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Developers Begin Hunt For a Killer App For Google Glass
holy_calamity writes "Companies large and small are working to create the first "killer app" for Google Glass, the wearable display to go on sale later this year, reports MIT Technology Review. Evernote is among large companies that got early access to prototypes and has been testing ideas for some time, but is staying quiet about its plans. Meanwhile new startups with apps for Glass are being created and funded, although uncertainty about whether consumers will embrace the technology has steered them towards commercial and industrial ideas, such as apps for for doctors and maintenance technicians."
>"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.
If you want something beneficial to the wearer instead, how about a targeting reticle?
'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
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.
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.
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.
I hadn't the slightest objection to his spending his time planning massacres for the bourgeoisie... (P.G. Wodehouse)
Yes, but now you will be able to detect syntax errors in all of your printed physical copies of your code!
The 'killer' app is likely to involve PoV porn.
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.
Who logs in to gdm? Not I, said the duck.
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)
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
is called Ingress.
Unless they meant killer in another context, an augumented reality FPS should work too.
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".
Privacy is terrorism.
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.
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.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
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.
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
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....
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
...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.
When 1person suffers from a delusion,it is called insanity.When many people suffer from a delusion,it is called religion
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.