my old internet company turned a meager profit last year so I blew it on G glass as a legit business expense.
anybody here have one?
You are such a technophile RC. I am pretty sure GG is the model T of how we will interface with the web in the near future. I can't see myself being an early adopter though.
>techno
One of the traits i see in others my age is that they just stop adopting new tech. That's sad because over time it isolates them.
>Model T
Agreed.
I have one. It's going to be awesome when Apple makes one.
It's nothing I use every day, but I like to take it running or skiing so I can take pictures hands free. Other than that it's not all that useful for anything. It's uncomfortable, and has a kudgy interface, not a lot of key software available.
I've ordered a Samsung Gear 2, and I think I'm going to like that much better. It's fun to have glass, but I have it for what I want it to be, more than what it actually is.
I'd trade it for my roomba any day.
>interface
Maybe Apple will offer to help them out.
And where do I plug in the trackball? I can't do shit without a trackball. hhh.
> but I have it for what I want it to be, more than what it actually is.
It can't do any worse than that Dragon Dictate voice-controlled system Toolman and I set up 10-12 years ago. It worked pretty well ...except I felt like a nutcase talking to my computer.
I was hoping there'd be travel-related apps.
I think I would find it distracting. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
I never used Siri or other voice activated assistants much because I feel stupid talking to a phone. Now if I was sitting on the bridge of the starship Enterprise I might be able to pull it off.
I'm not even sure I would like a smart watch, I think I would end up just grabbing my phone to read whatever on a bigger screen.
I bet travel apps will come real soon.
You do realize, RC, that Sergey, Larry and Eric will be able to read your every thought now, maybe even before you think it!
>Sergey, Larry and Eric will be able to read your every thought now
that's why i'm buying it. Cut out the middlemen.
I pretty much knew that this gizmo wouldn't fit my lifestlye but thought that it *might* work out for Louise. She's crazy about it so far --particularly the news alerts, since she'd been feeling tv-news-deprived ever since dropping premium cable. She likes to have news as background noise. She the family photographer, too, so the wink cam might be useful.
My Samsung Gear 2 came today. Awesome. Way better as a companion than Glass.
Camera, email, voice commands. All at the ready and usable on a device that doesn't make you look like and Glidiot or Glasshole.
It's a decent looking watch too, although it could use some apps (spotify, skype, etc). Maybe with time.
I played with Glass last year and was underwhelmed from the get-go. It was cool to get a little geek-cred for trying them as they aren't legal to use in Japan apparently. Other than that...meh.
I'd be very interested to hear how you like them after a bit more time.
I don't own a Samsung phone, so I guess I couldn't use any of the Gear line. Have you tried the Pebble?
Haven't tried the pebble, but from the looks of the features it doesn't even come close. LOVE the gear 2. It's awesome. The pebble doesn't have a camera or allow you to make calls - features I use a lot on the watch. Voice control is also missing on pebble, although it might be nice to have eInk display I don't actually look at the time all that much. If you are a TV watcher (I'm not) having a remote on your wrist is pretty cool.
It's not quite as hands free as Glass, and I miss some of the hands free features. I had to go on a long drive yesterday so I took my glass - google's voice and maps integration for getting directions is something you couldn't do with the watch as there is no maps integration. It's also much safer/easier to look at glass for a map than down at your wrist.
Glass's pictures are easier to take than the watch. I tried to run yesterday with the watch, and it was really hard to take a steady picture whereas glass handles that situation rather well.
These are just features tho -- google's implementation of a watch would probably be better than samsung, and apple's may trump them all (although I wouldn't trust their directions).
Make your own smart glasses with $100 worth of components.
https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-wearable-pi-near-eye-kopin-video-glasses?view=all