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| Google unveils Project Glass |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-04-04 17:09:46 |
| It happened when I first used a PalmOS device. It happened when I first used the BeOS. It happened when I first used an iPhone. And now it's happened by just watching a video - that sense that there's no need to wait for the future, because it's already here. Google has just unveiled its augmented reality glasses, Project Glass, and it will blow you away. |
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| Glass Quest! |
| By korpenkraxar on 2012-04-04 17:29:45 |
| Cool, but only if I can have it in 8-bit NES mode ;-) |
 - Score: 11 |
| Tech Specs |
| By jburnett on 2012-04-04 17:37:37 |
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Too bad they don't give the tech specs for the glasses. Used to play with this stuff back in college. It was fun, but the devil was always in the details: resolution, virtual/physical world registration, processing power, battery life, weight, fragility. These appear to be monoptic. Unless a lot has changed in the last few years, monoptic AR glasses feel weird. Of course bioptic glasses have all kinds of problems with inter-pupillary distance which need to be worked out. |
| - Score: 6 |
| Reminds me of.......... |
| By Tony Swash on 2012-04-04 18:02:33 |
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...the IKEA catalogue scene in Fight Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d... I think watching little adverts appear all around you all the time will be awesome ;) |
| - Score: 5 |
| It will raise a bunch of questions ... |
| By Tuishimi on 2012-04-04 18:27:54 |
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...regarding safety. I can see the lawmakers chomping at the bit now. I was always hoping for cerebral implants and bionic eyes. :) But again, how could that be regulated so that you aren't surfing the web while you are driving and such. Even if the device is smart and disallows such things while driving, there are always ways around limitations... |
| - Score: 3 |
| O_O |
| By gan17 on 2012-04-04 18:32:56 |
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So in the near future, when I walk into a local cafe, instead of seeing people staring into their phones and tablets being all antisocial, I'm gonna see people staring (and talking) into thin air. Kinda creepy. Nice concept. Would be nice if someone made a motorcycle helmet/visor with that technology (bigger field of view compared to glasses when riding). I could get satnav, have conversations, take a video of my ride, and possibly write out my last will and testament (and maybe even order a coffin) right before I ride into the back of a trailer. :D The phone-sex industry definitely has the brightest of futures, though. Edit: The glasses look kinda dorky, but the contact lens concept is downright scary. Retina displays just got a lot more... retina. Edited 2012-04-04 18:44 UTC |
| - Score: 5 |
| Connexus |
| By jackastor on 2012-04-04 18:34:09 |
| Hopefully they won't cause quite the disaster that the Connexus did in Appleseed. http://appleseed.wikia.com/wiki/... |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: Reminds me of.......... |
| By BallmerKnowsBest on 2012-04-04 19:00:34 |
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> ...the IKEA catalogue scene in Fight Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d... I think watching little adverts appear all around you all the time will be awesome ;) As opposed to the Apple version, which will work like this: http://plif.courageunfettered.co... |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE: O_O |
| By Pro-Competition on 2012-04-04 19:18:26 |
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> So in the near future, when I walk into a local cafe, instead of seeing people staring into their phones and tablets being all antisocial, I'm gonna see people staring (and talking) into thin air. Kinda creepy. Not just creepy - infuriatingly irritating. They'd better come up with a better control mechanism than speech. There are many occasions where speaking to your device(s) is not acceptable. That said, I am very interested in the concept, especially if they make it 3D. But I want control over what the device shares with Big Brother. This concept has some potential for good, but even more for ill. |
| - Score: 3 |
| Welcome back 90`s |
| By tyrone on 2012-04-04 19:50:51 |
| the idea is not new but what they now invest is in the software and that is the diffrence to the oldern time :-) |
| - Score: 2 |
| Comment by MORB |
| By MORB on 2012-04-04 21:39:59 |
| I'm eagerly waiting for the first time a malicious app suddenly fills someone's field of vision with goatse. |
| - Score: 4 |
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