Would you wear Project:Glass?
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If they can actually make it react that quickly and have decent battery life, yes. I'm thinking the reality will be a bit more clunky than what's in this video, though. I might wait for the second version.
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Urmm I'm a bit of a technophobe when it comes to things without buttons. I think touch screen & voice activated tech is annoying as it is... I think if someone where to give me one of these HUDs (for lack of a better word) I'd probably cry.
Urmm I'm a bit of a technophobe when it comes to things without buttons. I think touch screen & voice activated tech is annoying as it is... I think if someone where to give me one of these HUDs (for lack of a better word) I'd probably cry.
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Part of me thinks this looks pretty neat, part of me wonders why they didn't show the popup or banner ads that will be all over in the commercial, and yet another part of me thinks this is pretty close to Siri level of douchiness and for gods sake dude find the music section on your own you dolt.
... Perhaps. I gotta see how much it gets hyped up. Also; How can it play Music and allow me to hear other people speaking? I assume the music is from headphones because a stereo system would suck for a thing like that, yet Headphones wouldn't let me hear other people (Not without them and me talking really loud). So how does that bit work?
It is possible for a small device like that to stimulate the cochlea without covering up your ears, it takes a slightly altered frequency, but it can be done.Mr.Mattress said:
OR, for the sake of keeping it simple, the thing is just hooked up to a pair of button type headphones and you take one or both out as needed.
OT: Like I mentioned in the other thread on this same topic, I would indeed use a wearable interface, just not one with those particular apps, give me one designed to get things done as opposed to the one catered to Mr Indie in the video any day.
P.S. Captcha is asking me to describe a hotel chain with any word I please. Are they begging for negative criticism? Considering how annoying I find captchas in general...
Would I tape a phone to my forhead and let it monitor my entire life? No, I'm not fucking retarded.
Derping in the street trying to squint at icons less than an inch from your eye? No thanks. I can see the benefit of wearble computers, but we're not there yet. Call me when they make make one that projects directly into your eye.
ED: I think one way that this device goes wrong is it tries to provide you with to much detailed information. I can see something like this working if it is combined with an existing device (like a smart phone) and utilises and ambient display to give general messages. Something like the corners of the glasses tinting more and more the fuller you inbox get for example. You can then combine this with some sort of tangential control device (a ring worn on the finger, or a button pinned to a cuff) which will be much less intrusive than voice command which can only serve to embrrass a user and annoy the people around them. Good technology should take the minimal amount of attention to use. This is a big showy device thats only purpose is to say "hey look at me. I'm so down with the latest tech" whether that be for the developer or the buyer.
ED: I think one way that this device goes wrong is it tries to provide you with to much detailed information. I can see something like this working if it is combined with an existing device (like a smart phone) and utilises and ambient display to give general messages. Something like the corners of the glasses tinting more and more the fuller you inbox get for example. You can then combine this with some sort of tangential control device (a ring worn on the finger, or a button pinned to a cuff) which will be much less intrusive than voice command which can only serve to embrrass a user and annoy the people around them. Good technology should take the minimal amount of attention to use. This is a big showy device thats only purpose is to say "hey look at me. I'm so down with the latest tech" whether that be for the developer or the buyer.
Hmm I love google and all but i'd rather not attach shit to my head that tracks my daily life and gives data for whoever the fuck wants it. Kind of weird if you ask me, but if they made one that did all the stuff its supposed to do without being tied to big ass company's like google i'd go for it.
I would as long as it didn't turn into a Deues Ex:HR situation, our heads exploding everyone going mental. I don't think technology is this advanced yet, in the 50s they thought we'd have flying cars by now. No doubt I'll get corrected with a shit load of evidence educate me escapist.
Do I want a voice-controlled smartphone interface blocking my field of vision all the time? No. And besides, seeing as this is from Google, I wouldn't put it past them to track your movements all day long. Also, what's the point of buying this when you have a smartphone? The novelty wouuld wear off really quickly.