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#Post#: 28899--------------------------------------------------
Google Glass
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 12, 2014, 7:25 am
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So, I was thinking of what way I could go when it came to
recording myself doing art and tutorials in Photoshop. They have
programs that actually record your desktop as you work, but I've
never really liked those because it's only recording half of
what you are doing and excluding the live action stuff. Even
though I've known about Google Glass, it just popped into my
head that THAT could be the way to do it. Well, you can cross
that off the list as well. Even though I've known about the tech
since it came out, I had never gone any further than people
talking about it. It wasn't until just now that I decided to see
how much they cost. $1,500 on Amazon! WTF!!! What's the lowest
price you think Google Glass would ever sell at Brand New one
day?
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Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Mac
Date: June 12, 2014, 9:10 am
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> They have programs that actually record your desktop as you
work, but I've never really liked those because it's only
recording half of what you are doing and excluding the live
action stuff.
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I'm not clear on what you're saying here.
Wouldn't a Go Pro attached to your head, work about the same?
As in all technology, the price will eventually come down. It
will be that magic moment when the price matches your need.
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Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 12, 2014, 9:18 am
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> I'm not clear on what you're saying here.
>
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Programs like Camtasia record live video of your Desktop. Just
think along the lines of the standard Print Screen option you
have on your keyboard. When you hit the PrtScn button, it snaps
an image of your Desktop. With Camtasia, it's the same thing,
but instead of one image, it's all video.
I actually was considering going with the GoPro option prior to
looking into Google Glass. The one drawback I found with GoPro
is that even though it's small, it's still bulky for what I want
to do. Also, mounting it on a helmet or whatever makes me think
that there is going to be way more camera movement (shaky cam
for you folks out there that love that sh*t). With Google Glass,
it's going to record where my eyes are fixated on. If GoPro is
mounted on my head or on shoulders, the angle is going to be a
bit off and the shake is going to be more pronounced.
#Post#: 28903--------------------------------------------------
Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Mac
Date: June 12, 2014, 9:29 am
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Camtasia... I'm familiar with that. I get it now. duh.
Yea, the shaky cam would be a real distraction, no matter GoPro
or Google Glass.
#Post#: 28919--------------------------------------------------
Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Mac
Date: June 13, 2014, 11:24 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Watch The Daily Show absolutely rip Google Glass
users apart[/glow]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbZ9WzFrwUo
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Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Mac
Date: June 25, 2014, 11:40 am
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Really? OHMYGAWD, are you that stupid. I'm really trying to
understand the anger. Do they live under a rock. How can they be
in the crowd of wanting the latest tech and not understand the
principle and process of upgrades?
First I'm laughing... seriously... your anger just makes me
laugh. Then I cry, because I'm associated (human species) with
dumbass's. Then I laugh again.
[glow=red,2,300]Google's 2GB RAM upgrade for new Glass explorers
angers early adopters[/glow]
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> Google will soon ship an upgraded version of Google Glass with
2GB of RAM, angering early members of its Glass Explorer Program
stuck with the older model.
>
> Google Glass currently comes with 1GB of RAM, but to improve
performance Google will begin shipping a new version with 2GB of
RAM, it said in a post to Google Plus.
>
> The announcement angered some existing Glass owners. Some
demanded a free upgrade to the 2GB version in comments on the
posting. Others said they would be willing to pay a small fee
for an upgrade, while one acknowledged that if further hardware
updates were planned, it wouldn’t make sense for Google to
upgrade all users each time. “Getting a final consumer version
would be swell though,” he added.
>
> Google does not plan to upgrade existing users’ devices, it
said.
>
> “Throughout our open beta program, you can expect to see us
make changes here and there. We won’t be swapping devices, but
you’ll continue to see improvements with our software updates,”
a Google representative said in a comment on the posting.
>
> The company does replace broken or defective Google Glass
devices, however, prompting Google Plus user Jake Weisz to
identify a loophole in the no-upgrades policy. “If defective
Glass units get free upgrades to 2GB, you will see a lot of
‘defective’ models this month,” he wrote.
>
> In May, Google broadened its Explorer Program, making Glass
available in the U.S. to anyone over 18 years old for US$1,500.
Before that, users who wanted to buy Glass required an
invitation from Google. On Monday it extended the offer to U.K.
residents over 18, who can purchase Glass for £1,000 (roughly
US$1,700).
>
> Google is upgrading the Glass software as well as the
hardware. It is adding an easier way to frame shots for photos,
with the addition of L-shaped corners bracketing the image in
the viewfinder screen, and adding two new Google Now cards, one
to remind users where they parked their car and another to let
them know when packages are arriving.
