Great. Google Glass redux.
More people to punch in the face, until they learn to put their rude, obnoxious, always-on-please-prove-otherwise camera away.
More people to punch in the face, until they learn to put their rude, obnoxious, always-on-please-prove-otherwise camera away.
I always considered Google Glass could've been a success, if they'd only left the camera out. You could still do a lot with a head-up display that doesn't require video input.
Google was socially clueless, tried to do too much too fast and aroused public hostility. It could've been different. Wait till a wearable heads-up display is more accepted, then consider adding a camera.
That's exactly the "thing". Once some "meme" like this settles in, its super hard to change people's perception. Heck, I have very well educated friend who is super tech-savvy and he truly believes people wearing Google glass are most likely some psychos, who just wait for an opportunity to record others in public.
Perception like this is hard to change; that's why I don't believe Google will make Glass-like device popular/successful if they are going to brand it under "Google" flag.
To anyone working on similar device: purposely put low-density contrast/black-white camera (or some sort of sonar/radar -- you don't really need high quality picture in your Glasses to have some cool use for them) in your device and advertise it this way from day one, so that hopefully people will get used to it knowing there is no hardware to record them in 1080p.
Simply, don't include a camera, and make it obvious there's no camera - make the conspicuous bit transparent. You don't need a camera for many applications, like a GPS based heads up map display.
It's not similar to someone just having their phone out in their hands looking down at their screen. It's similar to someone with their phone camera pointed at you.
It's kind of funny to listen to people get over-dramatic about this stuff. It'll be really funny to watch them get arrested for assault if they do actually get themselves worked up enough to punch someone.
The impression that I get from comments like yours is that you're almost picturing someone following you to film you, or getting in your face, or something. That would piss me off. But seriously, someone hanging out with friends and posting pictures online where I happen to be in the background? That already happens almost daily. I don't think it's worth getting worked up about.
What I want to say, this actually does happen...though, probably more back in the day since nowadays, pretty much everyone has their phone out all the time. And you can't slap that many phones out of people's hands.
With Glass I feel it's a matter of interpreting their intention. Someone with a camera strapped to their head will naturally be pointing it straight at you if they talk to you, but this isn't necessarily the same as them having the intention to film you.
Plus, you know, there's no law against filming in public. Maybe that's just the goldfish bowl we're all living in now. Maybe Zuckerberg was right and privacy is dead, or at least a luxury most of us can't afford.