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I have always said that Google were wrong to launch this to consumers first. There are so many business uses for this technology, this is what Google should hav
by amanzi 7y ago
I have always said that Google were wrong to launch this to consumers first. There are so many business uses for this technology, this is what Google should have focused on first. Since this originally launched, there is a lot more competition in the VR and MR spaces, especially with Microsoft targeting corporates with its HoloLens. But Google's Glass is such a smaller, lighter, more practical product than the competition. It just needs great developer tools and support now.
- Theodores 7y agoI think they opened the platform to everyone, not just a select group or 'consumers'. The thinking behind this was commendable, however, the press made people think about the product wrongly. The product was also ahead of its time, nowadays people would not care if a delivery driver dropped off a parcel wearing the things and did all the scanning and whatnot with a 'head mounted camera' instead of what looks like a ruggedised PDA. They forgot the lessons learned from gMail where the word of mouth, invite only approach worked well for getting early adopters. Google Glass should have been a bit more like that, plus they could have entered different markets on a app basis, e.g. in galleries and museums the product would work well with mapping. Or sports events where the product told you who the competitors were and provided commentary. I wish that we would identify the press as the culprit on these cock ups of marketing, they take a novel product and get the masses to imagine a use case for it that is unrealistic.