearing aids.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by PopeRatzo · 2013-03-09 02:37 · Score: 1

Then add the aspect that someone looking at you wearing one is "recording" or at least "analyzing" everything seen and heard and sharing it with Google or whomever is quite invasive.
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Re:Privacy and etiquette by DrEldarion · 2013-03-09 02:57 · Score: 1

This is just the start - what are you going to do when the technology progresses further and this is all built into a contact lens? Or a cybernetic eyeball? Power and storage technologies will have increased greatly by then as well, so in 20 years you could have people trading in their biological eyes for electronic ones that are always recording, can zoom, provide facial recognition, etc.
The march of technology is not going to stop just because some are uncomfortable with it, and the visibility of that technology is only going to get lower. At some point the world is going to have to accept that public = public domain, simply because they won't have much of a choice. Today's notion of "privacy" isn't going to last much further into the future.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by tfigment · 2013-03-09 02:59 · Score: 1

This is the single best idea I've heard of regarding this technology so far and not one that immediately came to mind for what ever reason. I also suspect that people like the GP and myself would accept the technology if it was for a legitimate need like CC. Its far more likely to be used for voyeuristic purposes and I think that is what is objected to.
I remember the iPhone app that translated signs you pointed the camera at from a couple of years ago. Not sure if that was real or not but that's the other killer app I see for this. Unfortunately the big money is likely in less noble endeavours.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by swillden · 2013-03-09 03:09 · Score: 1

Now they can even look at you and still not be looking at you.
Actually, it's very clear when a Glass user is looking at their display vs looking at you. In order to look at the screen they have to look up and to the right. When their eyes are focused on you, they're looking at you. When their eyes are focused somewhere above your left shoulder, they're looking at the screen. (I've had the chance to play with one for a few minutes.)

Then add the aspect that someone looking at you wearing one is "recording" or at least "analyzing" everything seen and heard and sharing it with Google or whomever is quite invasive.
I like the idea of having a continuously-recording camera on my head. I don't want it to save everything because that would just be a huge amount of very boring footage, but I would very much like to be able to speak a command and have it save, say, the last n seconds. I miss most of the things I'd like to record because I don't know I want to record it until after it's happened.
However, I don't think that will be practical for the first few generations. I suspect that battery life will be a major limitation.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by Tom · 2013-03-09 03:13 · Score: 1

I'm so with the parent on this one.
If this were a standalone product that uses my smartphone or even a small wearable computer for its data processing, I would be totally thrilled and would've probably pre-ordered one already.
But the simple fact that it will share everything I see with a 3rd party is enough to make me not want them. Both for my own privacy and that of others around me.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by nospam007 · 2013-03-09 03:16 · Score: 1

"Personally, as a guy with hearing loss that's really cutting into those handy consonant sounds above 2000 Hz, I'm thrilled at the idea of real-time "closed captioning" placed under each speaker. "
Albeit my hearing is not that bad, I'd prefer the built-in Picasa compare their faces to the database of sex-offenders, criminal record holders, persons who do have a FaceBook account and other low life and alert me to the fact.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 03:41 · Score: 0

There looking at when Google glass can act like a Cassie mod, and every single person you talk to is analyzing you with an optical polygraph, gesture recognition system, a full dossier, and thertz imagery giving away every tell you have. All you need then is synthetic pheremone (axe is a crude approximation) and you can start actively playing others like a violin. Its very hard to function in society when every single person you meet is trying to manipulate you and has more Intel then a cold war spy beureau.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by way2trivial · 2013-03-09 04:48 · Score: 1

um, another device does this.
http://looxcie.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/65/related/1
"Looxcie's Capture to Buffer feature that let's you "go back" and grab video moments from the past. Often times when recording you will see something that just happened and want to grab what you just saw.
In this case, you are simply accessing the last 30 seconds of our continous video buffer to create this "instant clip"."

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by timholman · 2013-03-09 05:12 · Score: 3, Insightful

Then add the aspect that someone looking at you wearing one is "recording" or at least "analyzing" everything seen and heard and sharing it with Google or whomever is quite invasive. It is one thing to give away your own privacy... and quite another to violate the privacy of everyone around you all the time.
And please don't bother replying to this with crap like "but you are in public". It doesn't matter if you are in public or not. And quite frankly, sitting in a booth at a restaurant with a few friends, there is way more than a reasonable expectation that your conversations, your body expressions, what you are wearing and eating, etc are not shared with Big Brother or the entire world.
While I agree that wearable computing will have many drawbacks just as you describe, there will be benefits as well. It is not a black or white issue.
Consider a world where no child will be able to bully another without leaving irrefutable video evidence, or a world where no public servant will be able to act like a thug or a rude asshole without leaving a video trail. Consider a world where no supervisor will be able to sexually harass a subordinate without having video evidence sent straight to the subordinate's attorney. And for that matter, consider a world where accusations, true or false, will no longer depend on one person's word versus another's.
Most anti-social behavior takes place in private between two people (perpetrator and victim); by effectively taking away that privacy, you are exposing that perpetrator's behavior to the world. There's the old saying of "an armed society is a polite society", and when everyone is effectively "armed" with video surveillance tech that sends data straight to the cloud, the bullies and low-lifes of the world will indeed be forced to be more polite, whether they like it or not.
The world of wearable computing will indeed be very different, and there will good and bad aspects to it, just as there is with any transformative technology. But that world will be inevitable in any case, because the technology will be too cheap and useful not to be exploited in every conceivable manner.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by ukemike · 2013-03-09 05:13 · Score: 1

I'm thrilled at the idea of real-time "closed captioning" placed under each speaker.

