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Ask HN: Why was Google Glass a commercial failure?

• 1-6 5y ago
  Was it a complete failure though? Perhaps it was a product which was too early and a solution looking for a problem.
• dredmorbius 5y ago
  1. Utterly irredeemable violations of expectations of privacy. 2. Extreme hubris and entitlement. 3. Robert Scoble. https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/00wh-HifgXHkKgsppGTDxSrkpfY=/0x34:822x582/920x613/filters:focal(0x34:822x582):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/assets/2630485/904635_10201170157240187_622813635_o.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/00wh-HifgXHkKgsppGTDxSrkpfY=...
  • ssss11 5y ago
    What a great response. Why anyone wants cameras on faces is beyond me.
• mpelembe 5y ago
  The device was ridiculed as an expensive spying kit. A lot of restaurants banned anyone wearing the Glass device. I worked on the the design sprint workshop at Google where I developed an app for handsfree Kitchen cookery recipe sharing. https://github.com/smbale/GlassCookBook https://github.com/smbale/GlassCookBook Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight was extremely skeptical when he interviewed Robert Scoble