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Apr 4, 2012 5:14 PM
So we don't have to talk to people anymore, and now we won't have to look at them either?

The "beer goggle" potential of this technology could be huge!
Apr 4, 2012 5:14pm
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Apr 4, 2012 5:19 PM
I'll wait until Apple releases a set.
Apr 4, 2012 5:19pm
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Apr 4, 2012 5:20 PM
justincredible;1136831 wrote:I'll wait until Apple releases a set.
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the eyePhone
Apr 4, 2012 5:20pm
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Apr 4, 2012 6:50 PM
A.) do you guys walk around talking to yourself like that? just checking incase i am doing something wrong.

B.) this would be the end of google after the giant class action lawsuit for people being injured and killed while using this device.
Apr 4, 2012 6:50pm
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Apr 4, 2012 7:17 PM
justincredible;1136831 wrote:I'll wait until Apple releases a set.
GAAAAAAAAACCCCKKK!

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Apr 4, 2012 7:17pm
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Apr 4, 2012 7:19 PM
Have to admit looks pretty damn sweet though
Apr 4, 2012 7:19pm
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Apr 4, 2012 7:26 PM
pretty awesome.
Apr 4, 2012 7:26pm
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Apr 4, 2012 11:22 PM
Glory Days;1136897 wrote:A.) do you guys walk around talking to yourself like that? just checking incase i am doing something wrong.

B.) this would be the end of google after the giant class action lawsuit for people being injured and killed while using this device.
I'm sure the EULA would be pretty lawyered up on this one.

When I read "augmented-reality glasses", I was thinking it was "photoshop-on-the-go". Now, THOSE glasses, I'd pay for.
Apr 4, 2012 11:22pm
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Apr 5, 2012 9:51 AM
Sykotyk;1137217 wrote:I'm sure the EULA would be pretty lawyered up on this one.

When I read "augmented-reality glasses", I was thinking it was "photoshop-on-the-go". Now, THOSE glasses, I'd pay for.
haha isnt that what beer is for? photoshops all the fugly girls at the bars haha.
Apr 5, 2012 9:51am
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Apr 5, 2012 10:05 AM
Those look pretty sweet.
Apr 5, 2012 10:05am
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Apr 5, 2012 10:11 AM
[video=youtube;t3TAOYXT840][/video]
Apr 5, 2012 10:11am
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Feb 20, 2013 2:32 PM
Just released a new promo video for the glasses, and will be allowing pre-sale to conference winners starting at the end of March ($1,500 btw):

http://www.google.com/glass/start/how-it-feels/
Feb 20, 2013 2:32pm
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Feb 20, 2013 2:39 PM
I get motion sickness just watching the video :(
Feb 20, 2013 2:39pm
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Feb 20, 2013 2:41 PM
I'm on the fence about this. It just seems like one more thing to disconnect people from reality and being in the moment.
Feb 20, 2013 2:41pm
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Feb 20, 2013 2:49 PM
Fly4Fun;1393080 wrote:I'm on the fence about this. It just seems like one more thing to disconnect people from reality and being in the moment.
The wave of the future, Dude. 100% digital.
Feb 20, 2013 2:49pm
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Feb 20, 2013 3:06 PM
Anyone seen that episode of Star Trek TNG where they get hooked on those eyeglass thingies that everyone is wearing, playing games and getting rewarded with pleasure making everyone walk around in a daze? Yeah, giant nerd but this reminds me of that.
Feb 20, 2013 3:06pm
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Feb 20, 2013 3:06 PM
gorocks99;1136832 wrote:Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the eyePhone
Sony may have equal claim to that...they just applied to patent the EyePad
Feb 20, 2013 3:06pm
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Feb 20, 2013 3:09 PM
I could see this as being how we watch tv in the future. Be a good way to make tv even more anti-social than it already is.

Can't see wearing these, but the potential for gaming and tv is huge.
Feb 20, 2013 3:09pm
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Feb 20, 2013 3:22 PM
[video=youtube;_mRF0rBXIeg][/video]


This is what wearing Google glasses will really be like, and Google will record everything you ever look at to further "improve" their targeted ads.
Feb 20, 2013 3:22pm
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Feb 20, 2013 3:29 PM
tk421;1393101 wrote:[video=youtube;_mRF0rBXIeg][/video]


This is what wearing Google glasses will really be like, and Google will record everything you ever look at to further "improve" their targeted ads.
I laughed. But as a serious consideration, I wonder what something like this would do as far as privacy expectations. If everything is being recorded and stored on some 3rd party server, there really isn't much of a privacy expectation. It pretty much paves the way for government monitoring 24/7.
Feb 20, 2013 3:29pm
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Feb 20, 2013 3:52 PM
God help the first person to wear these glasses while having sex
Feb 20, 2013 3:52pm
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Feb 20, 2013 4:21 PM
Thank god I'll be dead before these become common.
Feb 20, 2013 4:21pm
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Feb 20, 2013 4:36 PM
Glasses look dorky as hell.
Feb 20, 2013 4:36pm
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Feb 20, 2013 4:52 PM
Fly4Fun;1393080 wrote:I'm on the fence about this. It just seems like one more thing to disconnect people from reality and being in the moment.
Lotz must of had these for years.
Feb 20, 2013 4:52pm