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Glass actually had a really good use case, but it's the one thing they explicitly called out in the terms of service as banned: Facial Recognition The killer

Glass actually had a really good use case, but it's the one thing they explicitly called out in the terms of service as banned: Facial Recognition The killer app for Glass would have been the thing that put a little nametag over the head of the person you were looking at, provided you'd met them before. So that you could say "Hey Steve!" to your kid's classmate's dad that you'd met 3 times before and still couldn't remember his name. Way better than today's tech of saying "Hey!..." then introducing him to your friend Bill and hoping Bill asks his name or he volunteers it. Then hoping you're remember to memorize it this time. Glass woulda fixed that. But it would have made everything else worse.

cutitout 6y ago
> Glass woulda fixed that. But it would have made everything else worse. Kinda like using x-ray machines in shoe shops. But now that I think about it, that could be said even about many uses of social media. Yes, it achieves something, no, it's not always an essential or even very good thing, and the price is rather gigantic compared to the convenience.
sveme 6y ago
Well, if a social anxiety about asking a second time for someone's name is the only use case for a device, it's bound to fail. I actually just say: Sorry, I forgot your name, what was it again? In most cases they forgot my name as well and are happy that I asked. Problem solved. Can I have my 500€s now?
- hugi 6y ago
  Using your mouth and ears to collect private data... Kind of radical. Do you have funding yet?
jefftk 6y ago
Glass put a tiny display in the upper corner of your vision; it can't put a nametag on top of someone's head.
- Closi 6y ago
  It can’t yet, but the goal is almost certainly to move past that restriction. Besides, exactly the same functionality can be achieved by putting the name in the tiny display.

cutitout 6y ago

> Glass woulda fixed that. But it would have made everything else worse. Kinda like using x-ray machines in shoe shops. But now that I think about it, that could be said even about many uses of social media. Yes, it achieves something, no, it's not always an essential or even very good thing, and the price is rather gigantic compared to the convenience.

sveme 6y ago

Well, if a social anxiety about asking a second time for someone's name is the only use case for a device, it's bound to fail. I actually just say: Sorry, I forgot your name, what was it again? In most cases they forgot my name as well and are happy that I asked. Problem solved. Can I have my 500€s now?

hugi 6y ago
Using your mouth and ears to collect private data... Kind of radical. Do you have funding yet?

jefftk 6y ago

Glass put a tiny display in the upper corner of your vision; it can't put a nametag on top of someone's head.

Closi 6y ago
It can’t yet, but the goal is almost certainly to move past that restriction. Besides, exactly the same functionality can be achieved by putting the name in the tiny display.