Comments on: Google Project Glass: Siri or Clippy?

By: The Wandering Sage

The Wandering Sage — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:46:00 +0000

If this, like Siri, will provide data on demand as well as give you relevant information about things you are looking at (easily done if connected to a smartphone, although a feature that should be able to be turned off) this would become a gloriously handy tool. If one could watch a how-to video overlaid on the project then life is made better. If while looking at a painting information about it and the artist pops up then life is made better. If it is Google goggles crammed into a looxcie then it’s a profound waste of time.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Hey…. How you doing?

By: Johnnie

Johnnie — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Looks cool to me… as with most things though… the devil is in the details.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:27:00 +0000

The fact that you don’t give a ____ has nothing to do with the FACT that Apple is a top producer. Fact vs Opinion. You see the difference? When you make billions and have billions on hand in cash reserves, you will be a top contender too. But for now, you’re just a poor Towa Tei imitator.

By: Louis B

Louis B — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:45:00 +0000

No I brought nothing up. I said why everything has to be compared w Apple. And you said Apple is a top manufacturer w their Siri BS. That’s what I dont give a shit about. Most overrated company and program ever.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:46:00 +0000

Apple or not, this is not technology I want. We don’t need to be connected 24/7 bombarded by information left and right.

By: Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex

Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Or instructions for rebuilding an engine – so much better without having to look at a book then back a thousand times…

By: Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex

Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:06:00 +0000

What about wireless Bluetooth headphones?

By: Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex

Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:05:00 +0000

I sure am not going to use them like the guy in the video, but there are a lot of ways to make them useful. GPS is one, but I think I’ll just read my emails, RSS feeds, have the tasks I need to do today in front of me, as well as having the instructions to say, setting up a router or something in front of me without having to look at my smartphone or browser tab then back a hundred times..

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:45:00 +0000

Put an Apple symbol on it and the reaction would be different and called revolutionary. I rather have my hands free and looking at where I am walking instead of holding something with one or two hands looking down walking. This would make driving easier especially with the GPS.

By: Jeroham Ortiz

Jeroham Ortiz — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Exactly, well said.

By: Jeroham Ortiz

Jeroham Ortiz — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:21:00 +0000

I differ from the point of view of the writer. This is NOT similar to Siri or Clippy. The device itself is just a Heads Up Display. So its up to the developers and the users to create and enable information that is displayed on it.

If you want to enable only calendar reminders and call reminders, you do. Disable obstructive (bigger, centered) notifications, you do. Its better and no different than taking out your phone and see the notifications on its screen which we do while walking, driving, etc…

What we shouldn’t do is to read the entire message or take a video call while walking, driving..

By: Jeroham Ortiz

Jeroham Ortiz — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:12:00 +0000

It also applies to walking persons. Some people get distracted by their cell phone/pda/mp3 and walk into traffic. So, yes, it represents a potential danger.

Although changing a CD or radio station , or even checking your current speed can distract you for that fateful half a second when that car/truck/pedestrian came out of nowhere

It happened to me: a quick sneeze and reared the car in front of me which stopped dead on a highway. Minimal damage because I had (almost) the proper distance, but still a pain to go through insurance and repairs.

By: Republicantraitor

Republicantraitor — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:38:00 +0000

Can’t wait to have a 4G antenna attached to my head all day long. I really can’t wait to see the data overage bill when I used up ten gigs transmitting video chats to my GF instead of calling her on the phone. I really just can’t wait for the inevitable getting ripped off for a first gen product and doing all of that beta testing for google at top dollar.

By: milton sanchez

milton sanchez — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:31:00 +0000

Apple boys are mad! take my money!

By: companyemails

companyemails — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:13:00 +0000

How is this any more of an overlay than a heads up display of the same kind that is already used on airplanes and some cars? Do keep in mind that this is not some screen completely covering your field of vision either. it is set as a reference point slightly above one of your eyes – again, like a heads up display information unit.

By: Em

Em — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:56:00 +0000

Oh this is perfect!! I’ll be able to leave the house again! I can’t possibly live day-to-day life, with all its various outside errands and activities, without a computer and internet access. Just don’t mind me when I just dead stop in front of you while we’re walking through a store or down the street, I’m just checking directions so I don’t have to suffer human interaction to ask where the music department or the hip little coffee truck is. Likewise, ignore me if I stop mid sentence to you to start speaking to my glasses; I’m not trying to be rude, but the all important technology on my face is letting me know I have a message. It will be so lovely to get outside and enjoy the world with minimal interaction with it.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:48:00 +0000

Hah! Doggon typos! They are a top manufacturer/producer.

