“SNL” Parodies Google Glass

I already feel much better that my work email account isn't on my phone.

And speaking of Glass and distractions.. can you not imagine a future where you don't have to "interact" much with Glass at all? But rather, it just kinda knows what you want and presents that information at the right time?

Also by building "better relationships with each other" I didn't mean Glass will somehow make you and your girlfriend or boyfriend connect on a deeper emotional level. I meant that humanity as a while could discover deeper empathy for each other and be able to divert resources and take action more appropriately for the benefit of humans or the whole planet. Well Glass alone isn't going to do all of that, but I think it is a tiny screw in a system that perhaps will.

Do you have a source for these?

Are you just purposely reading bad reviews of Google Glass? I have read a lot of positive reviews of it along with bad ones. However, pretty much everybody who have actually tried it ended up liking it.

I have not seen Glass serve ads and Google is actually banning developers from serving them. Also, there's no face recognition for you to figure out people's names.

As somebody who have tested Glass since last year, I think it's a very useful device.

Google has been careful about Glass, not wanting it to be a device for distraction. It is pretty evident on the Glass API where they are very careful on what they opened to developers.

I'd suggest you read reviews from people who have actually used Glass.

I actually think some of their low-brow toilet humour, or the absurdist stuff is the funniest. For the record, I don't think there's anything wrong with being all about toilet humour and absurdity, but I cringe when someone pretends they are doing "intelligent", political satire and ends up making a mildly funny skit out of a New York Times article.

The saddest thing of all though, is that this is exactly what's expected of them.

I think the whole package will have to shrink for me to really be on board, but it looks like that would definitely be a step in the right direction, as far as I'm concerned.

The hardware itself doesn't look too bad, but I'm really not a fan of the thin line visor-part it attaches to.

It's upright, so you can be seen crossing the street by motorists, which gives it an advantage over a motorized wheel chair.

It saves energy compared to driving a car and it's use would greatly reduce traffic where cars are normally used.

I guess for patrolling long flat hallways they are nice (and faster).

The fact that they are working with fashion shows and Warby Parker is a good indicator.

It's a good indicator that design is an afterthought to them. Which is more likely?

a) Google approached the company at the beginning of the project and worked with them throughout the process.

b) Google approached the company toward the end of the project, after the technical components were done.

Given the outcome and Google's track record, I'd say B is more likely.

That being said, I think the philosophy behind the product development of Google Glass (and most other Google products) is to to focus on being competitive in features, then the marketing is the icing on the cake.

Competitive with what? Smartphones? No one will buy Google Glass as a replacement for a smartphone. Marketing is everything for a product like this.

From that point of view, having developers trying them first so that great ideas can be implemented before the mass market makes more sense.

Google is doing this because they see developers (gadget geeks) as their evangelizers. They're replaying the Gmail strategy. But Gmail doesn't make you look like a guy with a cell phone clipped to his belt.

[1] There are some exceptions, like Google Maps and Google Now.

Apple refined the hell out of the iPhone before making any public statements. That seems to have worked quite well. Better than the Newton launch did anyhow.