ill wait for the contact lens version that apple bring out.....
That... would be awesome, since I wear contacts.
It also makes me wonder if it would be unusable with prescription lenses, and if it could work with normal contacts.
Again, I never said people are going to go out and buy a 1 pixel contact lens.
I never even said it would be viable in the next 10 years. I said "distant future" (20+ years?).
You on the other hand explicitly said that there will "never" be a market for it.
Of course a direct interface with the mind will eventually happen. The contact lens will probably logically come first though.
It seems to me like google is just throwing everything they can think of against the wall and waiting to see what sticks. Let's look at this objectively:
- It performs basic mobile functions and nothing else
- You have to talk to it to make it work, which will be very annoying in public
- You have to wear a very unflattering pair of glasses
- It is outrageously expensive
What, exactly, is the appeal of this device? Who is it for? Skydivers who don't want to buy one of those go cameras?
For tech that's so far away from being feasible, you seem way too invested in this being "the future".
It seems to me like google is just throwing everything they can think of against the wall and waiting to see what sticks. Let's look at this objectively:
- It performs basic mobile functions and nothing else
- You have to talk to it to make it work, which will be very annoying in public
- You have to wear a very unflattering pair of glasses
- It is outrageously expensive
What, exactly, is the appeal of this device? Who is it for? Skydivers who don't want to buy one of those go cameras?
Judging by how they priced the Chromebook Pixel, I wouldn't be surprised.Sooooooo...that means $1,499?
I can see some major accidents occurring with this device. Your peripheral vision is effectively shot when focussing on an object an inch from your eye. It is theoretically safer to use your smart phone while holding it on your steering wheel while driving. At least your peripheral vision of oncoming object is not as obscured.
We'll see.
So basically you are paying $1500 to help Google improve their mapping and advertising? They no longer need mapping cars. Think of all the people walking around with these on and google is retaining everything these glasses see.
Screens hovering in front of our faces as we passively cruise down the road in self-driving cars?
Reminds me of a movie I saw once.
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Yeah - I remember that movie too. The scenario also describes taking a ride in a lot of theme parks.
Screens and robotic cars don't worry me as much as people getting so reliant on social networking/internet/etc that it completely replaces real life human interaction - like in Asimov's Naked Sun.
Either way, I'm curious to see the evolution of Google Glass.
Think whatever you want, at least google is innovating at the moment. Can't say the same about Apple.
I'm waiting for the Apple iGlass.