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This is awesome. I wonder why this is not the default (inbuilt) way of taking pictures. Before they made it more obvious, I was actually thinking this would be

This is awesome. I wonder why this is not the default (inbuilt) way of taking pictures. Before they made it more obvious, I was actually thinking this would be the way to click pictures in a glass.

sdfjkl 14y ago
Because randomly winking at people might give them the wrong idea.
- NegativeK 14y ago
  If I saw someone winking in my direction like the author did in the video, I'd assume they have something in their eye.
- panacea 14y ago
  It's certainly going to be creepy if someone who you're not comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses and winks at you. That would still be creepy without the gGlasses though. It's also going to be creepy if someone who you currently are comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses. "Mate... take them off please" All roads lead to creepsville in normal social situations, unless the person is using them to augment something like adventure sports, visiting an exhibition or the like (which is why Google chose to lead with those marketing videos and demos obviously) I wear different shit when I go hiking or skiing. I don't do my daily commute wearing ski goggles. The barrier to surmount for this to become acceptable rather than creepy-couture or ubiquitous in normal daily activities is possibly insurmountable for the foreseeable future (admittedly that's my wishful thinking, and I say this as someone who doesn't live in the Silicon Valley area).
  - randallsquared 14y ago
    If this is to replace taking your phone out of your pocket or bag (as Brin suggests it has for him in a TED talk), it'll be used everywhere. Personally, I can't wait. :)
k-mcgrady 14y ago
- Not everyone can wink well - Some people can wink with one eye and not the other. With this they would be forced to wink with a specific eye, possibly the one they can't wink with. - It's a little creepy
lurkinggrue 14y ago
How about a "Watch" that is a touch pad.

This is awesome. I wonder why this is not the default (inbuilt) way of taking pictures. Before they made it more obvious, I was actually thinking this would be the way to click pictures in a glass.

sdfjkl 14y ago

Because randomly winking at people might give them the wrong idea.

NegativeK 14y ago
If I saw someone winking in my direction like the author did in the video, I'd assume they have something in their eye.
panacea 14y ago
It's certainly going to be creepy if someone who you're not comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses and winks at you. That would still be creepy without the gGlasses though. It's also going to be creepy if someone who you currently are comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses. "Mate... take them off please" All roads lead to creepsville in normal social situations, unless the person is using them to augment something like adventure sports, visiting an exhibition or the like (which is why Google chose to lead with those marketing videos and demos obviously) I wear different shit when I go hiking or skiing. I don't do my daily commute wearing ski goggles. The barrier to surmount for this to become acceptable rather than creepy-couture or ubiquitous in normal daily activities is possibly insurmountable for the foreseeable future (admittedly that's my wishful thinking, and I say this as someone who doesn't live in the Silicon Valley area).
- randallsquared 14y ago
  If this is to replace taking your phone out of your pocket or bag (as Brin suggests it has for him in a TED talk), it'll be used everywhere. Personally, I can't wait. :)

k-mcgrady 14y ago

- Not everyone can wink well - Some people can wink with one eye and not the other. With this they would be forced to wink with a specific eye, possibly the one they can't wink with. - It's a little creepy

lurkinggrue 14y ago

How about a "Watch" that is a touch pad.