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Those look mad fresh
WTF... And no.
http://gizmodo.com/5899091/google-pr...-in-the-future
Google Glasses First Look: Would You Wear These Augmented Reality Specs?
We first heard rumors about Google's augmented reality glasses a few months ago, and now in a post on Google Plus, the company revealed "Project Glass" along with some early concepts and prototype designs. These specs look like the freaky science fiction concept they are. Would you wear them, though?
Watch this video of what the world would look like from behind these glasses. It's like Iron Man except instead of important world-saving information you're answering your friend's text messages and learning about delays on the subway. The Google[x] team that's working on the project says they've opened it up to the public to solicit ideas about what people actually want from a set of augmented reality specs.
From what we can see in the video, Google Glasses basically seem like a smartphone notification system that allows you to respond to notifications in with your voice. Without actually trying the glasses on, the experience seems like something not only useful, but enjoyable. People might actually wear them if they can get over how nerdy they look.
And the glasses look very nerdy indeed! Google rounded up some pretty hip-looking kids to model the prototypes, and man they really are not cool looking. Instead of something out of visionary sci-fi, the glasses look like what the nerds buried in basement laboratories wear—and not in the good way. But remember, these are only prototypes. Plus, if the functionality of the glasses is incredible, it won't matter one bit how they look. If the rumors hold up, and Google plans to have these out by the holidays, we'll know by the end of the year. [Google+ via New York Times]
Last edited by Spurminator; 04-04-2012 at 02:40 PM.
Those look mad fresh
Looks like they won't be available to the white male.
No.
I'd much rather just kick back in my regular specs and watch everyone else crash into each other because they're walking down busy streets with maps, texts, and notifications blocking their field of vision.
I can't envision myself wearing those.
So Google is no longer content to just guess at how much porn I check out based on my search history, they now want to look at it with me. That's just creepy.
Why would I want to make a spectacle of myself?
Perhaps if they were presented in the proper framework I would.
Go yourself old timer. You haven't been funny since your denture commercial.
Great, so now you no only can't tell if someone is talking to you because of their hidden headset, you cannot tell if they are looking at you.
How about just duct tape a tablet PC to their face and walk around like that?
That doesn't seem as practical.
At least you would know they aren't looking at you.
Yes. That's true.
But it would pull the out of their hair when they wanted to log off.
Is that really the best looking Asian-Mexican-Arab-Eskimo they could find?
damn people are idiotic with their "need" for these devices.
Who in the would EVER want this??? What is the benefit? It's too ing hard to look at your phone?!?!
Are you serious?
lol, already got your pre-order in?
No. But I can't say that I don't see any benefits.
i guess if you want your computer screen one inch from your eye than you might see that as a benefit
Years from now, we're going to realize that we've already evolved into the greys. Every attribute and characteristic that abductees and encounterees mention about them can be explained by technology.
Only a chump would waste that much money. Just get one of these "As Seen On TV" 2 for $10 suction cup Gojo things and turn it around so your phone screen hangs over your eye. Exact same thing! DUH!!
https://www.gojohandsfree.com/?tag=i...a_bid=57281d62
...aaaaaand that's why i didn't want to respond to you in the first place.
Dude in white tee shirt:
The Good: The hilarious trend of juvenile deliquents getting caught because they either taped themselves or bragged about some crime on social media is destined to come back in a big way with these things, if only because they'll forget to take these things off before doing something.
The Bad: I'm no member of the tinfoil hat brigade, but if I were one of the supreme government overlords running things from the shadows I would know that in a post-Orwell world it would raise a whole lot of red flags to even the dumbest of citizens if it were mandated that people should start wearing GPS enabled cameras on their head. So what would I do? I'd package those GPS enabled forehead cams as The Next Big Thing for the young and the hip.
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