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I think the friction is because the statement is much worse than "I am a turbo nerd." Glass (rightfully or not) has come to stand for both useless trinkets for
by bri3d 12y ago
I think the friction is because the statement is much worse than "I am a turbo nerd."
Glass (rightfully or not) has come to stand for both useless trinkets for the tech-wealthy and pervasive surveillance of the masses by a large corporation, so wearing it really comes off as saying "I have more money than you and I'm going to use it to let Google record videos of you too!"
A camera-less Google Glass at a lower pricepoint would simply say "I am a turbo nerd" and would probably be much more acceptable.
- cheeko1234 12y agoA camera-less Google Glass is an amazing idea! The question is what features will be lost and what other sensors are needed?
- natch 12y agoUnfortunately Google has already tainted the entire category of eye wearables. It will be very hard to establish acceptance because even if you use a device without a camera, people will think it does have a camera.
- geofft 12y agoI tried taping over the camera in my Glass, because I don't use that feature at all, and I don't want anyone to think I'm using it. It turns out that there's also an ambient light sensor in there that adjusts the brightness, so you can't see anything if you do that. So my Glass goes unused, because I don't feel comfortable wearing it anywhere.
- natch 12y ago>I don't want anyone to think I'm using it. Moot now if you're not using it, but you know, even if your tape was as big as a golf ball, as a passerby I'm not going to know or think that your camera is covered, because I avoid looking anywhere near the things. And for all I know it could be a hardware hacked version with the camera hole elsewhere. So your goal was not being achieved. And it still might be recording audio. If you're wearing it, I have to take your word for it. If you're not, I don't.