>
> The company also announced 12 new Glassware apps from
partners, including Shazam, a music recognition app that can be
triggered with the words “OK Glass, recognize this song,” and
94Fifty Basketball, a training aid that works with a
sensor-equipped basketball to offer feedback after each shot.
>
> Google’s announcements arrived just before the start of its
annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco, which kicks
off Wednesday. The company will lead sessions on how to build
new types of software for Glass during the conference.
>
> Google is also expected to unveil a small TV set-top box
resembling the Apple TV and Amazon’s Fire TV at the event, the
Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Citing two people who
have seen the device, the newspaper said the device will not be
sold under the Google brand but will be powered by the Android
TV software that Google developed to play games, movies and
other content on TVs. Users will be able to control the box with
their Android phones and tablets and maybe with other devices,
the report said.
>
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This folks comments sums it pretty well
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> Bryan Maloney 2 hours ago
> Heh. Hee hee. BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! There are still
children out there who think they are ENTITLED to get upgrades
because they were dim enough to be early adopters? I don't drive
around a Model T, by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm
also not stupid enough to pay someone else to be a beta tester.
Sorry, losers, but expecting a free upgrade when you're an early
adopter is as pathetic as expecting Coca-cola to pay you money
because you bought a shirt that is just an advertisement for
their product.
>
> coach02740 6 hours ago
> Anyone who rushes out and buys the first version of anything,
and then complains about being antiquated when the next gen
comes out is an idiot.
>
> Dave Jewell 6 hours ago
> If you're an early adaptor, you already look like a dork.
With this announcement, you get to feel like one too.... :-)
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#Post#: 29151--------------------------------------------------
Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 25, 2014, 12:02 pm
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Kind of ties into my reluctance to jump in and get me a Surface
Pro 3 so soon after launching. There is always the inevitable
factory refresh that works out the kinks and adds more power.
Having done a little bit more research into Glass when I
originally started this thread, I'm glad I never got into it as
anyone that wears them looks like a complete douche. Even if I
was alone in the house with them on, I'd feel like one.
#Post#: 29155--------------------------------------------------
Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Mac
Date: June 25, 2014, 2:24 pm
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My fear is people will get over the douche angle.
I think people are major douche's looking down at their mobile
phone all-the-time. They don't. They don't care.
Young people smoking... douche
This google glass douchieness may not last. It always will for
me.
#Post#: 32091--------------------------------------------------
Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Mac
Date: November 17, 2014, 11:24 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Two Years Later, Consumers Don't Actually Want
Google Glass[/glow]
[img]
HTML http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/v2_article_large/public/2014/07/29/google-glass-worn.jpg?itok=oqv078yW[/img]
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> It was supposed to usher in the sci-fi future of wearables,
but that was, well, so 2012. Now a number of Google Glass
developers report that they've ceased working on apps for the
futuristic face computer -- there's just not enough consumer
interest in a blatant display of technology.
>
> The $1,500 headset presents the wearer with a small computer
display to the upper-right of his or her field of vision, making
the wearers especially conspicuous in the process. "Wearing a
piece of technology on your face was an obstacle," Adriana
Vecchioli, who created the Find.It app for Glass, told the Wall
Street Journal. Future versions of Glass will need to "be more
discreet," she said.
>
> A random sampling of 16 Glass developers by Reuters found that
nine of them had ceased working on apps for the device. "If
there was 200 million Google Glasses sold, it would be a
different perspective. There’s no market at this point," Tom
Frencel, CEO of Little Guy Games, said. Frencel's company
stopped developing a game for Glass this year to investigate
creating for other platforms, like the Oculus Rift
virtual-reality headset.
>
> Perhaps most troubling is the recently Glass-less face of
Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He has made it a point to show up
at star-studded events while wearing his company's headset for
the past two years but showed up without them at one such event
on Sunday. Brin maintains Google has hardly given up on the
product, he just happened to leave his in the car after wearing
them everywhere for the past two years.
--- End Quote ---
#Post#: 32095--------------------------------------------------
Re: Google Glass
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: November 17, 2014, 8:56 pm
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The sticker price doesn't help, but I think the real reason why
there are so few adopters is that it's extremely invasive of
other people's space and privacy, which of course has led to
assault's when they refused to remove their glasses when they
are in a place that they are not wanted. Even if they tell
people they are not recording, it's still invasive. No one is
gonna trust some stranger to not record.
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