http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4
I guess this is one step closer to chips in our heads, which I believe will probably one day happen. Very borg like.
I'm not sure how it is in the rest of the world, but these days if you go into any coffee shop here you see people sitting around and plugged into their smartphones/pads/laptops and not at all interacting with each other.. I'm not saying connectivity is a bad thing, but it seems to be replacing real human communication.
>real human communication
Have you heard of the cell phone game?
You go to dinner with friends and all put their cell phones in the middle of the table. The first person who answers their cell phone has to pay for everyone else's meal. If nobody answers their cell phone, everyone wins and pays only for themselves.
Ive heard of that phone game, it's a good idea. People can use phones like a bad habit.
>chips in our heads
Google would probably want that to be a 2-way communication channel ;o) "Did you mean click on an advert"
pretty amazing though
A spoof of concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3TAOYXT840
I just read this on New Scientist this am:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/04/google-hints-at-new-ar-glasses.html
Came to post here, and Littleman beat me to it :)
I think a key skill for young people is going to be the ability to communicate. Old fashioned perhaps, but being able to read tone, body language, eyes is going to be a rarer skill, so a good one to have.
Still love to have a pair!
Just another way for Google to find, track and kill blog networks.. lol.
Going to be interesting how they sell ads on here and the privacy concerns which it will raise. They will be able to track what we look at, that's a step too far for me I think, it's bad enough they track where I am!
Bandwidth is going to be a problem. Also I bet govts outlaw them while driving but the young generation is going more urban oriented anyway so that may not matter.
>one step closer to chips in our heads
I have this idea that in the not-so-distant future, kids will look at movies from 2012 and laugh at, say, the subway scenes where people have these massive external computing devices and if they want to listen to music they have to run wires from them to the ears.
Recommended reading: Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End and Peter Hamilton, Pandora Star (or something like that).
>Have you heard of the cell phone game?
Somebody told me that at his Rotary club, if your phone rings during lunch, it's a $500 fine (to charity of course). That's incentive!
>outlaw them while driving
Driving? You mean where a human being puts his or her hands and feet on steering and velocity controls and personally directs the car? That is not Google's vision of the future either.
>Driving?
My worry is getting PR0'd by Google while doing 70 mph on the expressway.
I'm in the process of reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking and one thing that has been overstressed in the last century is that 'Extroversion' has been the way to get ahead. Introverts, who think more and talk less are not seen as authoritative figures who know what they are talking about. Introverts tend to write more and talk less.
Perhaps this kind of technology will allow introverts to finally thrive.
Does no one actually want any privacy any more? The video is lovely - connecting easily with people on a one to one basis. In reality though you're going to have everyone you know on email and every social network popping up constantly. Personally, some days even having half a dozen email accounts connecting to my mobile drives me insane. At least I can bury that at the bottom of my handbag. Even the thought of actually getting that in a constant always on feed gives me a headache!
Wow. I feel so old :(
Quote from: Gurtie on April 05, 2012, 07:32:46 PM
Does no one actually want any privacy any more? The video is lovely - connecting easily with people on a one to one basis. In reality though you're going to have everyone you know on email and every social network popping up constantly. Personally, some days even having half a dozen email accounts connecting to my mobile drives me insane. At least I can bury that at the bottom of my handbag. Even the thought of actually getting that in a constant always on feed gives me a headache!
Wow. I feel so old :(
I am with you. That is my idea of hell. I often think back to when I didn't have a mobile. Nobody knew where I was or what I was doing and I didn't have to think of a reason I was late (not that I had anything to hide).
>hell
My aversion for phones of any type is pretty well known. And --having once owned a nicely done voice-controlled system-- I'm not keen on talking to my computer, either.
QuoteIn reality though you're going to have everyone you know on email and every social network popping up constantly.
Can you imagine the banner ads popping up all the time?
reddit has done a mock-up
http://i.imgur.com/HNGO4.jpg
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Can you imagine the banner ads popping up all the time?
Yeah, that was brought up in that spoof video above. I'm actually one of the few people I know who doesn't have a smart phone. It is important to me to disconnect every once in a while. I spend 10+ hours a day in front of a big screen, I don't need any more time in front of a small one.
>few
I can beat you on that, LM. I have a dumbed-down phone. Whenever we get new phones i have the carrier disable all peripheral functionality. No voicemail. No text. Just a phone.
That's nice RC, I'm tempted to do the same.
QuoteNo voicemail. No text. Just a phone.
Nice. don't do that. closest I get is I sometimes I leave it behind though.
always feel a little naked... its a nice feeling. And riding the bike, cannot answer it then. I have bluetooth rigged up to my helmet, but that's for the last 5 miles of Satnav.
>I'm tempted to do the same
On the last 2 or 3 contract renewals it's been my experience that the provider really doesn't believe that someone wants these peripheral services nuked. (Or, more likely, they don't know how to turn them all off.) I've had to go back and tell them that some damn text notification or somesuch is still coming through -as in, "What part of dumb-as-a-brick didn't you understand?" After a while, they finally get everything silenced.
It used to be that people thought I was crazy, now I find that many are just envious.
You do have to be judicious about who you call though as they will capture your phone number. If/when that happens (usually subcontractors that I use regularly) and they start calling me I ask them to only use that number in an emergency.
Seriously, RC. I didn't think you had a phone at all. And I thought you could get ONE feature: that of blocking your phone number when you call out...
>blocking your phone number when you call out
I'd do that except some of my routine contacts block ALL cloaked incoming calls.
I use a voip service at the house that logs all calls for 90 days, what I like about it is that I can filter how to handle incoming ...everything from direct to voicemail (which sends an email notification including an mp3 of the recording) to "let it ring on their end but be silent on mine" etc.
Add gvoice at the top layer as a call forwarding center and I can even specify what days of the week and time of day I'll allow the phone to ring. Now, *if* I need to give out a phone number I use the gvoice one as it is the most restrictive.
<added clarification>
With this
gvoice > voip > cell setup I can forward the call twice through 2 sets of filters.
Quote from: littleman on April 05, 2012, 10:51:49 PM
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Can you imagine the banner ads popping up all the time?
Yeah, that was brought up in that spoof video above. I'm actually one of the few people I know who doesn't have a smart phone. It is important to me to disconnect every once in a while. I spend 10+ hours a day in front of a big screen, I don't need any more time in front of a small one.
So tempted. I am doing quite a bit of mobile development at the moment, so need the devices. They are not good for your health/stress levels (don't tell my customers who have their sales staff working 24/7 in exchange for one ;) ).
I have been helping my sister with her finances recently. It is very interesting how much subscription phone, tv and internet eat into a basic income over the years.
I refuse to pay the cable company for television. Those bastards have been robbing everyone blind forever. Fuck em. I've realized that I feel better for it.