Translated closed captions for foreign vacations!

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by pmotuja · 2013-03-09 05:46 · Score: 1

Based on observation of the mobile device phenomena, the devices work people more than the people work the devices. So I predict you may need to alter your identity akin to something out of minority report in order to get your restaurant/public places privacy. Maybe this could be a new market of sorts even?
Re:Privacy and etiquette by xstonedogx · 2013-03-09 06:34 · Score: 1

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/18/227234/mcdonalds-denies-profs-claim-staff-attacked-him-for-wearing-digital-glasses
Re:Privacy and etiquette by binarybum · 2013-03-09 06:35 · Score: 1

Axe is a very crude approximation - you know those commercials aren't real right??
"Its very hard to function in society when every single person you meet is trying to manipulate you and has more Intel then a cold war spy beureau."
agreed, but it's hard to see this NOT happening and relatively soon. Counter-measures will need to be employed. Security will become paramount.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by Peganthyrus · 2013-03-09 06:47 · Score: 1

> the iPhone app that translated signs you pointed the camera at
It's real, I've played with it.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by Max_W · 2013-03-09 08:31 · Score: 1

It could be a lifesaving device for cyclists, for working women, for children, etc.

If photos are recorded and uploaded to the server every 2-3 seconds, an attacker would think twice before approaching his victim.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by SourceFrog · 2013-03-09 09:52 · Score: 1

I'll consider that world, and then leave it for one with move privacy.
when everyone is effectively "armed" with video surveillance tech that sends data straight to the cloud, the bullies and low-lifes of the world will indeed be forced to be more polite
Not when the bullies are the ones making the laws - and making laws to bash innocent people who commit victimless crimes (e.g. prostitutes) ... I can imagine your world, throwing increasingly more such innocent people into its jails.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by macklin01 · 2013-03-09 10:04 · Score: 1

The "universal translator" idea had crossed my mind, too. ;-)

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 10:36 · Score: 0

Google translator offers the same feature on new Android phones.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by dave420 · 2013-03-09 12:22 · Score: 1

Actually it does matter that you are in public - that's the whole point of the word. If you are that scared of people seeing you eat, don't eat in public, but at home or at a private place. I know it kind of defeats your argument in one fell swoop, but that is the very definition of public.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by circletimessquare · 2013-03-09 13:31 · Score: 1

they just yank the glasses off first, then ground them into the dirt with their boot
nothing changes

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by DiSKiLLeR · 2013-03-09 18:15 · Score: 1

Prostitution is perfectly legal in many parts of the world. And the law protects prostitutes.
But yes, I figure you're an American and unware of this fact.

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Re:Privacy and etiquette by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-10 07:10 · Score: 0

I will try to keep an open mind. But I doubt I would be comfortable with people using those around me. It is beyond spooky. And I can't imagine I am alone. So that might be the answer to the summary's question about if consumers will "embrace" the technology.
I do agree with you for sure. I always assumed this was the reason why people are so anti-android and personal robots. However, I would feel much more comfortable with a robot watching me and evaluating what I say and do objectively than some creeper with their tech glasses recording, analyzing, and doing who knows what else (yes, they may be watching the pornz while staring directly at you...).
Re:Privacy and etiquette by tlhIngan · 2013-03-11 03:02 · Score: 1

they just yank the glasses off first, then ground them into the dirt with their boot
nothing changes
Except you can't yank the glasses off everyone looking in your direction as well.
It's really back to the old days when Google Street View captured people walking out of porn shops and other "undesirables" causing Google to have to censor everyone's faces to prevent recognition.
OTOH, the killer app for Google Glass would be bible thumpers - think about it - they could just situate a bunch of people around stores they see selling undesirable "filth" and record everyone going in and out. Think prositution is morally evil?Well, just patrol up and down and see who the johns are. Likewise, same for those who find abortion objectionable, or those baby dropoffs at hospitals (where a mother who feels she can't take care of a newborn can drop her baby off anonymously). Or whoever buys contraception.
Or whoever wants to teach evolution. Or anything else controversial. Like smoking. Or gun control
Polite and lawful society, perhaps, but one more reminicent of an authoritarian regime where everyone really is keeping tabs on everyone else. And every neighbourhood has a busybody who makes it their goal in life to expose the misdoings of everyone else.
Re:Privacy and etiquette by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-12 01:49 · Score: 0

I see a growing market in clothing with integrated IR LEDs.
I see a glowing market selling clothing with integrated LEDs!

