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That's quite an interesting mix of people, it's not all "geeks and nerds"
by atrus 14y ago
That's quite an interesting mix of people, it's not all "geeks and nerds"
- w1ntermute 14y agoNo doubt quite intentional. Google needs some "brand ambassadors" to make Glass look hip, rather than something that only nerds wear. They definitely need it, seeing as people wearing Google Glass just look weird.
- dandrews 14y agoAbout looking weird: people will get over it. Five years into being the local Segway guy, nobody in my community gives me a second glance anymore. Early on I got lots of hoots and hollers, but the novelty has long since worn off and nowadays I'm just part of the landscape. Glass will be accepted the same way.
- mcintyre1994 14y agoI know where you're coming from, but a lot of the weirdness of glass is what it actually does. I keep imagining somebody walking around recording everyday people for no good reason, and find it hard to imagine that being accepted. The 'novelty' of constantly being recorded by strangers might not wear off.
- jff 14y agoIt's not constantly recording, it's recording when you decide to start recording. In the same way that anybody sitting down holding their phone could actually be recording you. I swear, Glass gets more FUD on this site than any other product.
- mcintyre1994 14y agoI'm aware of that, but it is much less obvious whether glass is recording or not than whether a phone is. If somebody is pointing their phone's camera at you, they could be recording you - that's quite noticeable. Glass won't necessarily have any visible signs that it is recording.
- Shooti 14y agoIt's been confirmed that it has a blinking red light when it enters record mode. Doesn't make your point any less valid though since its the perception that counts. It'll be interesting to see if it can get over that wall.
- zacharycohn 14y agoUh... yes it does? It has a light that blinks on the front when it's recording. Factchecking is cool, yo.
- msabalau 14y agoIn addition to the light that others have noted, it's hard to understand why one assume that staring at someone is not obvious, but ubiquitous experience of having someone fumbling with a phone nearby is "quite noticeable" as a signal that you could be recorded.
- GHFigs 14y agoIn the same way that anybody sitting down holding their phone could actually be recording you. Yes, it's just like that, and that's the problem. That's creepy. Putting it on your face doesn't make it less creepy, even if you're a Google-sanctioned celebrity normalizing unit. I swear, Glass gets more FUD on this site than any other product. You're commenting on a submission about people winning the right to purchase the product in question. What you call FUD is a naught but an anthill in the path of an overwhelming hype machine.
- Kiro 14y agoI accept it and so will you... eventually.
- jdhzzz 14y agoAnother analogy is with those bluetooth "Uhuru" cell phone ear pieces. For the first 5 years of their existence they were so un-hip no one under 35 (45?) would be caught wearing one. They were relegated to businessmen and some businesswomen whose hair was long enough to cover them. Now their use is much more widespread with those under 35. The rest of us an teens are waiting for the implants.
- illuminate 14y agoThey're still not hip.
- w1ntermute 14y agoI don't know where you're located, but anyone in my community who cares about preserving their social "image" still wouldn't be caught dead on a Segway.
- raldi 14y agoRegular glasses are pretty weird too, when you think about it. Until you get used to seeing them; then they're totally natural.
- w1ntermute 14y agoSure, but you need to get over that initial hump. That's the difficult part, for which Google needs to have a solid adoption strategy that is more inclusive than "early adopter geeks".