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These ones? No. These are ridiculous, (really) ugly, and pretty limited. But make no mistake, this is absolutely the future.

• rmc 14y ago
  Less space than a Nomad. No Wireless. Lame.
  • taligent 14y ago
    The iPod was something ordinary people loved and geeks hated. These glasses are the opposite.
    • bad_user 14y ago
      I don't know what you're talking about. I dreamed of these glasses since I was in high-school. Guess I'm not a geek.
      • dbaupp 14y ago
        taligent is implying that geeks love the glasses, and non-geeks people hate them.
  • mkaltenecker 14y ago
    The iPod was actually a product at that point. That’s the big step that still has to be taken with Glasses. And it ain’t an easy one, probably the hardest thing about Glasses. It’s cool tech. No more. Certainly not a product. We’ll see how this works out.
• dr42 14y ago
  "But make no mistake, this is absolutely the future." Outside of niche uses already mentioned, I think this is a mistake to believe.
  • tanepiper 14y ago
    Didn't they say that about the iPad? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tr-out-loud/why-the-ipad-will-fail-to-win-significant-market-share/1666 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tr-out-loud/why-the-ipad-wi... Or the iPhone? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/23/iphone_will_fail/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/23/iphone_will_fail/ Or the Internet? http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1995/02/26/the-internet-bah.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1995/02/26/the-interne...
    • 2muchcoffeeman 14y ago
      All those technologies had all the basic pieces in place. A use case, a way to interact with them, an actual demonstration of the technology. I admit that it took me several weeks to realise the potential of the iPad though. Brin has been seen wearing these for a while now. Why can't we see some basic software and interaction? There a lots of potential uses for wearable computers, especially one with a HUD. Even if all we can do is use it as another form of input/output for your phone or other devices. As far as I can tell and google, all we saw today was a few stunts with people wearing little cameras. We'll have to wait until they start releasing the dev kits to see if there's actually anything to this particular attempt. Hopefully they will also have a product at the same time.
  • Jonovono 14y ago
    Really? Why? Imagine these in contact form that perform the same things. But also replaces your cell phone. You now see your messages when you want and can respond just by thinking (once we can essentially read your mind, if that happens). Anything you want could be displayed there without having to check your phone or anything else. Obviously talking to it sucks but if it ever gets to the point where you can think something then this would be killer, for anyone. Iono, seems to clearly be where things are heading. I don't want to type things to a person everytime I want to communicate with them, what is that? I just want to seamlessly send them a message I have on my mind and get back to real life. And this is the first step and whats possible now. But im sure they expect more. I expect and want technology to get to the point where its not even noticeable. And these are what it is doing.