Random Blackout by Fnord666 · 2013-03-09 01:44 · Score: 4, Funny

A good "killer" app would be to randomly black out the display for a second or three, particularly when GPS indicates a speed greater than 60 mph.

If you want something beneficial to the wearer instead, how about a targeting reticle?

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Re:Random Blackout by lxs · 2013-03-09 01:57 · Score: 1

Real life Joo-Janta 3000 peril sensitive sunglasses! The estate of DNA will have your hide.
Re:Random Blackout by swillden · 2013-03-09 02:51 · Score: 1

A good "killer" app would be to randomly black out the display for a second or three, particularly when GPS indicates a speed greater than 60 mph
FYI, the glass display doesn't cover a significant -- or particularly important -- portion of your field of view.

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Re:Random Blackout by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 21:54 · Score: 0

In reality this would be used to enforce DRM on movies you haven't "licensed". And white noise into the ears for the music...
So don't buy them unless you can unlock them.

hot-or-not, gaydar, or chick-is-a-dude by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 01:53 · Score: 0

Things where you want "someone else" with "no bias" to give you "confirmation" of your own thoughts even if driven by a "random number generator".

Re:Programmer's App? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 01:54 · Score: 1

Why can't your "dev tool/editor" do that? Why the need to have an additional device do this? It's a classic looking for a problem for our solution.

Re:Programmer's App? by zedrdave · 2013-03-09 01:55 · Score: 1

Right... Because 'video capture' -> 'OCR' -> 'syntax parsing' (without language context) -> 'syntax correction' -> 'overlay video rendering'... would make so much more sense than a language-sensitive syntax-highlighting plugin in your text editor of choice.

nudie vision by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 01:55 · Score: 0

Being able to selectively and instantly see others nude. Selectively is key

Face labeling by Coward+Anonymous · 2013-03-09 01:56 · Score: 3, Insightful

So I don't need to remember my best friends' names.

Sarcasm aside, pasting people's names over their heads would make Dale Carnegie warm all over. It would be useful for bosses, politicians and other people who need to fake caring about others.

Re:Face labeling by Greyfox · 2013-03-09 03:16 · Score: 2

Imagine being able to walk up to any random person and strike up a conversation with them, talking about details of their lives as if you'd know them for years. That's what I'm shooting for.

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Re:Face labeling by MMC+Monster · 2013-03-09 03:26 · Score: 1

Many people I know come to me and tell me that they initially thought I was a cold bastard. Turns out it's just that I have a really hard time remembering names and even conditions about how I previously interacted with them. Once they get to know me, they realize I really care for my friends and am genuinely a good guy (just a bit on the quiet side) that they like being around.
It gets better the more I interact with them, but it's always a struggle for me.
I would love to have an unobtrusive heads up display that could at least remind me of the person's name and a couple cues about them (spouse's & kids names, what town they live in, etc.). And I don't even mind if I have to manually add that info after I see them. It would at least populate for the next time.

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Re:Face labeling by markdavis · 2013-03-09 05:13 · Score: 1

Except people won't because they are too busy and absorbed in their virtual world to interact with people around them.
Re:Face labeling by Greyfox · 2013-03-10 04:35 · Score: 1

In the virtual world, I'll be able to set them on fire with my mind!

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Whatever the killer app is by Spy+Handler · 2013-03-09 01:56 · Score: 1

it had better be real killer. Otherwise I don't see people spending $1500 to buy this thing when they already own smartphones and desktop computers.

Re:Whatever the killer app is by Noughmad · 2013-03-09 09:54 · Score: 1

Maybe Hans Reiser could come up with something.

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Fast video record on command by timholman · 2013-03-09 01:59 · Score: 4, Interesting

For me, the killer app for Google Glass is obvious. I want to be able to activate high resolution video recording in an instant, either with a single spoken word or a gesture/shrug.

I have had many instances while driving/walking/jogging when I've seen some imminent accident/collision/crime where I needed a picture right now and not three seconds later. Fumbling for your cell phone camera takes too long; the moment has passed.

Give me that capability and I'll be an early adopter.

Re:Fast video record on command by gunnaraztek · 2013-03-09 02:09 · Score: 1

this.
I've always hated how slow some camera apps are, when i want to take a picture i want it to take the picture the same microsecond i give the command, not 1-3 seconds later...
Re:Fast video record on command by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:17 · Score: 0

Or instead of just recording something for youtube hits or suing someone, you could have it voice-activiated by phrases like "watch out!" or "mind the traffic!" or "hey stop that" or any number of other possibilities, and prevent the bad thing from happening in the first place.
Re:Fast video record on command by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:58 · Score: 0

I believe I read that the Glass had a video buffer so even if you were too late to say start recording, you'll still be able to catch it. I believe I saw it from the demo video of the product a long while back. ...
Seems to be a 10 minute buffer but having difficulties finding a direct source on that info, mostly random comments by other user.
Re:Fast video record on command by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2013-03-09 04:52 · Score: 1

I have had many instances while driving/walking/jogging when I've seen some imminent accident/collision/crime where I needed a picture right now and not three seconds later. Fumbling for your cell phone camera takes too long; the moment has passed.
Are you sure "fumbling for your cell phone" isn't what caused the accident in the first place?
I kid, I kid...

