Google Glass For Work Is Sleeker, Tougher and Foldable (engadget.com)

An anonymous reader writes: FCC filings published today are offering a glimpse of the "Enterprise Edition" of Google Glass. According to Engadget: "...The work-focused eyepiece touts a much slicker (and likely more durable) design with both a larger display prism and a hinge that lets you fold it up for travel. The test photos also reveal a spot for a magnetic battery attachment and what looks to be a speedier Atom processor. There's still no word on when Google will announce this headset, although the FCC presence hints that it might not take long."

Comments

another predictably failed product

[sittingnut]

really?! seems throwing money at product development seems to make developers ever more blind to the obvious defects in the whole concept of this device.

Re:another predictably failed product

[thegarbz]

Every device has defects in it's concept. The only question is does the defects outweigh the benefits?

Social acceptance of someone wearing some tech in a bar would indicate no even if the reasons for it are absurd.
Benefits of real time HUD and augmented reality when performing functions that require on the fly information on the other hand would indicate yes.

Why shouldn't developers continue working on a device if it only fails one specific use case? I can't use my phone in the cinema without getting the crap kicked out of me does that mean they shouldn't exist or be developed at all? After all it's an obvious defect in the concept of the device.

Re:another predictably failed product

[sittingnut]

"only fails one specific use case"?!
phone is equivalent and comparable to glass, in your ... eyes?
if what you say is true, glass would be successful product already. it isn't and wont be.

Re:another predictably failed product

[thegarbz]

No I'm using the phone is equivalent. Put down the pedantry and actually try and comprehend the post. I'll sum it up for you:
Just because it doesn't fit YOUR specific use case doesn't mean all development should be abandoned on it and doesn't make the concept broken.

Also if you want to suggest I'm comparing glass to a phone then I will: How successful do you think the mobile phone was in it's first year? Hell I'll make this easy on you, how successful do you think it was in it's first 5 years? What about the smartphone which went through some 10 years worth of development before it became popular, with people who had exactly the same attitude as you saying it'll never be accepted and it's a broken concept?

You want to declare something a broken concept after only a very VERY short development period during which the product never left it's initial beta? Man I hope you don't actually work in the tech industry, that would be sad for all of us.

Re:another predictably failed product

[sittingnut]

some points since you seem to be confused.
there are successful products and unsuccessful products.
success does not depend on whether a product fits MY(your shouting echoed), or any one individual's, needs and ideas.
it is absurd to hope for eventual success of a product based on alleged analogies with alleged history of development and alleged past criticism of a successful product.
nor does success have much to do with length of development.
glass's main functions are already developed, only incremental enhancements awaits it. it failed in the main concept.

Re:another predictably failed product

[thegarbz]

it failed in the main concept.

I think you missed the entire premise that your view of the concept is just plain and simply wrong.

The concept is HUD information and augmented relativity, neither of which are failed concepts, both of which are actively being worked on by hundreds of companies, and while you have a personal view that can be summarised as a fear of "Glassholes" the concepts which Glass is trying to implement solve real world problems and have the potential to help in a LOT of industries.

Google could abandon development, and the only thing that would happen is they'll be overtaken by someone who didn't.

Also while you're shouting back at me you missed another point, that the concept has nothing to do with an individual. There are entire industries who would benefit from this, and there are companies far further along the road than Google with the concept you (singular) declare broken.

Re:another predictably failed product

[sittingnut]

1/ perhaps you should study logic, before making arguments.
2/ it is a bad habit to drop one line of arguments and launch another without acknowledging defeat in the 1st lines(involving length and alleged analogies)
3/ i did not bring up individuals, you did . see above.

4/ number of companies allegedly working on a product does not have much to do with product's success or failure, or alleged need for product, any more than amount of money thrown at it, alleged analogies with other product developments, length of development, etc etc

   

Re:another predictably failed product

[thegarbz]

I'm still on the original line but whatever you think you read, by all means go ahead thinking it.

Re:another predictably failed product

[morgauxo]

Glass won't be a successful product unti the price is reasonable.

There are plenty of reasons that something like Glass would be useful. I want one and I'm not even interested in taking your picture.

It's anoying though that so many people are so offended by a wearable computer because all they can see is a camera. I used to have friends that really liked to fight. If I ever get Glass maybe I'll look them back up. I can be their bait. I'll sit on my bar stool enjoying my drink and minding my own business. Nobody will know who I am with until some douchebag decides he has to do something about the technology in his presence.

It will be fun!

Re:Glasholes

[ShanghaiBill]

What company is going to let its employees bring in spyware?

Any company that allows cellphones.

Have they solved the washroom problem?

[Anonymous Coward]

Have they solved the problem of perverts using devices like these in public washrooms? Like do the devices detect when they're being used in a washroom, and automatically shut themselves down to prevent any recording from taking place?

Let's say I get stuck going to a database conference. The venue also happens to be hosting a Ruby on Rails conference at the same time. Well, I would not be surprised if some of the Rubyists had glasses like these. I would also not be surprised if they wore them while going to the washroom. If I were in that washroom, I would NOT want these disgusting Rubyists to be able to record me urinating! I can just picture them leering over the top of the urinal divider, trying to catch a glimpse of my cock. It disgusts me that people could try stuff like that.

I really, really hope that these kinds of devices have safeguards to prevent incidents like that from ever happening. They need to have some kind of auto shutdown to prevent that kind of perverse recording.

Re:Have they solved the washroom problem?

