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I was really excited about Glass back when it came out. I bought one as a college student to develop on, and it helped me make connections that got me to where

I was really excited about Glass back when it came out. I bought one as a college student to develop on, and it helped me make connections that got me to where I am today, however I was a little disappointed with all the stigma that grew around it. It makes me feel like the true intentions of the Glass project was a social experiment by Google to introduce something quite controversial and see how it fared in the current social/technology climate in America. I could never bring myself to wear it in public due to the animosity and perpetuating "Glasshole" mentality. I recently sold it on eBay after living in its box for a few months.

rmchugh 12y ago
> the true intentions of the Glass project was a social experiment by Google to introduce something quite controversial and see how it fared in the current social/technology climate in America. Honestly I think the true intentions of Google Glass were exactly what they claimed to be. It's really a testament to the problems of letting engineers make decisions on consumer technology. The social problems of Glass were obvious as soon as they were exposed to real users, so the question is, how on earth did they manage to spend so much money and time developing the product without doing the slightest bit of user research beforehand? I mean really. I know Google has money to burn, but this is just ridiculous.
- Pxtl 12y ago
  If the social problem of Glass were its only challenge, the product still could have launched properly. But that's only the beginning of the Glass troubles. I mean, they were demoing prototypes over two years ago and they still don't have a real product?