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Comment by mikeevans | Hacker News Reader

I own one already. Feel free to ask me any questions!

Edit: I actually posted a short blog post about the pickup/first couple days of use: http://michaelevans.org/blog/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-google...

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How much of your field of vision does it generally take up? If I catch someone using it when we're ostensibly having a conversation, will I be able to sucker punch them with impunity?

Not too much, only the top right corner. And why are the sucker punches limited to just Glass? Why not someone who stares at their phone during a conversation?

It's harder with smartphones because they generally notice what you're doing at the last moment. Apparently this will still apply to glass.

Check the video of it being demoed, you can tell when they use it because they look like they're having a stroke

Are there any apps yet?

Do any of these apps overlay information into your field of vision/hearing about what you are looking at? If so, how is the performance (is it real time or laggy?), and is it distracting?

Yeah there are a few apps (well, web services known as "Glassware") already. I haven't played with too many of them yet.

None of the third party apps are overlaying information in an augmented reality fashion. The performance is pretty good, the navigation maps turn smoothly when you turn, etc.

It is a little distracting, but not nearly as distracting as I was expecting.

I am keen to read while driving on an autobahn, is it save? Can I develop while looking out of the window? That would be great, this staring on a screen always felt somewhat autistic.

Does the connectivity drop sometimes? Does it become just a bit of plastic when that happens or does it still do something?

Have you tested it outside a city?

Yep it has, since it's tethered to my Nexus 4 for data when not on Wifi. Plenty still works without data, you can still take photos, browse the "cards" that are on the device, etc.

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