By: Em

Em — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:46:00 +0000

*top, not tap

See what proof-reading does for you? :)

By: Em

Em — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:45:00 +0000

“…there was a top manufacturers…”

Where was a tap manufacturer and what about them?

By: gekkobear

gekkobear — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:41:00 +0000

Right, having an overlay blocking a portion of your view and interrupting you is a great idea for tourists and truckers and drivers.

Go ahead and try that, say a trial run for the next month… oh me? Yeah, I’ll be in a cabin in the woods for the next month. Just a coincidence though, I’m sure all the distracted inattentive truckers and drivers will be doing awesome and not crashing into things right and left. And all the lost tourists blindly following instructions for a map that is 3 years old won’t end up causing any problems.

Any other good ideas? Maybe we can have pilots wear eyepatches, but on both eyes. I mean a pirate eyepatch is cool, but a double eyepatch is even more awesome, right?

By: DigDug2010

DigDug2010 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:53:00 +0000

I totally agree. Somehow I hope one can figure out a suitable method. Hmm, maybe if the glasses can detect that the wearer is in front of a steering wheel/dashboard then the glasses automatically shut down?

By: companyemails

companyemails — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:45:00 +0000

As I see it this is a great idea for people like tourists, truckers or general drivers (having it act like a heads up display for their car. I can see Museums loving something like this as well.

By: Bas Grolleman

Bas Grolleman — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Question is, how to go about that. It’s not enough to detect movement, because that would interrupt me from using it in the train as well.

By: spacem00se

spacem00se — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Id rather see someone release a fully immersed VR googles, so I can dust off my copy of Descent II.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:19:00 +0000

Well I’d want to wait until the project is further along to throw my lot in wholeheartedly, but it looks really promising. Well…that is until nanomachines can transmit the data straight to our cerebral cortex and bypass our eyes altogether :)

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:56:00 +0000

Because youuuu brought it up.

By: Louis B

Louis B — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:55:00 +0000

I should give a shit about it because?

By: Michael Crider

Michael Crider — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:51:00 +0000

You’re getting paid extra for this stuff? Send me some of your assignments, Chris – I’ve got to save up for Project Glass.

By: DigDug2010

DigDug2010 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:50:00 +0000

Sadly, if such a thing comes to fruition, you just KNOW that idiots in droves will be wearing/using whilst driving, which will make cell/txt while driving seem like childs play.

Somehow they have to assure that a device like this will not function, in any way shape or form, in a vehicle that has its engine on.

By: Number01pup

Number01pup — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:49:00 +0000

ONCE AGAIN. . . . . THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FUCKING SIRI. ITS a GOOGLE AND ANDROID POWERED HEADS UP DISPLAY. SIRI is a FUCKING JOKE.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:11:00 +0000

Apple bought Siri. It was and remains within a smaller segment of users. Also, apple is at the top of their game and there was a top manufacturers so they are highly relevant here.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Love the video. Unlike clippy, the glasses can be removed. I would be worried by ads though.

By: Georgebiju6

Georgebiju6 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:56:00 +0000

Project glass looks like an interesting device with lots of benefits. We were all surprised at Bluetooth in the beginning and got used to it eventually.

By: Chris Davies

Chris Davies — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:56:00 +0000

Um, which competition?

By: duh

duh — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:55:00 +0000

Steve, is that you?

By: plunder

plunder — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:53:00 +0000

The tomscott video was great. “no photons were molested in the production of this video”.

By: pluckduckluck

pluckduckluck — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:52:00 +0000

The device itself doesn’t hold any interest for me. However as a proof of concept, the potential applications are intriguing.

By: Andreas Marconi

Andreas Marconi — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:47:00 +0000

This needs to be better than both Clippy and Siri. Siri was a step in the right direction, but it’s still fundamentally flawed. Project Glass has to be quicker than Siri and more functional than Siri, and it might have a shot. Anything less though and it’ll be another expensive beta failure from Google.

By: Smail Buzzby

Smail Buzzby — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:45:00 +0000

Why not wait until a product exists before slamming or loving it? Haven’t these ‘tech’ sites learned how stupid they look making predictions about the next model of iWhatever? Here they are speculating way beyond whether or not their beloved, disposable, over-priced revenue stream will get an upgraded camera…here you are very clearly talking about something that you know nothing about.
(Warning, sarcasm follows) Siri? Yeah, Siri is awfully useful…that is why you see so many people using it. All of the time. Everywhere. I cannot go anywhere without tripping over a few people who are yelling at their iPhones. Definitely not a worthless feature like Clippy.