Google Glass

[Ram]

^It's not awkward as long as people don't realize you are wearing it' date= and think you are wearing regular spectacles. It does freak people out if they know you are wearing it. I think it will do very well once the product hits a critical mass when people you are interacting with do not feel unsettled by your donning them and/or when there are enough people around you wearing it that you lose the sense of insecurity. I found it to be a really cool gadget, just that it has a long path to social acceptance - long in our modern society can be around 1-5 years if the product is useful.

On the contrary, isn’t that more scary? Would you not want to know if the person standing next to you is wearing a portable recording device that can capture anything you say and everything you do? How is this any different from James Bond style, secret micro-camera embedded in regular looking glasses? On the other hand, I cannot imagine the limitless possibilities Google glass could potentially offer in other, non-social situations. I might even buy one of later versions of these darned things (though I am never likely to wear in the midst of other people).

[vvvslaxman]

I cannot think of one social situation - NOT ONE - where a person can wear this glass and pass for a completely regular person.

http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/google-glass-public-image/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link This was different. The man's tone was urgent, almost accusatory. "Yes," I answered, not stopping — mainly because I was late for my meeting, but also because something felt off about the exchange. "Man, that's scary." Unsure of how to respond, I muttered a semi-sarcastic, "Thanks." "It's not a compliment!" he barked before turning and walking off the other way. That was new. I'd been shot the occasional suspicious look while wearing Google

[vvvslaxman]

I may never ever own it.. I am pretty sure i will break it. I am bad with safeguarding sunglasses, reading glasses.

[Precambrian]

Will go the segway route.

[DomainK]

On the contrary' date= isn’t that more scary? Would you not want to know if the person standing next to you is wearing a portable recording device that can capture anything you say and everything you do? How is this any different from James Bond style, secret micro-camera embedded in regular looking glasses? On the other hand, I cannot imagine the limitless possibilities Google glass could potentially offer in other, non-social situations. I might even buy one of later versions of these darned things (though I am never likely to wear in the midst of other people).

That is going to be a serious issue. Some places have already banned Google glass on their premises. Once released, most people will know what a Google glass looks like and then, there will be serious trust issues.

[hhunaeh]

isn't your smartphone already a portable recording device?You can record conversations even more discreetly than google glass.

[hhunaeh]

Is the lack of discreetness the problem? You are forced to take action when you see a possibility of recording right in front of you but you can ignore the possibility of some using a phone as a pocket recorder because you don't see it?

[Ram]

That is going to be a serious issue. Some places have already banned Google glass on their premises. Once released' date=' most people will know what a Google glass looks like and then, there will be serious trust issues.[/quote'] At the end of the day, if they people think Google glass is a trendy gadget and is useful to them, they are going to buy it. Social acceptance, utility and ‘coolness’ factors will drive Google glass sales and not privacy concerns. Come to think of it, private citizens have already chosen to forego almost all of their privacy anyway by embracing so many current technology tools for social interaction – e-mail, text messaging, phone, Facebook, Instagram, twitter etc. So there’s not much left to compromise anyway.

[Sachin=GOD]

Google Patents Tiny Cameras Embedded In Contact Lenses

Google has a new patent application with the USPTO (via 9to5Google), which takes one of the basic concepts of Glass and extends it even further, embedding tiny cameras that could be embedded in contact lenses for various uses, including photographing what a wearer sees, or providing the basic input for a contact-based assistive device for the visually impaired. Google has previously detailed a plan to build smart contacts that measure blood glucose levels in diabetics to provide non-invasive, constant feedback to both a wearer and potentially their doctor, too. This new system describes uses that could also benefit the medical community, like using input from the camera to spot obstacles and alert a wearer who has vision problems as to their whereabouts. They could also offer up vision augmentation for people with all types of ocular health, and even act as a next-gen platform for a Glass-like computing experience. Obviously, big tech companies patent stuff all the time, and only a fraction of that ever makes it to shipping products. Plus, wearing contacts is something that anyone who doesn’t have to likely won’t warm up to easily. Still, as an assistive device, and an alternative to other, more obvious gadgets and intrusive tech like hearing aids or cochlear implants, this could be a tech that has legs in the near future.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/google-patents-tiny-cameras-embedded-in-contact-lenses/

[Sachin=GOD]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWnjRyWwo9c]FirstBank- Glasses - YouTube[/ame] :cantstop:

[vvvslaxman]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvo6ls7edUQ]Seeds [through Google Glass] - YouTube[/ame] FilmMade with google glass completely.. Nice desi story to boot with.