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I wish I had Glass yesterday when I was stuck in traffic. OK Glass, show me traffic to Home. I wanted a sixth sense, to be able to see a map of London with al

by buro9 14y ago

I wish I had Glass yesterday when I was stuck in traffic. OK Glass, show me traffic to Home. I wanted a sixth sense, to be able to see a map of London with all traffic marked out so that I could pick my rat race run through the back streets and at least be moving. And whilst I got out of the traffic fine, I wish I had Glass and it knew to tell me before I got into it.

davej 14y ago
As someone who owns a motorbike and uses it for my daily commute, I'm really excited about Google Glass because it means I will be able to get rid of my GoPro helmet cam and I will also have a GPS & traffic monitor. But mine is a niche case.
threeseed 14y ago
Do you not have a sat nav ?
- buro9 14y ago
  Seems a bit much for London. I have a TomTom but the map & traffic subscriptions equate to over £100 per year. And I can't even update the maps using Linux, so I basically let it expire and have abandoned it. I do occasionally use Google Navigation on my Android for sat nav purposes, but for driving around a city that I know really well it is redundant except for traffic info (but even then I can usually work out my own route with better local knowledge of where traffic goes). So yes, I could've fumbled around and got my phone from my bag (behind the seat), and wired it up, and viewed the traffic. But I was driving, even when I was mostly stationary I wouldn't take my attention away from the road like that. Hence, if I had Glass, then I wouldn't need to prep in advance, nor fumble around... the tools would just be with me for when I needed to activate them. Yesterday seemed exceptional though, something fouled up the whole of Fulham and Chelsea and the domino effect knocked out all major routes around too. That's an exception, not the rule... even if my TomTom subscription was active and up to date I wouldn't have wired it up just for a cross-town drive.
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    You may want to check out Sygic. I use it and it's fantastic, and it's around 30 pounds for all Europe maps and unlimited upgrades of both app and maps.
- gnaffle 14y ago
  I have a sat nav, but after having driven a car with a HUD once (showing navigation, speed and OCR-read speed limit) I'd love to have Google Glass just get this feature without having to buy a new car.
EvanAnderson 14y ago
Check out Waze. I don't know about London, but it helps commuting around home and really shined when I used in during a trip to Los Angeles. It gives me that "sixth sense" feeling you're talking about.
- buro9 14y ago
  Neat and deserves linking: http://www.waze.com/ http://www.waze.com/ In principle that looks really good. I probably won't use it though as I really do not trust apps that ask to access information on all my contacts when nothing in what the app appears to do would require it. I don't feel I have permission from my contacts to share their details with someone else. I got to the install screen and backed off.
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    This is one of my pet peeves too. I really cannot understand why Android's "Expand permission" box doesn't have a "deny permission" or "prompt before accessing" button.

by buro9 14y ago

davej 14y ago

As someone who owns a motorbike and uses it for my daily commute, I'm really excited about Google Glass because it means I will be able to get rid of my GoPro helmet cam and I will also have a GPS & traffic monitor. But mine is a niche case.

threeseed 14y ago

Do you not have a sat nav ?

buro9 14y ago
Seems a bit much for London. I have a TomTom but the map & traffic subscriptions equate to over £100 per year. And I can't even update the maps using Linux, so I basically let it expire and have abandoned it. I do occasionally use Google Navigation on my Android for sat nav purposes, but for driving around a city that I know really well it is redundant except for traffic info (but even then I can usually work out my own route with better local knowledge of where traffic goes). So yes, I could've fumbled around and got my phone from my bag (behind the seat), and wired it up, and viewed the traffic. But I was driving, even when I was mostly stationary I wouldn't take my attention away from the road like that. Hence, if I had Glass, then I wouldn't need to prep in advance, nor fumble around... the tools would just be with me for when I needed to activate them. Yesterday seemed exceptional though, something fouled up the whole of Fulham and Chelsea and the domino effect knocked out all major routes around too. That's an exception, not the rule... even if my TomTom subscription was active and up to date I wouldn't have wired it up just for a cross-town drive.
- StavrosK 14y ago
  You may want to check out Sygic. I use it and it's fantastic, and it's around 30 pounds for all Europe maps and unlimited upgrades of both app and maps.
gnaffle 14y ago
I have a sat nav, but after having driven a car with a HUD once (showing navigation, speed and OCR-read speed limit) I'd love to have Google Glass just get this feature without having to buy a new car.

EvanAnderson 14y ago

Check out Waze. I don't know about London, but it helps commuting around home and really shined when I used in during a trip to Los Angeles. It gives me that "sixth sense" feeling you're talking about.

buro9 14y ago
Neat and deserves linking: http://www.waze.com/ http://www.waze.com/ In principle that looks really good. I probably won't use it though as I really do not trust apps that ask to access information on all my contacts when nothing in what the app appears to do would require it. I don't feel I have permission from my contacts to share their details with someone else. I got to the install screen and backed off.
- StavrosK 14y ago
  This is one of my pet peeves too. I really cannot understand why Android's "Expand permission" box doesn't have a "deny permission" or "prompt before accessing" button.