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Our culture has to change a lot before a product like this can be mainstream. I don't think I could feel comfortable being in the same room with someone wearing
by jsz0 14y ago
Our culture has to change a lot before a product like this can be mainstream. I don't think I could feel comfortable being in the same room with someone wearing one. The core problem is they break our ability to perceive the environment we are in. I can see that I'm in a room with 5 other people but I cannot comprehend that thousands, maybe millions, of other people are streaming it at the same time. I would constantly be thinking that one wrong move and I'm going to be embarrassing YouTube #1 clip of the day.
- Kiro 14y agoFirst time, yes. Second time, not so much. Third time, you'll want one yourself. In a near future we will all look back to the day we thought no-one would ever wear it and laugh.
- sebastianavina 14y agomy recepcionist wears a hands free all day long, I can see myself wearing one of these aiding with my job all day
- glhaynes 14y agoThat's a really interesting point - what's acceptable at one's desk is very different than what's acceptable at a party. That could potentially be a breakthrough place of acceptance for Glass if useful applications can be found.
- taligent 14y agoI think you've missed the point though. YOU may want to permanently wear one to assist with your job. But OTHERS won't let you. People just don't like having their actions permanently recorded as it opens up a tremendous number of legal and privacy issues.
- coopdog 14y agoThey can just as easily make a version without the camera. I know it defeats some of the point, but it would still be a good way to get notifications, directions, etc
- jiggy2011 14y agoHow do you know which version someone is wearing though, like you pass people in the street and think "shit, is he recording me?"
- bergie 14y agoGiven that many streets are full of cameras (CCTVs, mainly) that already record you, I don't see this as becoming a problem. Private homes or some businesses may be more of where the privacy discussion centers on
- jiggy2011 14y agoTrue, but CCTV cameras are generally only used by the police and viewed by a limited number of people for a specific purpose. When you have potentially everyone on the street recording you, you have no idea what that footage might be used for and who it might be shared with.
- stcredzero 14y ago> Our culture has to change a lot before a product like this can be mainstream. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4168501 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4168501 "They could change form factors for wider acceptance. A form factor that looks like hipster glasses with lenses that dynamically darken would do very well."
- aluhut 14y agoWe need some "Laughing Man"-style jamming devices when these are out on the streets. But well...we have cameras all over and nobody cares. I guess we lost already... Where is my burka?
- vibrunazo 14y ago"Lee: Yes. It’s my expectation that in three to five years it will actually look unusual and awkward when we view someone holding an object in their hand and looking down at it. Wearable computing will become the norm." - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/clear-glass-leaders-googles-wearable-computing-breakthrough-explain-it-all-for-you/all/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/clear-glass-leaders-g...
- 6ren 14y agoAlso, e.g. video phones have long been available, and though they have definite niche applications, they have not become the ordinary mainstream way of using a phone.