I think glass as a physical product looks cool, and I don't yet have enough paranoia as part of my day-to-day that I'd feel weird about somebody wearing it around me. But I can't see wearing one all day, there's simply no use-case I can think of for me to have one on while sitting at my desk at work.
I like the idea of a head mounted display that doesn't block your vision. It's too bad it's not a true hud. That's going to limit the applications tremendously.
I like having a camera on it. I agree with this article's assessment about the quality of the pictures.
It's great getting directions while hands free, I can almost get those today on my phone with a pair of headphones. Once I set the destination, it becomes hands free. I can even listen to music/podcast at the same time and even have my phone record my distance with an exercise app.
About audio only I can hear, headphones work fine for this and it doesn't feel like a brain worm is burrowing in.
It's almost like you can get 90% of the glass experience with your phone in your pocket, a pair of $10 headphones and a bluetooth google now button on your wrist (fictional). I'd say add in a clip on display or something for a hud but there appears to be incredibly few of those around...and the ones that are out there are bulky enough to by mistaken for a orthodontics headgear...
and I guess that's where glass really is great, I just wish I could repurpose the display a bit...
it's kind of "meh" right now, but we'll see where the apps take it
I think they look really lame. Good side is that at some point in the future, there'll be a better looking product and we can look back at these old photos from 2013 where people were running around with "bricks" on their glasses and above the ear.
I think the visual component is important, but you could otherwise get reasonable mileage I assume by having a smartphone, earpiece and Myo [https://getmyo.com/] cooperating.
I like the idea of a head mounted display that doesn't block your vision. It's too bad it's not a true hud. That's going to limit the applications tremendously.
I like having a camera on it. I agree with this article's assessment about the quality of the pictures.
It's great getting directions while hands free, I can almost get those today on my phone with a pair of headphones. Once I set the destination, it becomes hands free. I can even listen to music/podcast at the same time and even have my phone record my distance with an exercise app.
About audio only I can hear, headphones work fine for this and it doesn't feel like a brain worm is burrowing in.
It's almost like you can get 90% of the glass experience with your phone in your pocket, a pair of $10 headphones and a bluetooth google now button on your wrist (fictional). I'd say add in a clip on display or something for a hud but there appears to be incredibly few of those around...and the ones that are out there are bulky enough to by mistaken for a orthodontics headgear...
and I guess that's where glass really is great, I just wish I could repurpose the display a bit...
it's kind of "meh" right now, but we'll see where the apps take it