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Old 05-06-2013, 07:22 PM   #26
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I'd want to turn on my glasses by prefacing commands with "Computer..". This would be so freaking awesome.
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Old 05-06-2013, 07:34 PM   #27
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But glasses containing a video camera in the frame have been around for a long time, and are readily available for about $30.
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Old 05-07-2013, 01:01 AM   #28
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No, no, that's exactly what I was saying. I was trying to illustrate how cheap it would be, even at the initial release.


(That was directed at Talon)
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Old 05-07-2013, 05:20 AM   #29
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Old 05-10-2013, 08:52 AM   #30
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No, no, that's exactly what I was saying. I was trying to illustrate how cheap it would be, even at the initial release.


(That was directed at Talon)
Google glasses are much more than just a pair of glasses with a camera in it though. It has multiple things built in, I'm just hoping you'll be able to play angry birds on them.
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Old 05-10-2013, 09:06 AM   #31
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Google glasses are much more than just a pair of glasses with a camera in it though. It has multiple things built in, I'm just hoping you'll be able to play angry birds on them.
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Old 05-10-2013, 11:44 PM   #32
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Flying cars are a thing. They're just a really shitty thing.
I got to see the Moller Sky Car in action, and prototypes are really common in Northern California (I think that's where the idea seems nucleated).

There's a ton of hurdles but the idea has some merit beyond a novelty (versus Glass). Although it would be a nightmare to implement fully.
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Old 05-23-2013, 04:16 PM   #33
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This thread in a nutshell.
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Old 05-23-2013, 05:52 PM   #34
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So. It has come to this.
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Old 05-23-2013, 11:30 PM   #35
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I mean that's a really derogatory way to put it...
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Old 05-25-2013, 07:23 AM   #36
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It's pretty true though; no offense to anyone in this thread, but all the points that have been made are the same points that were made on every single new technology that could potentially violate our privacy (e.g. computers, Internet, webcams, camera phones, smartphones) and no massive crazy Big Brother privacy violation has happened yet. Of course, that's not to say it won't, but I don't think it's terribly likely.
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Old 05-25-2013, 07:49 AM   #37
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Oh Google Glass isn't necessarily the final nail in itself, but in that the big brother mentality is already a thing (it's just that states aren't the ones best at doing it) it's not really wise to deny that this is going heavily in that direction. Google Glass merely symbolises it pretty neatly.

Saying that it doesn't matter, though, well that's fine.
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I'm not saying that it couldn't happen or that it won't, but I feel like it's often an excuse for alarmist reactions, which I am largely skeptical of.
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Old 05-25-2013, 09:03 AM   #39
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Oh that it definitely is. But it is one step towards camera contacts, whcih is one step towards zombies.
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Old 05-25-2013, 09:07 AM   #40
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Isn't this how Cybermen started in that one episode of Doctor Who?

Except with glasses instead of bluetooth headpieces.
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Old 05-25-2013, 09:10 AM   #41
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Yeah.

Oh man. I was watching Tomorrow Never Dies recently. The car is considered amazing because it has GPS. Haha.
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Old 05-25-2013, 11:52 PM   #42
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It's pretty true though; no offense to anyone in this thread, but all the points that have been made are the same points that were made on every single new technology that could potentially violate our privacy (e.g. computers, Internet, webcams, camera phones, smartphones) and no massive crazy Big Brother privacy violation has happened yet. Of course, that's not to say it won't, but I don't think it's terribly likely.
That's what they want you to believe...
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The Google Glass seems like a pain to me, notifications keep popping up in front of your eyes and the voice command doesn't always work.
However it is still a bit helpful I don't think I would even think about getting it.
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