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Re:Fast video record on command by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 05:55 · Score: 0

Or even better, rolling 30 second of video recording. Command it to save the last 30 sec clip, command it to start a new recording now, or command it to keep the last 30 and continue recording.
Re:Fast video record on command by amanaplanacanalpanam · 2013-03-09 05:57 · Score: 2

I have had many instances while driving/walking/jogging when I've seen some big ol' titties/whaletail/overall hot chick where I needed a picture right now
FTFY
Re:Fast video record on command by ZombieBraintrust · 2013-03-09 06:01 · Score: 1

Protestors will wear Google Glass and get punched in the face by cops.
Re:Fast video record on command by Mandrel · 2013-03-09 09:40 · Score: 1

I have had many instances while driving/walking/jogging when I've seen some big ol' titties/whaletail/overall hot chick where I needed a picture right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UjcqCx1Bvg&t=38s
Re:Fast video record on command by SourceFrog · 2013-03-09 09:55 · Score: 1

That can be partly solved by having the option to stream directly to a server.

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Re:Fast video record on command by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 11:36 · Score: 0

The key would be to have it record constantly into a circular buffer, like an airplane's black box. That way you wouldn't need to immediately initiate recording. In addition to asking Glass to record in real time, you could say, play back the last 10 minutes and save that. "Glass, save the last 10 minutes and continue recording please."
Searching the circular buffer for particular pieces of data would be the logical next step. "Glass, what time did John tell me to meet him for coffee?" It could search the video of the past few hours and extract the result.

Robocop UI by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:04 · Score: 0

The glasses recognize people and associate them with their criminal records, helping Police officers.

Clearly POV by SpaghettiPattern · 2013-03-09 02:08 · Score: 2

Clearly POV is the killer application. I have seen one or two samples of it's outcome by various artists, who mostly remain anonymous, and are merely recognizable by the occasional body part coming, into view.

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Re:Programmer's App? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:11 · Score: 2, Insightful

Yes, but now you will be able to detect syntax errors in all of your printed physical copies of your code!

Re:Programmer's App? by BasilBrush · 2013-03-09 02:13 · Score: 1

It would when you're leaning over the shoulder of a cow-orker and pointing out his mistakes.

Parolees and those out on bail by The+Second+Horseman · 2013-03-09 02:14 · Score: 1

Someone is going to try to market a version of something like this as add-on or replacement for the ankle bracelet. Allows for a lot more monitoring.

Terminator style overlay! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:14 · Score: 0

For those times when I'm taking a stroll naked and wander into some biker bar. Now I'll know right away whose clothes to steal. What could possibly go wrong?

That's easy, pattern recognition based AR apps by accessbob · 2013-03-09 02:19 · Score: 1

Add horns to the tops of people's heads.

Analyze body shape based on the clothes and then re-draw without them.

Color the sky polkadot.

Play Where's Wally? in VR,

Have an animated Mitt Romney stalk women in your line of sight.

No end to the apps once you have fast/live pattern recognition.
There may even be really useful things to do with Glass, you never know.

Re:That's easy, pattern recognition based AR apps by citizenr · 2013-03-09 02:47 · Score: 1

aww we have another oblivious one, re-draw where? in the corner of your eye? Google Glass DOESNT do video overlay,

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eye sight damaged by Google glass? by zaax · 2013-03-09 02:24 · Score: 1

The killer app is going to be when Google gets sued for billions by users who have had there eye sight damaged by Google glass, also the payments they are going to have to pay the original designer

History by __aaqvdr516 · 2013-03-09 02:32 · Score: 2

The 'killer' app is likely to involve PoV porn.

Re:History by Greyfox · 2013-03-09 03:17 · Score: 1

Ooh yeah! We could call it... "sex"! Oh wait, no, they already have that...

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Re:History by CODiNE · 2013-03-09 04:54 · Score: 1

Like overlaying size and color matched boobs on every woman you see?
Yeah that's pretty creepy.

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Re:Programmer's App? by PopeRatzo · 2013-03-09 02:34 · Score: 0

a cow-orker

What does bestiality have to do with Google Glass?

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Killer-App? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:41 · Score: 0

Social-Droning. You can nominate a target, and if one target get's more than 100'000 nominations, they'll send a MQ9....

