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> Flying fighter jets, driving race cars, fighting on a battlefield, working in complex and unsafe industrial operations, etc. You are implying Google Glass w
by olalonde 12y ago
> Flying fighter jets, driving race cars, fighting on a battlefield, working in complex and unsafe industrial operations, etc.
You are implying Google Glass was a failed product but I would argue that discovering those specific applications is precisely what Google sought to achieve by mass releasing the product. I doubt they ever expected Google Glass in its current form to succeed as a consumer product although I bet they'd been happy with that outcome too.
- Jtsummers 12y agoMost of those applications were dreamt of, and to some degree implemented, long before google glass. The F-35 utilizes a "smart helmet" (or whatever the thing is called) that permits the pilot to look through the aircraft in any direction they can turn their head. Cars and aircraft have utilized HUDs for many years (not worn, but that's a limitation of technology at the time). Battlefield combat in Soldier 2.0 and similar initiatives long predates the Google Glass project. These aren't applications discovered with it, these are applications potentially implemented with it or similar tech. I'd wager that video games (primarily the real-time sort) have given more inspiration for applications of AR and proper worn HUDs than Google Glass itself produced.
- Intermernet 12y ago>"The F-35 utilizes a "smart helmet" (or whatever the thing is called)" The Apache helicopter pilots in 1985 had helmet mounted displays (HMDs). I remember being blown away when I first saw a demo. They could select a target by looking at it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet-mounted_display http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet-mounted_display
- olalonde 12y agoI meant novel applications they hadn't anticipated, not the ones you listed. Sorry if I was unclear in my comment.