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Glass is an entirely new kind of device; to have good ideas I think we need to wear it and experience the world through it. The API is fairly constrained, but s
by cloudwalking 13y ago
Glass is an entirely new kind of device; to have good ideas I think we need to wear it and experience the world through it. The API is fairly constrained, but so is the device (eg always in the field of view). And strict constraints, when enforced for good reason, often lead to interesting products (eg Twitter).
- rasur 13y agoSee the work of Prof. Steve Mann, specifically "EyeTap". I understand one of his ex-students is on the Glass team, however "an entirely new kind of device" it is not. It has a heritage of ideas and implementations that are around 30 years old.
- kanzure 13y agoIt would be easier to take Steve Mann seriously if he would just release more/any schematics.
- awaythrowme 13y agoTake him seriously about what? That he has built the devices he claims to have built? That he actually wants widespread wearable computing?
- rasur 13y agoCheck his book "Intelligent Image Processing" for info on the EyeTap, plus lots of other interesting stuff. (edit: typo)
- DanBC 13y agoThat's true, but Glass is the first time something like this has been mass-produced. It's clearly a version 1 product, even though there have been other people doing similar stuff before glass.