Hacker News Reader

Loving that Google Glass empty grave at the bottom of the page. It seems to be a product many have already written off as DOA. I'm not sure if that's fair or not.

View on HN

I don't see how Glass is even close to DOA. Modern smartphones and tablets are the descendants of product lines with long histories and experienced user bases. Outside of research projects and limited use systems, Glass has little to go on, and a very limited number of understanding potential users. Google is slowly drumming up interest and openly experimenting with its use in public. Google wants early adopters who are thrilled with an expensive, potentially life altering product.

It might suffer from version-1-ness, and it might be version 3 or 7 from Apple or whoever that takes off. It might simply be too early. I'm pretty sure a lot of the enthusiasm that's around now is going to lead to disappointment when what people are dreaming about isn't supported by available technology.

The other factor is that the primary concerns are precisely in google's tonedeaf spots- design and privacy. Google as a company isn't very well equipped to deal with either of those issues.

>I don't see how Glass is even close to DOA.

Yes, it's more of it was never alive to begin to with.

Vapourware we used to call it.

just like they did with the iP[ao]d. I remember that too.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com