Re:Programmer's App? by citizenr · 2013-03-09 02:43 · Score: 2

awww how cute, you are one of those people perpetuating Google Glass lie about video overlay

THERE IS NO OVERLAY, there is small square in right top corner of your right eye.

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There is no problem by Aethedor · 2013-03-09 02:44 · Score: 1

"Developers Begin Hunt For a Killer App For Google Glass" can also be described as "there is no problem, but we have a cool gadget that needs a purpose". And once a developer has found this 'killer app', Google will use it to market it as a solution to a non-existing problem. But, that's also not a problem, because when it comes to cool gadgets, we all want to be fooled.

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Alcohol/Bar industry by flyneye · 2013-03-09 02:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Need beer goggles
Better yet, an app that shows which women in a bar have the highest basal temperature indicating fertile time and willingness to breed.
It could be modified to show which have had the most to drink in order to save you money. Perhaps there could be a ratings system linked to a database to see which particular preferences and mileage are involved and any disease. The point of technology is to save human time and effort so it can be expended toward more fruitful pursuits.
This is legitimate and a giant step for mankind that should receive a lions share of startup and government funding, providing benefits for all.(friends with benefits , that is)

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Re:Alcohol/Bar industry by SpeedBump0619 · 2013-03-09 05:37 · Score: 2

Need beer goggles
I would think anti-beer-goggles would be preferred. The more drunk you are the uglier it makes everyone look. That way your brain does its thing and everyone returns to normal.

Language translator like Word Lens by trout007 · 2013-03-09 02:57 · Score: 1

If it has video overlay.

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Grocery Stores by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 02:59 · Score: 0

Want to know what a Killer app for this would be?

Going into a grocery story, looking at the various items and knowing:
a) How long it's been on the shelf
b) Which store has the best deal
c) Grocery Store Shrink ray http://i45.tinypic.com/2irfyx.jpg , http://i45.tinypic.com/1078l1l.jpg (these were on consecutive weeks, in the same store)
(Also note that 475g is the same as their website http://www.kelloggs.ca/content/dam/common/products/SpecialKOriginalcereal_219.jpg , but the box on the right is the smaller box AND has a newer freshness date. The Pringles is also the same way, the taller tin on the right is older stock than the tin on the left which is smaller. What's more damning is that the tins for all the other flavors are 150g and the same price, while these are 168g and and 181g. )

Personally I'd like to kick all the grocery manufacturers into sticking to 100g, 250g, 500g and 1kg package sizes and no more of this bullshit weird-ass package sizes designed to disguise price hikes. Google glass is exactly the kind of thing that would do this if it were affordable which I doubt it will be.

First find the one for Google TV. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 03:01 · Score: 0

Where is the killer app for Google TV. Developers find that one first !!!!

Pervs will adopt these by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 03:01 · Score: 0

Pervs will like these glasses. No need to hide you are recording everything because you are just being cool.

They already have it by gmuslera · 2013-03-09 03:11 · Score: 2

is called Ingress.

Unless they meant killer in another context, an augumented reality FPS should work too.

Software developer by Fuzzums · 2013-03-09 03:14 · Score: 2

Think about this: you're coding a nice algorithm. Meanwhile your goggles read your code and suggest improvements.
Needless to say a copy of your code is sent to Google and patented even before you press "compile".

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Re:Software developer by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 05:31 · Score: 0

I don't get it. This makes no special use of the glasses. Software right now can read the code you write without the hassles of OCR.
Re:Software developer by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 07:35 · Score: 0

You're talking about software development. But this could be done with many things when it's for instance linked to an octare core with a lot of memory and high speed networks. I think you could develop software which would help with the diagnoses of diseases or show medical data by request to the doctor. Or it could recognise suspects with the police and show criminal records or give alarms when suspects are know to be dangerous.

Three words. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 03:22 · Score: 0

Ass. Recognition. Software.

Re:Three words. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 05:16 · Score: 0

Are you male? I recognize chicks far faster from behind then in-front....

It's Manna time by CODiNE · 2013-03-09 03:29 · Score: 1

Looks like it's time for Joe Garcia to automate the first Burger-G as in the sci-fi short story Manna. The only question is... when will Google buy Australia? Or is that somebody else's problem?

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help playing pool by Dan9999 · 2013-03-09 03:33 · Score: 2

An app to show when you have the right angle. Although im sure this won't go over too well once it's been found out.

Re:Programmer's App? by __aaltlg1547 · 2013-03-09 03:37 · Score: 1

There is no overlay YET.

I can think of a few apps...social intel ftw! by rocket+rancher · 2013-03-09 03:43 · Score: 1

1) Threat meter (h/t to Omen from my WoW days). An app that scans public databases to build a threat profile (criminal and civil convictions, restraining orders, presence on sexual predator lists, bankruptcies, etc) and tags each person in view with their threat level and the axis of the threat. There are companies that do this right now; HR departments routinely engage their services to screen potential employment candidates.

