I don't understand why companies keep making these glasses with cameras on them. That's the main issue and concern that people have with these devices.
Something like a HUD would be great but people don't want cameras pointing at them all the time.
Something like a HUD would be great but people don't want cameras pointing at them all the time.
This isn't a 'i dont want people to watch me pee' argument, that was just an example. I don't want to be recorded when I have an expectation of privacy - full stop.
- Mechanics who can see under the car and identify components and potential issues with those components. - Logistics handlers who can look at a package and know where it goes next, or people who scan QR and barcode codes all day - Construction workers who can measure distances, see wind speed, temperature, etc
In other words, there is good use for this tech while avoiding all together any privacy concerns, as you are looking and analysing objects, not people.
How would these "see" wind speed? I just don't get how it's needed to have this in front of your eyes at all times...
There's definitely a bunch of commercial use-cases.
Personally, all I want is for these glasses to tell me the names of people who are my Facebook friends. Given the privacy concerns though, this is very unlikely to happen.
Taqtile's Manifest [0] product does something like this. There are some videos of it here [1] [2]. It's not exactly what you describe w.r.t diagnostics, but instead it's used to speed up training of mechanics/mechanic-like tasks. It uses Microsoft's hololens, so a bit bulkier than these glasses, but it's a cool look into what kinds of tools some of these jobs might have 10-20 years from now.
[0]: https://taqtile.com/manifest/ [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1xNd_n1QyE [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxoczR8-mwU
It's like giving mechanics/diagnosticians an IDE with lining, autocomplete, dev docs, etc as opposed to coding on notepad.
Car mechanics can recognize components. It's the easiest part of their trade. And doctors know how organs look like. That's not the kind of information they need. And no heart surgeon would look at getting started tutorial with a patient in front of them. Construction workers would use a proper measurement tool if they need a measurement and their decisions depend on this measurement.
Another assumption about AR which is often wrong is that looking at things is the easiest solution to many problems.
Yes, a cash register worker scans codes all day. No, rotating each and every box to have the code facing you and then moving the head and the upper body to center at the code is not easier than reaching the same code with a hand scanner. Hands are good at reaching things. Neck gets tired. And even a better solution might be transition to RFID, or installing multiple cameras along the belt, or promoting a self service process, none of them require to look at every code.
Loooking at keyboard is not the fastest way to type. Many AR usage scenarios are like suggesting to project key labels on a keyboard through a magic HUD when there are already keyboards with labeled keys and many people using them professionally are blind typists.
I really wanted this maybe 5-10 years ago, but personally I've reached a point in my life where I feel "less is more" regarding tech. Enough things want to send me notifications that I know it would be as worthless as my email feed, or my phone notifications feed, or my facebook feed, or any of the other feeds out there that have become sources of noise.
Other things are. Maps which track your location and show you the way overlaid on the streets and roads you see. Books and manuals which you don't need to hold in your hands. Video instructions that track your hands and correct their position. Finding stuff in a warehouse or in your closet by pointing at it right in your FOV. Heart rate monitor, etc right before your eyes when you are performing your hardest and can't lift your smartwatch to your eyes.
Many good uses with broad markets. Sadly, it's technically too difficult, so it's too expensive for non-professional use.
Maps and navigation seem to be good enough when they are handheld or mounted on a vehicle. When you are on foot you're moving slowly so no need to have it always visible. Yes, there's a special case of you're on foot and carrying two heavy bags in both hands, in an unfamiliar place outdoors, and cannot stop, and do not speak local language. Voice navigation should still suffice.
Video instructions. Some of them have to be seen in advance to be able to plan your actions and logistics (e.g. cooking). Some of them teach skills which should be watched multiple times and/or tried multiple times to achieve mastery (e.g. sports and dancing techniques). What kind of instructional video benefits from being seen while doing, in real time? Even origami howtos are usually back and forth, until you _understand_ what you're doing.
Not holding books in your hands. I admit I wanted it on several occasions. My concern is usability. Is it easy to read four hours from a semitransparent surface, is it easy to focus on HUD projections continuously.
Finding stuff in the closet. This is so sci-fi. We'll see level 5 autonomous driving first.
Heart rate (blood sugar, any other vital) monitor. Basically, it's a solved problem and a feature available commercially. You don't need to see heart rate continuously to be warned about an anomaly. Sound alarm works just as well if not better.
What I'd really want is to go back to a world where we just don't have the opportunity and expectation to record so much. But that's not going to happen. And a lot of it really does have immense value for us. Our parents live on the other side of the country and this (plus FaceTime) is the main way they get to see their grandchildren grow up.
With that in mind, I would love a set of glasses that record what we're seeing on a short buffer and let us tap to save whenever something interesting/significant happens. No more phone out worried that we'll miss a big moment.
I'd really prefer to see someone with some ethical sense try to tackle this in a way that doesn't send us directly into this world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entire_History_of_You
I don't know who that would be, but it's certainly not Facebook.
We probably overwrite a lot of great memories with the slightly shittier version of what actually happened marred by the distraction of 'I must record this'.
Memories aren't what they used to be.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2...
That ship has sailed. People have their phones out all the time, often held at a 45° angle, but frequently vertical as well. Taking photos surreptitiously is already ridiculously easy and nearly anyone around you could do it all the time.
I'm not condoning it, just saying that building it into glasses isn't changing anything. We already live in a world where people might be recording you at any time. We have been for years.
the leaders of these companies are also fairly uncreative leading them to blindly follow the current meme of "the future" which ironically leads to them faltering anyway
Though, with that said, some people I know tried it on and the HUD was easier to use. A lot depended, I think, on the shape of your face. The way my nose and eye sockets and ears are I had to look up with my eyes at an uncomfortable angle to see the full HUD.
Maybe they fixed it since V1.
Without that, it really ended up just being a tiny smartwatch screen that is in the corner of your vision instead of on your wrist.
Yes I have used Glass. They sucked.
They just don’t think it will happen.
Higher quality, and now with data collection.
All I really want is a nice HUD which pairs with my phone via bluetooth to show content, and a low-effort way of navigating. No camera needed.
I don't know whether it will be a success, but I don't think the crowd that doesn't want a camera pointed at them is a majority. For the record, I don't want a camera pointed at me.
If the upcoming generation of developers and tech professionals no longer believe in a separation of personal and professional boundaries, will we see a complete elimination of boundaries and privacy? Is the end goal to have the ability to directly tap into what others are seeing on demand in their most intimate interactions. Something similar to the TV adaption of Brave New World? (I haven't read the book, so I don't know if this is true to the original.) As far as I know, Facebook photos and accounts are private, or that's what it appears people tend to send the accounts to, but Instagram is all about leaving an account open, so they can get influencer collaboration bucks.
Otherwise it's pretty weird (unless you were friends with them before the gig, presumably).
Even local bars and restaurants that don't even handle that much cash have tons of surveillance cameras up everywhere.
1: https://blogs.harvard.edu/internetmonitor/2013/07/10/surveil...
Right now there are too many retail security cameras for humans to monitor constantly, and too many shoppers to tag and track even if the data could be retained and processed. But both of these problems are well on their way to being solved.