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There's some good examples, but also some awful examples that just play into the hands of the detractors of Glass.

"ok glass, how fast are we going?"

Really? You want to ask Google rather than the driver?

How far to the top of this escalator? Can't we just stand on one for 30 seconds without having to perform some micro-action? And anyway, the app would just be showing some "failed to connect" message here (plus 3 minutes for an escalator to move 197 feet (about 65 metres for those of us in the current century), really?)

I'd halve the number of shots in this pages, but make them the really good ones, the message is pretty diluted, otherwise.

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I like to think that the "we" refers to the wearer and his Glass, at this point they have become close friends and Glass whispers in his ear

we're going 75 miles per hour jack, isn'it it exhilarating

I would definitely buy that.

I wonder how it'd deal with things with double meanings:

"OK, glass, how high are we?"

"You're about a six, give or take."

"you are 43.78% as high as snoop dogg is right now, david"

From what I've read it only accepts certain commands spoken in a very specific way for example "OK Glass, Take a Picture" works but "OK Glass, Take a Photo" doesn't. source:https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/ZLV9GdmkRzS

I would buy the hell out of that. I might add a new concept to the project that whispers 'Anchorman' quotes in my ear in completely inappropriate situations.

Maybe you're on a train or a boat? I don't understand your criticism.

“ok glass, how fast are we going?”

The picture is in a car, you can see a hand on a steering wheel to the right and in-screen map reads "state road 101".

But the concept is still useful in other scenarios - it isn't limited to cars just because that's where it's shown. Also, a HUD for driving would be pretty sweet, especially for the driver.

My first thought was that this looks dangerous.

Won't it distract the driver? The concept image shows a large blob straight in the middle of the "screen" that would certainly obstruct proper road view.

> The concept image shows a large blob straight in the middle of the "screen" that would certainly obstruct proper road view.

Seeing that the Glass doesn't obstruct the view, I don't see this being an issue. It's merely the center image in a mock up.

Complaining about the location would be like complaining about the location of a GPS device giving directions. slightly off to the side, but still "in front of you."

Good point. When creating that particular concept, I turned to a friend and said "Ignore the car's GPS and speedometer.". There's definitely better use cases for this kind of thing, perhaps I'll add some later.

I was on the Eurostar back from Paris two weeks ago when a guy pulls out his phone with an android app telling us how fast we are going. I'd say this isn't so awful. Not everybody drives a car.

"And anyway, the app would just be showing some "failed to connect" message her"

Dozens of London Underground Stations now have WiFi, so you're wrong.

> Really? You want to ask Google rather than the driver?

If I'm on a bus, train, or taxi, then yeah, absolutely.

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