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I'm reminded of a recent Apple patent: the iWatch. Both a watch and a screen on my glasses provide me with the convenience of an interface with my phone that i
by nostromo 14y ago
I'm reminded of a recent Apple patent: the iWatch.
Both a watch and a screen on my glasses provide me with the convenience of an interface with my phone that is always visible.
I like the iWatch for most use-cases better: changing a track while walking, seeing if I should answer my phone while at dinner, reading an SMS at a party.
Google Glasses really excels in other use cases: directions while driving and GoPro video making. Other than that, I'm afraid it falls flat for the reasons listed in the article.
If I had to bet on a winner between iWatch and Glass, I'd choose iWatch. For Google to win out, they need to focus on situations in which augmented reality is most useful, sending text messages isn't it.
- angryasian 14y agohere you are defending the watch but all the reasons he states apply to the watch as well. >Most of these are basically simple things you can already do on your phone Google glass has a trackpad on the side, for the cases you say are better on the watch, you don't even need to look down to accomplish with glass.
- r00fus 14y agoSo Google Glass is really just useful when you're not interfacing with people. I can't get past the anti-social nature of the device - people already mistake my bluetooth headset for some sort of microphone that may be recording at all times - and that's unintentional as I just sometimes forget to take it off (it can rest on my collar) as it's still blinking and such. Something that invasive up by the eyes would make me feel like a complete pariah. Perhaps having on your "glass" would be equivalent to say, having a press hat - ie, you're on duty and publicizing the fact that someone could be googled at any moment or being recorded, etc.