Google Glasses Announced 249
Eponymous Hero writes "The Geordi La Forge in all of us rejoices as Google announces Google Glasses, the augmented reality glasses that will no doubt spy on everything you look at and target you with ads at that crucial moment. The only question left begging is how soon can we merge them with bionic eye implants?"
merge them with bionic eye implants? (Score:5, Insightful)
I already have a bionic eye implant, and it would work well with these glasses. It would suck having to wear glasses again, though.
I wouldn't want a HUD implanted. You realise you have to have a needle stuck in your eye to get an implant? It doesn't hurt but it does kind of freak you out.
You will be assimilated... if you live long enough. All the cyborgs I know are geezers.
Wow (Score:5, Insightful)
I thought bluetooth headsets enabled people to be oblivious a-holes, but wait till this gets in the hands of the masses.
Always thought I'd love Augmented reality (Score:5, Insightful)
but google dissuaded me of that with one minute of their "in the life of" video.
Hipster Glasses (Score:3, Insightful)
how will they change my life? (Score:5, Insightful)
yes they are cool, but i don't see the usability factor other than it being a smartphone i wear. How will they change my life making them a killer device to buy?
my smartphone makes calls. plays games. plays music and movies. records life events. i use it as my GPS device.etc etc etc.
how will these do it better? from the video it seems their biggest draw is to make you buy stuff right away. i bet the marketers will love them and normal people will hate them
I'd be interested if... (Score:5, Insightful)
...they looked like regular shades and not some "I am a geek" fashion statement. I think it's bad enough seeing social zeros walking around with bluetooth headsets in their ears, although thankfully that practice seems to be on the wane.
I noticed that when the user went to share a photo he just took it went on to his Google+ account. If I have the choice of sharing on Facebook then that'd be cool.
I like the concept though. I wonder if Apple are going to get in on this act with some iShades or something. Augmented reality is becoming common now on the smartphone with apps like Yelp which has a nifty Monocle feature that lets you see all the local businesses nearby just by pointing the phone at your surroundings. Stands to reason that eyewear will end up doing the same thing.
Danger! (Score:5, Insightful)
If you think people with cellphones are dangerous, wait until they start wearing these while driving.
Re:I'm already too plugged in with my iPhone and i (Score:5, Insightful)
Just like your iPhone and iPad, you will be able to turn these off/remove them when you don't want things popping up unbidden in your field of vision. More likely they will be configurable enough to manage the balance between unbidden and on demand behavior. If not, there will be a CyanogenMod build that is configurable enough to tweak to you're liking, including compensating for your profound lack of self-discipline if you can't make yourself unplug on your own.
Happiness only real when shared. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:I'm already too plugged in with my iPhone and i (Score:5, Insightful)
Did you ever look at your parents when you were young and wondered when you'd get to that point where your thought patterns would switch from "cool" to "what we've got is good enough, dagnabbit" and you'd be officially old? Congrats, you're there. Its not a set age, its a state of mind.
Are there going to be problems with these? Sure. Will they be clunky and not good to start with? Of course. Is it the start of "something new", possibly something awesome? Most definitely. Sorry you won't be along for the ride.