Would you wear Project:Glass?

[ThePenguinKnight]

Seems like a disaster. Everything would have to be activated vocally and that'd lead to thousands of people wandering the streets simultaneously talking to themselves and speaking slowly to get the program to detect what they're saying. Than what stops people from walking into busy streets and drivers crashing into each-other because they're to busy watching porn that's obscuring their vision, or what about schools? Kids would be watching movies rather than actually learning anything. Death tolls rise, we get dumber than ever, It will be the end of us all! THE END IS NIGH!

 

[ElPatron]

Well then, call me an anti-hipster. I'll get the latest stuff, on release, with some caveats. I don't actually come into contact with hipsters.. Ever. So yeab, totally getting this. My one concern is the cost of bandwidth.

The thing is... It would be better to not use the word hipster unless absolutely necessary. I pretend they don't exist until I am forced to acknowledge their presence. And their presence is evident on Apple's releases. ZING!

Anyway, make sure you learned something. You don't use buzzwords "just because", and never try to identify yourself as something. Same issue with "gamer". When you watch movies or listen to music you don't get a special tag to wear.

 

[RubyT]

That's just some PR stunt to get people to visit the project's Google+ site.

How would you interact with these glasses? It's not just that talking in public would be very annoying, but it's impractical for a lot of things. The video doesn't give any clue. Do you have to carry a touchpad with you? Or - and that'd be funny for the outside world - do you have to do head motions?

Also, video-chatting won't work. If two people with these glasses do it, they'd have to stand in front of mirrors to see the other person. But even if just one person does it, it's one-way. How long will people video chat with someone when all they see is the wall the "glasser" is staring at (or the porn).

I can see these glasses in more specific situations. As runner's tools, you can monitor your heartrate etc., the navigation part in the video looked useful, as a portable video camera they'd be decent. Stuff like that.
But the idea that people are gonna wear these all days long is bonkers.

 

[evilneko]

Maybe if it wasn't tied to Google I might. Also if it was as fast as it is shown and had at least 48 hours battery life under normal use.

So probably not for another 20 years. It'd mainly be held up by battery tech.

Edit: Oh, thought of another downside: cell phone drivers are bad enough. Imagine people driving with these things on!

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

what if this becomes a military application? like a lens of hardened glass that could interface with a futuristic attachment to a gun that would give you a bullet count, and maybe a minimap, and an air support lazer in the corner. the possibilities are endless!

CAPTCHA: turn the tables. with this idea, im sure they could.

 

[Robert Ewing]

A freaking annoying way of advertising it. Very west coast, and that annoys me -,-.

But very, very cool if you can actually get that shit to work like it does in the trailer. Because god knows, nothing ever does. Take that voice synthesis thingy on the iPhone 4S. Absolute trash anywhere outside of a few states in America, and even then it was choppy as fuck.

There were even countries where it just plain didn't work. Like, 90% of Britain for instance.

I dunno, It seems impossible that this would be anything more than an annoying gadget at first, that is a bit slow, and just gets in your way and makes you frustrated. Give technology the time to catch up and stuff.

But otherwise, love the concept. Also, does anyone get the creepy cyber-men vibe about this?

 

[Cheesus333]

These ads always creep me out, like the people in them are living in some disturbingly saccharine version of the modern world with rose-tinted filters firmly locked on. I understand that it's supposed to raise positive associations, but it just alienates the audience because no self-respecting person talks like that to themselves or their friends.

And they're missing an opportunity to appeal to people's dark sides, too. Why not have a heat map of the human body's anatomical weak points in the HUD while the guy fends off a mugger? Or tips for sneakily jumping to the front of a long-ass queue on launch day? These things happen!

As for the OP's question, hell yeah I'd get one, but only if it wouldn't put me in debt and wasn't an inconvenience. And I sure as shit would not act like that with it.

 

[RagTagBand]

Yes.

Take my motherfucking money.

 

[AbstractStream]

No freaking way. I like my privacy thanks. This just creeps me out.

When I look at it though, I can't help but think "I didn't ask for this..."

 

[ThePS1Fan]

HELL YES, monitor me everywhere I go, record every single conversation I have and sell all my personal info to anyone who asks just give me these first.

 

[Bagged Milk]

This reminded me of this year's April Fools prank by Razer

http://www.razerzone.com/snakeeyes?utm_source=Razer&utm_campaign=Razer_SnakeEyes&utm_medium=edm_en

 

[2733]

am I the only one who thinks this looks like a good way to walk into a lamppost?

 

[Luftwaffles]

Made a thread earlier about this

 

[JCBFGD]

I'll just quote what I said on the YouTube video:

"Don't tell me you're going to be wearing those hipster glasses on an operation."
"I want my vision to be augmented."

Those things look fucking awesome.

 

[Taldeer]

The concept, I like. The implementation, not so much... I wouldn't get these now. If we don't all die off, or blow ourselves up or something, by the time I'm 45, they might actually be seamless, reliable tech. It is, however, unsettling to think how much people, myself included, are willing to relinquish more and more of the control they have over their perception and orientation in reality to technology. I wonder where the line is between augmented reality as a genuine addition and "augmented" reality as a crutch, rendering individuals unable to find the frelling music section in a gorramn store! Next thing you know, they'll invent the augmented reality micro-ear-bud, to tell you to inhale and exhale, just in case you can't handle that on your own...

 

[omicron1]

All day, every day. This is the future! (As written about in science tabloids 10 years ago)

 

[Da Orky Man]

Would I use a piece of impossible technology just because some douchebag hipster says its cool?

No.

The technology is so far off the mark, it's not even funny. Is it supposed to implant into the brain?, because the technology to do that involves serious surgery, and might give me a visual resolution of about 100 pixels, not enough for normal everyday life. Maybe the research people should concentrate on helping partially sighted or blind people instead.

Erm, it's a small transparent screen. I see no need for any surgery. And you do know that similar companies have developed a synthetic eye that can allow basic sight to the blind? You may want to look things up before roundly criticising.

 

[TheVioletBandit]

I would rather have a pip-boy type thing that goes on my arm. I don't like the idea of things popping up in my field of vision, while I am driving for example.