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Youtube promo of how it might work (is this for real or just a concept? looks too good to be true) http://youtu.be/9c6W4CCU9M4

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I'm buying first gen. Then second gen. All the gens.

What scares me is there is next to no choice on buying these, particularly if they are fast. There is an extreme advantage to people having easy access to information as it is presented in the video. Moreso than smartphones, it is a game changer.

Next to no choice? You're saying people will just all want this by default?

I think most people will want to try this, myself included. But personally I draw the line here and I think many others will. I would never want to own a pair. This will be a niche product for those people who already use Bluetooth headsets, who are a minority.

"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." ;)

http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ip...

The original iPod was lame. It had a nice UI, but you had to already own a Mac with Firewire to even use it. But Apple kept iterating, ported iTunes to Windows, etc.

Cute winky face, but you completely miss my point. I'm not saying this is "lame," I'm saying most people won't want to wear pixels on their face. Even the most successful products get criticism, especially in the beginning.

Yeah, but I think you're also missing the point, which is it's possible that this accessory presents such an enormous advantage to the user that to remain competitive in society you won't have a choice but to adopt it.

I'm not sure which way it'll go, but I can imagine that happening.

Fair argument, but I can't. At least from the way this video presents it this seems like it would be as much a handicap as an augment.

> I'm saying most people won't want to wear pixels on their face.

You could have said the same about any number of technologies that are now ubiquitous (and many people did say those same things).

"Who wants an iPhone? Crappy virtual keyboard and the only apps are from Apple."

"Cell phones will never catch on. Anyone can call you at any time? How obnoxious. And you pay even when you didn't call? Ridiculous."

"No one will pay for TV with ads."

"No one will pay more for TV without ads."

Etc...

Times change, and the "I'd never buy this" statements become suppressed memories once everyone else owns it and you feel left out. What matters is how much benefit the product delivers. People will get over their hangups if the value is high enough.

I'm not saying that this will be an awesome product (or that it will ever even come to market). But if it is, people will buy it, and they will use it.

An iPod, even when brand new, solved a problem people knew they had: it was a portable music player. That market dates back through the Sony Walkman to the transistor radio.

Unless something significant develops between now and release, I expect the average person's reaction will be to wonder why in the world they would need one. What problem would it solve for them?

That's not to say that that question can't be answered, but I do think it's fair to say that it hasn't been answered, at least not yet.

I want the API, now. All I can find on Google is Androids AR http://code.google.com/p/andar/ source. Any ideas about languages, frameworks, etc etc. I want to get ready now to start open sourcing.

Terminal emulator is what I want. SSH into my server, turn on my bluetooth keyboard, I'm 100%.

Mix in hand gestures, i foresee a day when i see people blindly staring in space waving their hands like a crazy man.

Off topic but I'm a little disappointed in their choice of the Strand. Alabaster Bookshop is right around the corner and has loads of stuff you wouldn't find at a Barnes & Noble.

While we're off topic, it's amusing that anyone would take the subway from 23rd and Park to the Strand. Perhaps Project Glass will have an option to promote healthy choices.

I want to know what it actually does and what it actually looks like at this point in time. How about a video of that?

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