2) Snopes-o-matic. Parses assertions from people you are conversing with and bounces them against snopes, factcheck, and other debunking sites returning a credibility score, tagging these people appropriately when you meet them again.

3) Continuity checker. Remembers every encounter you have (when, where, what was said by whom) and tags people with a precis of your previous conversations should you meet them again. Helps to keep your story straight and flags people who like to mis-remember things.

I guess I should point out that all of these apps would require a redefinition (at minimum!) of what constitutes civil etiquette, but currently acceptable modes of social intelligence gathering is already in a high state of flux thanks to the internet. I don't see politeness and/or the reverence/fetish for privacy being a significant barrier to these kinds of apps once people get a taste for the potential leverage they provide during social encounters.

Their R&D need to discover the internet... by Lumpy · 2013-03-09 03:49 · Score: 2

All you have to do is read all the papers from Prof Steve mann and Prof Thad Starner. The two guys that INVENTED the technology that Glass is based on. Both of them have been wearing the real first prototypes for well over 2 decades now. and they both already figured out the "killer apps" that need to be written.

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Re:Their R&D need to discover the internet... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 21:59 · Score: 0

Prof Thad Starner is also the Technical lead for Project Glass...

Come at me, bro! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2013-03-09 04:20 · Score: 1

Come on, Slashdot loudmouths! Let's hear all the "obvious" apps you'll all be complaining are obvious a few years from now.

No, I want to know what they are now, not after the fact, if they're so obvious.

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porn during meetings, duh by sanman2 · 2013-03-09 04:38 · Score: 1

who wants to look at ugly regular people nekkid?

actually, this would require tethering to handheld touchscreen device, since you don't want to be shouting "Next Porn Vid!" during a meeting.

Re:porn during meetings, duh by maxwell+demon · 2013-03-09 09:36 · Score: 1

Well, the app could improve the image. In most cases you'd not be able to check anyway. :-)

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Save the short run, spend in the long run by way2trivial · 2013-03-09 04:41 · Score: 2

Go ahead, save a buck by finding the girl who has had 8-10 drinks already

who will be the ones needing the most drinks on your dime for future outings.

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Re:Save the short run, spend in the long run by ZombieBraintrust · 2013-03-09 06:07 · Score: 1

Go ahead, save a buck by finding the girl who has had 8-10 drinks already
who will be the ones needing the most drinks on your dime for future outings.
I think he is looking for a one night stand.
Re:Save the short run, spend in the long run by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 10:31 · Score: 0

*May contain some herpes; use drunk girl with caution.
Re:Save the short run, spend in the long run by flyneye · 2013-03-11 09:38 · Score: 1

Sorry, been there, done her.
NEXT!

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if you know you should know their name by way2trivial · 2013-03-09 04:50 · Score: 3, Interesting

Apologize and ask for the name, they'll be hurt and say "john"

then say, "No, I'm sorry, your last name"
they'll be relieved and supply the last name

there, you've got both, and they're relieved....

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Re:if you know you should know their name by SpeedBump0619 · 2013-03-09 05:18 · Score: 1

So, for those of us who can remember exactly how many times we've met someone but never manage to remember names, what's the maximum number of times this trick works before they catch on? Eight? Nine?

They Live app by PenguinJeff · 2013-03-09 04:53 · Score: 1

Makes everyone with an iphone look like an alien.

My Killer App... by VirginMary · 2013-03-09 04:55 · Score: 3, Insightful

...would be translation, à la Google Translate. When I was in Japan on a vacation, I would have killed for something like that! Imagine having signs that you look at translated. Or menus, comics, etc.

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Re:My Killer App... by DNS-and-BIND · 2013-03-09 06:58 · Score: 1

I can see that you've never tried to translate Japanese (or worse, Chinese) with Google Translate. Damn it, that software tries its best, but fails quite often.

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Re:My Killer App... by VirginMary · 2013-03-11 06:54 · Score: 2

What you can "see" is wrong! :-) I have indeed translated little snippets of Japanese with Google Translate. Yes, it is often terrible, but it also is frequently useful, for example I tried it on a sign in Kyoto and it translated it as "not cross". Knowing quite a bit about the structure of the Japanese language and how much it leaves out relative to English, it was easy to guess that what it would be in English is "Do not cross!". I also found various other useful snippets. As Google Translate is based on data mining and statistical methods it would seem that one can hope that it will improve greatly over time. Until then I will study more Japanese! ;-)

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Too bad it's only available in the US. by boorack · 2013-03-09 05:17 · Score: 1

Is there any way for non-US citizens to get their hands on Google Glasses ?

Re:Too bad it's only available in the US. by SourceFrog · 2013-03-09 09:57 · Score: 1

Get a job at a French McDonalds and then mug American tourists who have them.

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Assistive device for the deaf by TDDPirate · 2013-03-09 05:18 · Score: 2

Make it easier to lipread speaking people by displaying hints next to their mouths. The hints would for example show degree of vocalization of the speech sound.

