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I think what kept Glass from going through the roof was the camera.

The whole thing would probably be awesome in its own with just display, GPS and compass.

Many people feared for their privacy and the people using the Glass were considered douches because of this issue.

But everyone is fine with snap's spectacles.

Do they really sell?

Yet none of those same people have an issue with taking their phone out of their pocket constantly and glancing at it which has... a camera on the front! But I could see the issue of never knowing whether or not the glass camera is recording and whether that recording is going to wind up on youtube.

You never know when the smartphone camera is recording either.

Wearing a Google Glass is like someone pointing a smartphone cam in your face all the time.

Yes, you get all the fancy AR stuff with camera, but I think you could still build a nice HUD without the cam.

True, but Google Glass is more like camera pointed directly at you. If somebody kept pointing smartphone camera at me constantly, I'd sure get annoyed.

For me, Penny Arcade summed it up best: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/06/14

The difference with a phone is generally people pull it out, do something, then put it away. You'd get a similar reaction from onlookers if you kept your phone front and center your entire day.

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