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An unnecessarily pedantic review of Glass. Some valid points related to its beta status (voice recognition not yet up to scratch), and some moderate warnings fo

by grrowl 12y ago

An unnecessarily pedantic review of Glass. Some valid points related to its beta status (voice recognition not yet up to scratch), and some moderate warnings for potential Explorers (the earbud is proprietary and doesn't stay in the ear), some are just chances to whinge: "Glass can provide turn-by-turn driving directions, but it uses your phone's data service" (obviously), and amazingly "Google Glass Explorers climb mountains ... You don't do those things." I guess the take away is, buy gadgets to achieve things, don't buy gadgets to buy gadgets.

danellis 12y ago
Also, the eye contact thing: you're not supposed to use Glass while you're having a conversation with someone any more than you would pull out your phone and look at it in the middle of a conversation. The fact that it's there and convenient isn't an excuse for being rude.
- cookiecaper 12y ago
  But it's probably substantially more difficult to maintain eye contact when a section of your eye is covered by a fixed HUD, even if you're trying.
- leoc 12y ago
  Taking Glass off to talk to people then putting it back on again all day would be burdensome, especially if you have prescription lenses fitted in it.
  - Navarr 12y ago
    I think his point was don't turn it on and look at it? Notifications don't turn the screen on, only an active application would have the screen on. Most of the time it's off, such as when you're talking to someone
    - leoc 12y ago
      Duh, you're right of course.
goblin89 12y ago
My takeaway is the opposite—you buy Glass to buy Glass. A wearable computer with 1 hour battery life isn't practical, any your expectations won't be met, but you can be closer to the future so that you invent appropriately. Think problem-oriented vs. idea/tool-oriented mindset, illustrated by Alan Kay in his talk The Future Doesn't Have to Be Incremental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAghAJcO1o#t=1096 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAghAJcO1o#t=1096. As you surround yourself with tools of the future, you can think of problems and solutions no one else sees (problem-finding as opposed to -solving).

by grrowl 12y ago

danellis 12y ago

Also, the eye contact thing: you're not supposed to use Glass while you're having a conversation with someone any more than you would pull out your phone and look at it in the middle of a conversation. The fact that it's there and convenient isn't an excuse for being rude.

cookiecaper 12y ago
But it's probably substantially more difficult to maintain eye contact when a section of your eye is covered by a fixed HUD, even if you're trying.
leoc 12y ago
Taking Glass off to talk to people then putting it back on again all day would be burdensome, especially if you have prescription lenses fitted in it.
- Navarr 12y ago
  I think his point was don't turn it on and look at it? Notifications don't turn the screen on, only an active application would have the screen on. Most of the time it's off, such as when you're talking to someone
  - leoc 12y ago
    Duh, you're right of course.

goblin89 12y ago

My takeaway is the opposite—you buy Glass to buy Glass. A wearable computer with 1 hour battery life isn't practical, any your expectations won't be met, but you can be closer to the future so that you invent appropriately. Think problem-oriented vs. idea/tool-oriented mindset, illustrated by Alan Kay in his talk The Future Doesn't Have to Be Incremental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAghAJcO1o#t=1096 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAghAJcO1o#t=1096. As you surround yourself with tools of the future, you can think of problems and solutions no one else sees (problem-finding as opposed to -solving).