Re:Programmer's App? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 05:36 · Score: 0

Why are you such a retarded douchebag? I mean, seriously... do you work at it, or does it just come naturally? Whatever your method is, your execution is flawless.

Sales, Police by ZombieBraintrust · 2013-03-09 05:52 · Score: 1

People who sell things can use it to identify customers who walk into the store. The pushy sales people at Best Buy will wear these. It will tell them what items you were shopping for on Amazon earlier in the day.
Police will use it to search for wanted criminals. They will have about 1000 local wanted posters downloaded on their phones. Google Glass will check everyone's face against those 1000 photos in real time.

Two words by amanaplanacanalpanam · 2013-03-09 06:05 · Score: 1

Accidental porn.

Re:Two words by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 06:15 · Score: 0

no... fully immersive, interactive, point of view pornography... Let's face it, this is what will make these kinds of devices affordable and ordinary.

#Tagging by ryzvonusef · 2013-03-09 06:26 · Score: 1

Admit it, we want to tag people (things too, but mostly people).

So we see someone whom we perceive to be a douchebag, we can tag him as #AbsoluteDouche and every body will know, when they view that person, that he has been tagged as such, and be prepared to deal him pre-emptively.

Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/796/

Also, relevant, if you have seen the anime Eden of the East, it revolves around a cellphone app with a similar tagging feature.

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Re:#Tagging by RedHackTea · 2013-03-09 07:56 · Score: 1

It'd be great to have a Health Bar too and a note of what your last conversation topic was.

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Re:#Tagging by SourceFrog · 2013-03-09 09:54 · Score: 1

So we see someone whom we perceive to be a douchebag, we can tag him as #AbsoluteDouche and every body will know, when they view that person, that he has been tagged as such, and be prepared to deal him pre-emptively
How is that different from online bullying? I have this feeling that somehow you'll be one of the first to get the label.

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Re:#Tagging by ryzvonusef · 2013-03-11 15:54 · Score: 1

I didn't say it was *nice* or that I *want* it to happen, it's just a prediction of what I think people will put the Glass to use.

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Re:Programmer's App? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 06:32 · Score: 0

Or in books when learning about code, or on websites without needing a plugin or to cut and paste into your own editor, etc., etc.

Where do I sign? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 06:33 · Score: 0

I would happily contribute funds to an app that killed the wearers of these ridiculous glasses.

Price Comparison by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 06:44 · Score: 0

So many terrible suggestions. The real killer app would compare prices.

Pick up a can of soup at the grocery store and the glasses tell you the prices at competing stores nearby. Same for any other product. How often have you bought something and then happened to see it for less at a different store?

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Re:MONTOONA's PORCKOOL EYE !!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 06:54 · Score: 0

you are one sick Monty Python mama !!!

Eye-tracking control by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 07:10 · Score: 1

Who wants to control the Glass using your voice? No, I want to control it using my eye movements, so that people don't know what I'm doing.

Presenter view by hide_drive · 2013-03-09 07:12 · Score: 1

How about this: When you're giving a PowerPoint presentation, all your notes for the current slide are shown in the glasses. Perhaps even the upcoming slide?

Some things people in this thread are forgetting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 07:38 · Score: 0

1. It doesn't cover your entire field of view. So you can't have it caption speakers, overwrite signs, etc. You can't do the augmented reality you want to. Go watch this (again): http://www.google.com/glass/start/how-it-feels/ Also doing the level of head tracking required for this is not simple.

2. Glass can't always be on and 'uploading mah dataz to googlz', it doesn't have the power budget to run the camera continuously. The battery is tacked on behind the ear and looks smaller then the average cellphone battery. Also it lacks a WWAN radio so it has to pair with a phone for connectivity. How long is your phone going to last running its radios and uploading video?

Yes, the concerns people raise about privacy are good ones. But we will have many years to figure them out as we start approaching actual ubiquitous computing and recording.

How about by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 07:48 · Score: 0

a power level reader like in DBZ?

Sheet Music by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 07:50 · Score: 1

Sheet music display for performing musicians. Imagine a performer able to see the music while performing. Maybe even give the technician a way to send messages to the performer when needed.

Re:Programmer's App? by craznar · 2013-03-09 08:03 · Score: 1

Well - the actual original post is a solution looking for a problem isn't it ?

Google glasses - looking for some problems to solve ?

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Meh by koan · 2013-03-09 08:06 · Score: 1

I had a nightmare in which I had to wear these G-Specs for some menial job where a computer tells me what to do "Change the paper towels" "Toilet 7 is dirty" etc....
Brave New World

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3D map of the habitable world by Max_W · 2013-03-09 08:34 · Score: 1

If paired with GPS it could create the 3D map of the world.

No need to use a "street view" car anymore.

Killer app for google glasses by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 08:43 · Score: 0

Simple: Have it act as a display for my linux PC. That'd be something. I already have the apps I need - now to get rid of the clunky screen . . .

