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I used to work in the "Self-guided tours for Museums" industry. That was an area I could see Glass being legitimately useful. Walking through a museum, seeing

I used to work in the "Self-guided tours for Museums" industry. That was an area I could see Glass being legitimately useful. Walking through a museum, seeing something you were interested in, and having more information about it read to you be someone knowledgeable almost instantly is a great User Experience.

jameshart 12y ago
Much like Segway became useful only for guided city tours. It's presumably only a matter of time before Segway tour operators start augmenting their operations with google glass heads-up annotations.
kolencherry 12y ago
Guidigo is actually doing exactly this.
dannyr 12y ago
Yeah, somebody already built that for Google Glass. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27234868/museum-2-0-google-glass-apps-and-interactive http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27234868/museum-2-0-g... The de Young Museum's partnership with Google, and the exhibit-tour app created specifically for Glass, is one of the most thrilling experiments yet. Billed by French app-maker GuidiGO as the first-ever tour of a complete exhibition on Glass, the augmented-reality effects unfolding within my wearable device made me feel less like a detached spectator and more like a privileged guest at an intimate salon. With one eye on the actual painting before me, I could tap and slide my finger along the Glass stem and call up text or images or an audio interpretation of the piece by Haring's sister, Kristen, who teaches history of science and technology at Stanford University.
stock_toaster 12y ago
I had assumed it would be of great utility to police, fire, and emergency personnel. Of utility for the personnel themselves (pop up display of criminal record info, maps, home owner info, etc), but also for the safety of the citizens (recording, etc) they are serving.
- lnanek2 12y ago
  There already are better products for that though: http://www.mygoldeni.com/ http://www.mygoldeni.com/
rasz_pl 12y ago
Its an app idea, not a brand new >$1K hardware idea.

jameshart 12y ago

Much like Segway became useful only for guided city tours. It's presumably only a matter of time before Segway tour operators start augmenting their operations with google glass heads-up annotations.

kolencherry 12y ago

Guidigo is actually doing exactly this.

dannyr 12y ago

Yeah, somebody already built that for Google Glass. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27234868/museum-2-0-google-glass-apps-and-interactive http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27234868/museum-2-0-g... The de Young Museum's partnership with Google, and the exhibit-tour app created specifically for Glass, is one of the most thrilling experiments yet. Billed by French app-maker GuidiGO as the first-ever tour of a complete exhibition on Glass, the augmented-reality effects unfolding within my wearable device made me feel less like a detached spectator and more like a privileged guest at an intimate salon. With one eye on the actual painting before me, I could tap and slide my finger along the Glass stem and call up text or images or an audio interpretation of the piece by Haring's sister, Kristen, who teaches history of science and technology at Stanford University.

stock_toaster 12y ago

I had assumed it would be of great utility to police, fire, and emergency personnel. Of utility for the personnel themselves (pop up display of criminal record info, maps, home owner info, etc), but also for the safety of the citizens (recording, etc) they are serving.

lnanek2 12y ago
There already are better products for that though: http://www.mygoldeni.com/ http://www.mygoldeni.com/

rasz_pl 12y ago

Its an app idea, not a brand new >$1K hardware idea.