Apple working on iPhone-killer: GLASSES!?

[Mr. Analog]

Hah, they can't use Google Glass anyway

THEY HAVE NO EYES

[Darren Dirt]

Hah, they can't use Google Glass anyway

THEY HAVE NO EYES

Soon, to be connected to The Hive 24/7, eyes won't even be NEEDED, sir:
http://techcrunch.com/tag/panopticon/

Enjoy your individuality while you still can...


PS: obv. with this whole "exciting new Google Glass coming soon to the consumer market" hysteria, gotta be said that the individual pieces of technology to make this happen are not new, it's just that putting it together in this kind of package for the masses is what's new.

But is it really?
see also: http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html
and Youtube 1 on 1 interview: "Cyborg Luddite" Steve Mann on Singularity, nature, and technology (see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeTap )

[Mr. Analog]

Do you mean individuality in public where we're already filmed from multiple angles?

[Darren Dirt]

Do you mean individuality in public where we're already filmed from multiple angles?

Yeah, but now even Jo Knuckledragger is gonna be capturing your mug too!


I just found an interesting collection of what's new[ish] in this field of Wearable Computing...
http://wearcam.org/html5slides/mannkeynotes/hydraulikos.html

[Mr. Analog]

Think of all the people out there today taking photos in public spaces, how many photos are you in that are posted on the internet already? Joe Knuckledragger has been photographing you in public since before you were born, Joe's been able to instantly transmit that to the internet since the early 00s

Not only is the genie out of the bottle, but the bottle has long since been recycled and the genie is happily married with three pixies at home and expensive carpet payments to keep up with.

[Thorin]

Umm, it's easier to film with current smartphones than with Google Glass, and the video will be sharper, the audio crisper, and the device will last longer.  It's already very common for people to film all manner of things with their smartphones, including other people while out and about the town.

At present, Google Glass's camera quality appears about four years behind.

And the claim that you can't tell if someone is filming you when they're talking you because there's no LED?  Well, 30 seconds with a sharpie and you won't be able to tell that my phone is recording, either.  And if it's in my hand and my hand is hanging down by my side, that can turn into a much more embarrassing angle to record from than face-to-face.

[Darren Dirt]

At present, Google Glass's camera quality appears about four years behind.

funny you picked that # of years.

The TED Talk I linked to above = from 2009.

And apparently Google was(is?) helping him to develop his software idea (aka "Sixth Sense Technology")!
https://code.google.com/p/sixthsense/wiki/Software

Not only is the genie out of the bottle, but the bottle has long since been recycled and the genie is happily married with three pixies at home and expensive carpet payments to keep up with.

Never had a friend like...


ps: notice I said "Jo Knuckledragger", Y U NO GENDER-NEUTRAL?

[Mr. Analog]

Because of all the pictures I've seen so far of people wearing Google Glass they have all been white CIS males, or at least didn't appear genderqueer.

**BOOOSH**

[Darren Dirt]

On the subject of Google Glass, etc. a Toronto educator named Steve Mann = cyborg for 30 years.

Here's a recent keynote (34 minutes) he gave at the 2013 "Augmented World Expo*"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhVdTFcR6TA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~mann/


PS: not content being a trailblazer for technology and sociology, looks like he might be "world's first victim of a cybernetic hate crime"?
http://o.canada.com/technology/mcdonalds-denies-toronto-cyborg-steve-mann-altercation/




* other keynotes @ http://www.youtube.com/user/AugmentedRealityOrg/search?query=keynote

[Darren Dirt]

Google's wearable smart device (i.e. "Google Watch", the gadget not the paranoid website) = some suggestions:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/07/heres-what-would-make-googles-smartwatch-awesome

[Darren Dirt]

On the subject of Google Glass, etc.

...Microsoft's "Holo Lens" is trying to be something completely different (for one thing, not "hidden" and not "wear it all the time")

http://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2015/01/28/microsoft-hololens-gets-faces-wearables-right

because apparently "Google Glass tried to be hidden, good at everything and to be worn all day and it failed." (agreed?)

[Mr. Analog]

I think Microsoft is trying to push this as a screen alternative with limited applications (basically a HUD / wearable monitor) whereas Glass was supposed to be an always on appliance you integrate into your every day. I don't think either applications has any real traction, I expect this to die off quickly

RE: Steve Mann should have been an example to Google about how the general public would react to somebody walking around with a wearable computer recording everything. The man has not had an easy life, at least that's what I get from documentaries about him (so take with a grain of salt I guess)

[Darren Dirt]

On the subject of Google Glass, etc.

...Microsoft's "Holo Lens" is trying to be something completely different (for one thing, not "hidden" and not "wear it all the time")

http://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2015/01/28/microsoft-hololens-gets-faces-wearables-right

because apparently "Google Glass tried to be hidden, good at everything and to be worn all day and it failed." (agreed?)

More info about the Microsoft Hololens http://time.com/3842334/microsoft-hololens-alex-kipman

[Mr. Analog]

The API for it looks kind of neat

I'm still unsure of actual use cases that aren't already provided by more dedicated systems. Time will tell, it's taken forever for wearables to become a thing, but they're slowly creeping in

[Darren Dirt]

The API for it looks kind of neat

I'm still unsure of actual use cases that aren't already provided by more dedicated systems. Time will tell, it's taken forever for wearables to become a thing, but they're slowly creeping in

It's kinda cool that Microsoft isn't giving up being cutting-edge: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/technology/microsoft-yes-microsoft-has-a-far-out-vision.html (via http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/40-busy-years-later-a-microsoft-founder-considers-his-creation/ )