LucidSquare wrote:

Correction: It's just a developer's product.

nathanprocks wrote:

LucidSquare wrote:

Correction: It's just a developer's product.

It is also an experiment. All Google products are experiments and Google is proud of killing it's own products. I hope they don't kill Glass though. I haven't used it myself, but most of the people that don't like it and say it is bad haven't even used it themselves.

LeDerpy123 wrote:

I (almost) can't think of one time you can take a picture and feel normal saying “OK, Google. Take a picture.” I mean, it's convenient, it's also just awkward and really weird.

*travels back in time seven years*
I can't think of one time you can feel normal:
checking mail by poking at a screen. I doubt any one pokes their screen.
search the internet with my voice. Who does that!? :/
play games by waving a wand at a screen. A wand? >.< (Though it's still weird, even today… :P)
navigate my television by waving a hand. Yeah, I don't know anyone who uses that.
I mean, it's convenient, it's also just awkward and really weird.
*travels back to present*

My point is not to make fun of you, it's to show that Glass only feels awkward because it's a new type of device, and that many devices we are comfortable with today were awkward too when they were new.

Give it time.

dracae wrote:

checking mail by poking at a screen. I doubt any one pokes their screen. touchscreen
search the internet with my voice. Who does that!? :/ siri / google now / voice activated ___
play games by waving a wand at a screen. A wand? >.< (Though it is weird… :P) wii
navigate my television by waving a hand. Yeah, I don't know anyone who uses that. smart tvs I keep seeing commercials for

scratchisthebest wrote:

dracae wrote:

checking mail by poking at a screen. I doubt any one pokes their screen. touchscreen POKES
search the internet with my voice. Who does that!? :/ siri / google now / voice activated ___ I don't see many people walking around outside saying “Siri, guide me to the nearest walmart.”
play games by waving a wand at a screen. A wand? >.< (Though it is weird… :P) wii I doubt anyone calls it a “wand”
navigate my television by waving a hand. Yeah, I don't know anyone who uses that. smart tvs I keep seeing commercials for Just because you see a commercial for something doesn't mean everyone uses it, or that everyone knows about it, or that it is normal.

scratchisthebest wrote:

checking mail by poking at a screen. POKES *travels back in time seven years*

search the internet with my voice. I don't see many people walking around outside saying “Siri, guide me to the nearest walmart.” you haven't seen anyone use siri outside yet then.

play games by waving a wand at a screen. I doubt anyone calls it a “wand” *travels back in time seven years*

navigate my television by waving a hand. Just because you see a commercial for something doesn't mean everyone uses it, or that everyone knows about it, or that it is normal. it means that it exists

hi

jji7skyline wrote:

I've never felt self conscious when I use a touch screen - but talking to a non-living piece of silicon, glass and metal is another matter altogether

dracae wrote:

The thing is, I'm thinking of a scenario like this:

Crowd: *Blah Blah*
Bob: “Google, take a picture”
Crowd: *Stops talking*
Bob: “Google, access internet”
Crowd: *Looks for person who is talking to no one*
Bob: “Google, check my e-mail*
Crowd: *Stares at Bob*
Bob: ”Google, reply to Mary“
Crowd: O_o
Bob: ”Google, send message"
Crowd: Wut are you doing. Stop talking to yourself in public.

dracae wrote:

The thing is, I'm thinking of a scenario like this:

Crowd: *Blah Blah*
Bob: “Google, take a picture”
Crowd: *Stops talking*
Bob: “Google, access internet”
Crowd: *Looks for person who is talking to no one*
Bob: “Google, check my e-mail*
Crowd: *Stares at Bob*
Bob: ”Google, reply to Mary“
Crowd: O_o
Bob: ”Google, send message"
Crowd: Wut are you doing. Stop talking to yourself in public.

16Skittles wrote:

It isn't something you just *use* whenrver you want. It's a bit somthing that you only use when you're alone.

dracae wrote:

And then if you ever get adware…

(EDIT:
Bob: *Driving*
Bob: “Google, show me directions to the nearest Publix”
Bob: “OH GOD I CAN'T SEE THE ROAD GOOGLE CANCEL DIREC-”
Bob: *Drives car off the road*
O_o
)

curiouscrab wrote:

Right now, it's not worth the price. Maybe in the future it'll be worth it, but for now I think it's pointless. Good thing it's only halfway done!

dracae wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

It isn't something you just *use* whenrver you want. It's a bit somthing that you only use when you're alone.

Great. So it will be ($2000 as of now!) for some thing you won't even use in public.