xkcd on Google Glass countermeasures
The delightful xkcd strikes again:
Meet the ‘Glasshole’
http://youtu.be/qGxLkaCdpLc By Dylan Love from BusinessInsider.com: You should watch this video, which comes to us via CNET. There are only so many Google Glass units out there now, but imagine a world where they’re even more plentiful than the smartphone — to not have one is to be less than whole. Then you might very […]
“ok, glass”
The original Google Glass announcement left me stunned. I had never seen anything like it before. To me, it was one of the only product announcements that has come close to the unveiling of the iPhone in 2007. Just like back then, it was a moment so exciting that I couldn’t resist telling everyone I […]
Will Google Glass be a commercial failure because you look like an idiot using it?
By Matthew Yglesias from Slate.com: Marcus Wohlsen wrote what I think is a fairly persuasive piece arguing that Google Glass will be a commercial failure because you look like an idiot using it. My good friend Tom Lee calls Wohlsen’s piece “truly awful” and goes on to write a fairly persuasive piece about the importance […]
Goggle Glass: Your Body Does Not Want to Be an Interface
By John Pavlus from MIT Technology Review: The first real-world demo of Google Glass’s user interface made me laugh out loud. Forget the tiny touchpad on your temples you’ll be fussing with, or the constant “OK Glass” utterances-to-nobody: the supposedly subtle “gestural” interaction they came up with–snapping your chin upwards to activate the glasses, in […]
Jan Chipchase was given the opportunity to try out Google Glass. He declined.
By Jan Chipchase from Hidden in Plain Sight at Medium.com: On Friday I was invited into Google Labs New York and given the opportunity to try out Glass. I declined to put on a pair. Here’s why. There are many people who are exploring what Glass could be, evaluating and providing feedback to Google, exposing […]