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Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see those glasses. I'm all for tech gadgets, but people need
by rbellio 14y ago
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see those glasses. I'm all for tech gadgets, but people need to disconnect now and then.
- nightski 14y agoSo take them off?
- rbellio 14y agoI'll bet there'll be people that can't. They'll get so used to seeing stuff pop up on their screen as they walk down a street, as they're going about their everyday lives. There will be people that won't want to leave that augmented reality.
- csallen 14y agoI don't see the point in disconnecting for the sake of disconnecting. What's wrong with becoming attached to technology that augments your quality of life? It's not like we pee in the woods all year and save the bathroom for special occasions.
- rbellio 14y agoWell, I have to disagree with the analogy a little bit, but hopefully I can do so in a amicable way. Peeing into a toilet and all of the advancements that have been made downstream of the toilet came about for reasons of sanitation. When people used to toss their excrement into the streets out their window, it bred disease and caused other issues. What happens to a generation of people that no longer have Google at their fingers or in this case an immediate connection to the internet. I was imagining someone gardening, growing their own food. They are walking by their garden and Google Glass reminds them to water the garden, so they do. A couple of days later they're walking by and it flashes a reminder to go harvest some of the green beans they planted. Looking through Glass, it picks out which green beans are ready to eat. What happens when this technology is gone? Has the individual really been educated on what it meant to garden? Would they be able to garden without the device? Where is the mystery and risk that comes with life sans augment? Life doesn't just occur in the cases of success, it occurs in the moments of failure too. The fruit that wasn't ripe enough or was too ripe. The experience of a fried green tomato. Disconnecting allows for things that don't happen when you're constantly on interrupt. The ability to think; the ability to be creative; to have unique ideas.
- base698 14y agoThe first thing I think is a HUD that can see around corners and behind you for aviation and even driving. I really like the idea of having a 3D box to see everything within 1000ft. It would be super useful to reduce collisions for certain types of aviation, paragliding and skydiving specifically. Most of the skydiving fatalities in recent years have been collisions.
- rbellio 14y agoI'm not saying I can't see uses for them, I just hate that they're probably going to become trendy. People are going to walk around with these things on their faces 24/7. It's bad enough when you're talking to someone and they're pulling their phone out of their pocket every minute to scroll through something, but now, they won't even have to do that, it will already be on their face.
- darien 14y agoI think it will be interesting when certain classes of people reject the idea of being privately recording without their permission and will simply refuse to hold a conversations or interact with anyone wearing the device. Kinda like a boycott against the device's impedement into social situations. For example, if I was at a job interview and my interviewer was wearing this device, I would walk out the door. Even if the job was at Google.
- rbellio 14y agoYes, excellent point. You can extend this into so many scenarios like becoming standard issue for police officers and military personnel. Even something as creepy as an individual utilizing it to record you in public without your knowledge or the ability for individuals to activate it and see what you're seeing real-time.