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No, it isn't, it's just the first time that you're hearing about it because it's the first time that the tech has been pointed at your particular subset of cons
by blhack 14y ago
No, it isn't, it's just the first time that you're hearing about it because it's the first time that the tech has been pointed at your particular subset of consumer.
- untog 14y agoAlright, what other consumer products like Google Glass have been released?
- jzwinck 14y agoI'm reaching here, but: Nintendo's Virtual Boy.
- blhack 14y agohttp://www.reconinstruments.com/ http://www.reconinstruments.com/ http://www.oakley.com/airwave http://www.oakley.com/airwave
- alxhill 14y agoThis is very much specialised stuff however - would you ever see your average consumer walk around in public with it? No - because these are ski goggles not normal glasses.
- joshschreuder 14y agoI think blhack is playing semantics with 'consumer'. They are skiwear consumers that bought them. I think it was pretty clear that you meant something like widespread public use.
- _delirium 14y agoI'm not sure whether it's similar enough, but the "Private Eye", a wearable, monocular heads-up display, had a bit of niche success when it was introduced in 1989. Here's a contemporary blurb from Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=dwEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=65 http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=dwEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=...
- munificent 14y agoInteresting, but fundamentally different. Google Glass = head-mounted display + camera + access to the cloud The Private Eye was just the first. It's like comparing an exercise bike to an actual ride-around-outdoors bicycle.
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- DanBC 14y agoPlenty of products exist. Google Glass is just a very very good iteration of existing tech. (http://www.diginfo.tv/ http://www.diginfo.tv/) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I0hF0cbw8E&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I0hF0cbw8E&feature=youtu...)