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Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream?
New submitter some old guy writes "Marcus Wohlsen writing in Wired Business makes a good case for why no amount of marketing hype will cure Google Glass of its inherent dorkiness. 'Google Glass fails to acknowledge that walking around with a camera mounted on the side of your face at all times makes you look dorky. Think of the Bluetooth headset: it’s a really sensible way to use your phone without having to take it out of your pocket—so sensible that there’s really no reason not to keep that headset in your ear most of the time. But you don’t, do you?' He also makes an interesting comparison to the Segway debacle: 'If we were all riding around on Segways now, cities would probably be better places to live compared to the car-infested streets we still endure. But that transformation hasn't happened. And it won’t. Why? Because Segways are lame. They’re too rational. They fail to acknowledge all the irrational reasons people love their cars.'"
Those weren't just AR goggles, they were an assistive device for the severe vision problem the guy had and were semi-implanted.
Where exactly were they "semi-implanted". What exactly were they connected to? What's the nature of his "severe vision problem"?
I think he has a severe sanity problem.
It may only be anecdotal evidence, but my observations over the past few years is....I pretty much see only the bluetooth receiver in the ear all the time primarily with one race, at least here in the US.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it maybe just my part of the country?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Exactly. Looks like a crank, sounds like a crank.
An activist for the concept of the people all wearing cameras as an answer to CCTV. Who appears to be pretending to have a medical complaint to further his aims.