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Which is useful the first few times someone is in a new area. Which doesn't describe enough people often enough to normalize wearing a computer on your face.
by roc 13y ago
Which is useful the first few times someone is in a new area. Which doesn't describe enough people often enough to normalize wearing a computer on your face. Particularly when we all have pocket computers which can do much the same thing, without the extra expense, social stigma or the assumption that a person is physically located in the area being browsed.
(Sure, you could use google glass to peruse yelp reviews for the street outside while you sit in a lobby, but you gain almost none of the sci-fi AR experience)
The apps that justify HUDs are situations where you could benefit from augmented reality apps/guides/references but your hands are likely otherwise occupied.
e.g. mechanics, building inspectors, surgeons, etc.
- Pxtl 13y agoThinking of a more consumer-application-world of "can't type, hands busy": Joggers and cyclists. Also, the Glass API could easily be reused in a car - keep the software, but use a windshield-mounted GPS-style screen/camera instead of the hardware.
- roc 13y agoAgain, how many joggers or cyclists are interested in spot-data during a run? EDIT: to clarify: it's not just "hands busy, can't type". It's "hands busy, can't type, but would benefit from concurrent computing enough to justify the cost of a dedicated face-computer" And in-car HUDs have been available for years and people don't seem to care. Putting GPS instructions up there might get more attention [1], but at the point that Glass is merely beaming data to a remote display, it loses any advantages of its form factor. The API could be re-used but good luck getting car manufacturers to decide on a standard for such things, let alone a standard from an outside party. [1] though suffering from the same problem of "browsing a street full of business": how often do most people really need GPS, that marginally-improved GPS access is worth a non-trivial cost?
- Pxtl 13y agoA voice-interface and heads-up GUI to normal existing jogger/cyclists audio information - location, velocity, music control, messages, etc. would be fine. But that's not a $1000 device featureset.