[dsmatthews9379]

You just need to buy the Apple-OLED-Cock-Ring and set it to ultra-bright mode to blind any potential perverts, Glass enabled or otherwise.

Re:Have they solved the washroom problem?

[tlhIngan]

I'd say have they solved the glasshole problem - a problem that's more social than technological. I mean, the original Google Glass suffered from that problem.

The technology has its uses, but the problem is the humans behind it seek to use it in ways considered socially unacceptable. Hence the term "glasshole" which basically soured the technology to the public - it turned a good technology into an antisocial pervert tool.

And when that happened, it's too late. When Google themselves had to issue an etiquette guide to using it you know public opinion has soured on it. And with people banning it all over the place, well.

That's the real problem with Google Glass.

Re:Have they solved the washroom problem?

[BarbaraHudson]

1. You referred specifically to someone in the washroom "trying to catch a glimpse of my cock." Unless you're not standing face front at the urinal, you're doing it wrong, and the people around you would like you to stop pissing on the floor.

2. Transsexuals use washrooms for the same reason anyone else does - when you've gotta go, you've gotta go. Remember - we're everywhere, and there's no "trans-dar" that will let you spot us 100% of the time. You've probably unknowingly thought of some of us you didn't "clock" while masturbating. How does that make you feel? Gross? Well, guess what - most women feel gross about the thought of you thinking of them while wacking off.

3. I've been using the woman's washroom since I began transition oh so many moons ago. If I tried to use the men's room, I'd be thrown out (or worse).

You really need to think through your paranoia.

A workplace tool for the minimum-wage class

[ffkom]

What irony! Once touted as the must-have toy for hipsters, Google Glass is now actually becoming a tool to steer and control human minimum-wage working drones in warehouses. Feel a pity for all who'll be obliged to wear such at work.

Re:A workplace tool for the minimum-wage class

[Anonymous Coward]

Vannevar Bush's original conception of computers augmenting human cognition involved us wearing glasses that we could intuitively use while working on a project. Google Glass is almost a direct descendant of that idea.

This is the same place we got the idea of hypertext information retrieval systems, and basically the seeds of what became the internet and modern PC's.

Re:A workplace tool for the minimum-wage class

[thegarbz]

Why? If it frees up my hands from the heavy barcode scanner I already need to carry?

It's a strange concept to feel pity for someone who has to use a device that makes their life easier.

Re:A workplace tool for the minimum-wage class

[rocket rancher]

maybe a little irony, but not much. Anybody who needs data while remaining situationally aware is going to benefit from AR technology -- SAR, EMT, firefighters can all benefit from AR, and they are hardly minimum wage jobs. A google glass competitor called Recon Instruments may have found a pretty nice niche market for their retasked snow sports HUD. Its called the Recon Jet, and I have a first generation pair. It came out around the same time as GG, but cost less than half ($700 vs. $1500 for GG) and definitely look a lot hipper than GG, more like a fancy pair of Oakleys. They are great for engine and gear telemetry at track days on my Ducati, and they are fucking awesome for nav and topo when I'm skiing and snowboarding. My friend is a smoke jumper, and her western US team is actively evaluating them in the field. If Recon Instruments comes through on even half of what this promo vid promised two years ago, AR is going to be more than nerd candy, and definitely won't be confined to drudgery as you suggest.

Re:Offtopic...but....

[Anonymous Coward]

"We have immortality within our grasp and it's like nobody cares."

Probably because this statement is blatantly false and we all know it. Immortality is not within our grasp, and if you knew even a little of the science in that area you would not be saying such dim-witted things.

Re:Glasholes

[Bert64]

Any company that supplies and manages that spyware themselves...

Re:Offtopic...but....

[thunderclap]

Google is your friend: http://www.gizmag.com/telomera...
http://www.gizmag.com/telomere...
http://blogs.scientificamerica...

a speedier Atom processor?

[Gravis Zero]

what indicates that they have put in an Intel Atom processor? i looked through the pictures and didn't see anything from Intel.

Re:Tougher

[penguinoid]

Can they survive being sat on?

What, Glass is back?

[Fear the Clam]

I guess there's someone new over there willing to fuck Sergey.

Re:Glasholes

[swillden]

It is very obvious when someone is using the phone to take pictures/video.

Only if they're concerned about framing. If you're using a phone to spy, you don't have to be obvious about it at all. For example, just get a cellphone that is large enough that it protrudes from a shirt pocket. Start recording, slip it into the pocket with the camera protruding and facing forward, then walk around.

Of course, if someone really wants to record without being noticed there are other options which are much less obvious than Google Glass (old design or new). And cheaper. For example: http://www.brickhousesecurity...., or http://www.brickhousesecurity.....

Re:Tougher

[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Gee, I don't know. Can you survive being punched, stabbed or shot in retaliation?

Sometimes random tough guy violence has consequences.

Just saying.

Re:And I will personally rip them off your face

[ranton]

You can easily find several news stories about glassholes being beaten and even sent to hospitals. However, I cannot find a single story about someone being arrested for assaulting a glasshole.

You are sadly correct that most assholes who break laws are never caught. Especially for minor crimes like muggings and robberies. The good thing is most people are not assholes, which is why the vast majority of Google Glass wearers were never assaulted.

Still overkill

[evilad]

Dammit, why is this v2? All I wanted was the cheapest possible ultralight head-mounted HUD. Basically, a Glass with no processor and no fancy gadgets. I already have a wireless mobile computing device.