They didn't go with my suggestion - Chrome Satire by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 09:03 · Score: 0

For some reason they didn't want to run my Chrome Satire on Google Glass.

Pity, I think it would've been delightfully ironic. It is in the top three results on Google search, has to be doing something right :)

Reference:
https://chromesatire.wordpress.com/

Shopping list by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 10:31 · Score: 0

I can see it work in your supermarket. Upload your groceries list and check them out when you put them in your cart. It can also give you the total cost while you're shopping.

Face in a crowd application by gelfling · 2013-03-09 11:10 · Score: 1

Use the goggles to identify and point out a face in a crowd.

David Brin has LOTS of killer apps in Existence by karlandtanya · 2013-03-09 11:45 · Score: 1

Excellent Science fiction on many levels.
Takes a while to get started, but he really pulls it together.

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Killer app? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 11:49 · Score: 0

Fsck off Goggles

No need for a "killer" app .... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 12:19 · Score: 0

... the device is a "killer" on its own. That would be proven within the 1st week of release (if it ever gets released ... which I doubt) when somebody walks right into oncoming traffic.

Duh. . . . HUD display for bicycle riding. by MarkvW · 2013-03-09 17:33 · Score: 1

Bicycle HUD display. Speed, Heart Rate, Rear View display . . . THAT is SOFUCKINGCOOLMYMINDCANTHANDLEIT.

Think kids by thetoadwarrior · 2013-03-09 20:49 · Score: 1

Google glass is clearly the perverse best friend. It'll help watching children and recording your time with them. So good apps would be police trackers (see how closed the pigs are from you while you're nutting inside a kid) or maybe something that describes new toys. You can lure in kids if they're playing with something and you come off looking clueless about it.

later this year when? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-09 21:52 · Score: 0

i'd love a glass developers kit now.

i already have a similar device or few, my microoptical clip on display is still working.

i expect ill will get my oculus dev kit before g-glass

Daniel Suarez by edwyr · 2013-03-10 05:21 · Score: 1

I find the books of Daniel Suarez, _Daemon_ and _Freedom_, very interesting and I think the Google Glass could be the way as described in the books to merge reality with virtual reality.

Terminator by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-10 06:14 · Score: 0

"Killer App" = targeting HUD

Easy by Insipid+Trunculance · 2013-03-10 09:25 · Score: 1

An ebook reader and a video viewer - so you could read /watch either of the two without disturbing the missus' sleep.

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Streling wrote about this more that 10 years ago by guinea+pig+C · 2013-03-10 14:31 · Score: 1

For some interesting predictions on how iglasses might develop, check out some short stories by Bruce Sterling who is very prescient in this area. In particular Deep Eddy from the Chattanooga series. "Deep Eddy is a 22 year old spec user who belongs to a group called CAPCLUG (Computer-Assisted Perception Civil Liberties Users Group). It is a collection of like minded people that use specs to alter and enhance their visual perceptions. Think sunglasses that are able to show you the internet, allow you to process multimedia, including type as if a keyboard existed at the ends of you finger tips, and has the ability to color the world around you as you see fit (or as other spec programs see fit)." http://www.soullessmachine.com/2008/04/deep-eddy-by-bruce-sterling.html Sterling along with Doctorow and others, is one of a new generation of enlightened authors who see copyright as being the barbed wired fence in the field of human creativity, and so much of their work readily available in digital format. Alternatively, the dead tree version is still available at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Good-Old-Fashioned-Future-Bruce-Sterling/dp/0553576429

Re:Programmer's App? by RockDoctor · 2013-03-10 22:13 · Score: 1

My Hollerith card puncher doesn't have syntax highlighting. Can I get an upgrade?

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Not full screen, that's true but... by accessbob · 2013-03-11 04:31 · Score: 1

Don't make the mistake that VR has to be wholly immersive to work.

Parking app by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-11 06:06 · Score: 0

While I'm driving I'd like the Glass to show me, with a nice bright arrow, where there are parking spaces. Of course, this will need companion technology, like the parking meter knowing if there's a car parked there, and sending that info to the interwebz.

The downside, of course, is that if a parking meter knows when the spot has been vacated, it can reset so you never find a meter with time left on it. But that's a price I'd be willing to pay.

I guess the other part of this is that Google Maps will have to be more capable, receiving real-time continual traffic info and doing some heavy math routing you around it.

Real killer by salnikov · 2013-03-12 06:21 · Score: 1

Killer app is so easy, just replace red with green on the traffic lights.

eReader by lemur337 · 2013-03-12 22:56 · Score: 1

I'm shopping for parts now so I can replace my old machine with something that will support one of those $300 Korean 27" IPS 2560 x 1440 DVI only monitors. What if I could get 2560 x 1440 in a tiny eyepiece that consumed very little electricity?

Oh, yeah! by Dabido · 2013-03-13 01:56 · Score: 1

Finally I can get those specs I've always dreamed about! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Specs_(novelty)

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