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I completely disagree with the hand gestures. Just having users accept wearing Glass is enough of a challenge without insinuating that the UI will require you to look like you're doing panotomimes in public.

And this is coming from someone who is dying to buy Google Glass! (mainly for the hands-free camera feature)

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And this is coming from someone who is dying to buy Google Glass!

I want one for the same reason, but if you just want a head-mounted camera to record your life, that's already a thing:

http://gopro.com/

Apparently quite popular with cyclists.

I see cameras like that all the time when skiing. Snowboarders seem to use them more than skiers, but maybe I'm just biased :P.

I think it would actually be pretty cool assuming you ski somewhere interesting.

I have one for mountain biking, mostly for scenery shots or fast downhills. It's tough to see that as exciting once you've seen this video, though:

http://vimeo.com/38063361

(Edit: that's the best proximity flying (wingsuit) video I've seen. Best use of GoPro cameras ever!)

Those gestures could be substituted by eye tracking. In Kinect UIs, menu buttons are often activated by holding your hand to the specified position for a certain amount of time. This can be translated to directly looking at an element for some couple hundred milliseconds.

I think I'd hate that, eye movement affects the pov so you wouldn't be able to use a context menu effectively for instance.

True that. Brainwave recognition would be way better :)

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