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A Year With Google Glass
Mat Honan, a writer for Wired, has posted an article detailing his takeaways from long-term use of Google Glass. He makes particular note of how the device's form factor is much more offensive to others than the actual technology contained within. For example, his wife wanted him to take pictures and shoot videos of their child's birth, but not with Glass: "It was the way Glass looked. It might let me remain in the moment, but my wife worried it would take her out of it, that its mere presence would be distracting because it’s so goddamn weird-looking." It can get unpleasant when strangers are involved: "People get angry at Glass. They get angry at you for wearing Glass. They talk about you openly. It inspires the most aggressive of passive aggression. ... Wearing Glass separates you. It sets you apart from everyone else. It says you not only had $1,500 to plunk down to be part of the “explorer” program, but that Google deemed you special enough to warrant inclusion (not everyone who wanted Glass got it; you had to be selected). Glass is a class divide on your face." Honan found most of the default software to be handy, but the third-party software to be lacking. Glass also facilitated his unintentional switch from an iPhone to an Android phone. He ends the piece by warning of the inevitability of devices like Glass: "The future is on its way, and it is going to be on your face. We need to think about it and be ready for it in a way we weren’t with smartphones."
"The future is on its way, and it is going to be on your face. We need to think about it and be ready for it in a way we weren’t with smartphones."
You can't fight time.
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
Troll logic: I'm going to spout lies about a tech prototype I don't own and spread FUD that belies my own insecurities about people I try to disparage by calling hipsters.
..just hold your own smartphone up by your face, as if you're recording them while you talk to them. Whether you are recording or not, I can't imagine the Glasshole won't be slightly annoyed by what you are doing.
as others hinted, but after skimming the top comments didn't see it spelled out: if you're wearing Google Glass, thanks to the NSA's intrusive surveillance network, you're spying on all of us for free, in fact you paid to do it. that not only makes you an agent of one of the world's most evil governments, it makes you a fool. I can promise you, I won't be passive-aggressive if I see you wearing them, I'll probably be in your face.
I've had Glass for a couple of weeks and the experience has been interesting. I live in a area w/ about 250,000 people and there are probably fewer than five (including myself) who have Glass. I've been wearing them around town to see how people react to them and so far it seems pretty positive. Some people just kind of look at me oddly, but many people recognize what it is and ask me what the experience is like. This is what I tell them: Sure, it's great to have access to (most) of the Google Now functionality without needing to look down at my phone. Text messages delivered to the HUD is handy, as is responding to them via voice. For the most part though, there isn't a whole lot these do yet, certainly not enough for average consumers to care. That said, the potential for business/industrial use is HUGE. Most people's first experience with Glass won't be as a consumer item, but rather as something they use for work. Think construction workers, or people who work in hospitals or laboratories. Many people will be exposed to these via applications in the work environment. You, as a consumer, may not be very interested in Glass, but there are many businesses who want/need something like this for their workforce.
I feel your pain. I'm an amateur photographer with all the high end equipment I need to capture beautiful shots (I prefer landscapes and still life). I absolutely abhor being told by my wife or parents that I'm going to be the designated photographer for an event, and, after losing yet another explosive argument where they won't accept "No" as an answer, I will often "forget" my camera equipment accidentally on purpose, and remind them that I said flatly...no. I'm going to an event to partake in it! Just by being behind a lens of any kind, be it smart phone, Digital Cam, Film Cam, Google Glass... I'm no longer a participant; I'm relegated to an objective observer, and my family doesn't understand why it pisses me off so much.
It sets you apart from everyone else. It says you not only had $1,500 to plunk down to be part of the “explorer” program, but that Google deemed you special enough to warrant inclusion (not everyone who wanted Glass got it; you had to be selected). Glass is a class divide on your face.
Really? You point a video recording device at people and you think they are getting annoyed because you are so elite? That comment says way more about the author of the article than it does about the people he interacted with.
There was an incident at a Walmart I happened to be at. Not a big deal really, but enough to get law enforcement involved in. It happened in the parking lot. One day when I was bored waiting for someone to come out, I counted the cameras. 14 along the roof line facing the parking lot.
When they had the incident, I said "well, you can pull the video from your cameras." The manager got real vague and then said "well, maybe the home office can..." Rough translation is exactly what you said. The cameras are for show. So all we had was the description of the suspects. No vehicle, No plates. No idea which way they were headed out of the parking lot. So enough for a police report, and nothing useful to follow up on.
It was Walmart's loss, not mine. If they could have done more, like call the home office and get the video, they would have. Instead I learned that they operate security theater, just like most places.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.