Google unveils next step in distractions

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gorocks99
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Apr 4, 2012 5:14pm
Augmented-reality glasses:

[video=youtube;9c6W4CCU9M4][/video]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses/
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gut
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Apr 4, 2012 5:14pm
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!
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Apr 4, 2012 5:19pm
I'll wait until Apple releases a set.
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Apr 4, 2012 5:20pm
justincredible;1136831 wrote:I'll wait until Apple releases a set.
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the eyePhone
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Apr 4, 2012 6:50pm
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.
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Apr 4, 2012 7:17pm
justincredible;1136831 wrote:I'll wait until Apple releases a set.
GAAAAAAAAACCCCKKK!

/dlazz
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Apr 4, 2012 7:19pm
Have to admit looks pretty damn sweet though
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Apr 4, 2012 7:26pm
pretty awesome.
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Apr 4, 2012 11:22pm
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.
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Apr 5, 2012 9:51am
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.
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Apr 5, 2012 10:05am
Those look pretty sweet.
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Apr 5, 2012 10:11am
[video=youtube;t3TAOYXT840][/video]
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Feb 20, 2013 2:32pm
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/
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vball10set
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Feb 20, 2013 2:39pm
I get motion sickness just watching the video :(
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Feb 20, 2013 2:41pm
I'm on the fence about this. It just seems like one more thing to disconnect people from reality and being in the moment.
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Feb 20, 2013 2:49pm
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.
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Feb 20, 2013 3:06pm
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.
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gut
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Feb 20, 2013 3:06pm
gorocks99;1136832 wrote:Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the eyePhone
Sony may have equal claim to that...they just applied to patent the EyePad
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gut
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Feb 20, 2013 3:09pm
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.
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Feb 20, 2013 3:22pm
[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.
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Feb 20, 2013 3:29pm
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.
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Feb 20, 2013 3:52pm
God help the first person to wear these glasses while having sex
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Feb 20, 2013 4:21pm
Thank god I'll be dead before these become common.
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Feb 20, 2013 4:36pm
Glasses look dorky as hell.
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Feb 20, 2013 4:52pm
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.