[Drogoth]

http://www.google.com/glass/start/how-it-feels/

All i can say is: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

Seriously though, the potential is limitless. There is probably no amount of money I won't be willing to drop on a pair of these when they become generally available.

[deathfun]

I'm genuinely impressed
Though personally, I'd have no use of it.

[yuezhi]

That HUD doesn't have waypoint navigation, weapon loadout and missile locking

Seriously it sucks that I need eyesight glasses anyways meaning i can't put on even sunglasses.

[Drogoth]

I was concerned about using regular glasses as well, (allthough I was prepared to force myself to use contacts just for these) but I watched a review video where this guy is talking to the developers.

They said that the camera and hud thing can be detached from the base frame and attached to any other frame.

They are additionally exploring options to partner with frame designers in order to get this on prescription lens glasses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Tsrg_EQMw

[headdie]

about time someone got around to this.  let's hope it lives up to the advertising.

[Fury]

They are additionally exploring options to partner with frame designers in order to get this on prescription lens glasses.

Damn, I can only imagine having something like that over both eyes. What the hell we'd need displays for then? Imagine playing games, watching movies, etc with those. Only need audio output of some kind and we're set.

[KyadCK]

They are additionally exploring options to partner with frame designers in order to get this on prescription lens glasses.

Damn, I can only imagine having something like that over both eyes. What the hell we'd need displays for then? Imagine playing games, watching movies, etc with those. Only need audio output of some kind and we're set.

Not using the glasses as the display, that'd defeat the point of what they're trying to do, which is the ability to look away, but access it when you want it.

They mean working with glasses makers so they can produce designs Glass can mount to and/or look good with.

[Veers]

I do admit, I would like the ability to have a HUD, escort list blah blah blah. Able to show my speed and so forth.

That would be cool, but the technology of this is just cool anyway. I wonder how it will be used the most effectively

[BloodEagle]

I do admit, I would like the ability to have a HUD, escort list blah blah blah. Able to show my speed and so forth.

That would be cool, but the technology of this is just cool anyway. I wonder how it will be used the most effectively

Espionage and identity theft.

[Drogoth]

I think there are a whole host of different applications. I mean, the privacy concerns are real but i don't think that's any different then running around with a cellphone camera on.

What about for say sports?

When watching a game you could watch in the regular format, but if all the players were wearing a set of google glass, you could also periodically flip through the game from different players' perspectives at will.

Call me crazy but I think this kind of tech around augmented reality is a huge leap forward that could redefine how a lot of people live their lives

[Mars]

Espionage and identity theft.

Nudity overlays

[headdie]

I think there are a whole host of different applications. I mean, the privacy concerns are real but i don't think that's any different then running around with a cellphone camera on.

What about for say sports?

When watching a game you could watch in the regular format, but if all the players were wearing a set of google glass, you could also periodically flip through the game from different players' perspectives at will.

Call me crazy but I think this kind of tech around augmented reality is a huge leap forward that could redefine how a lot of people live their lives

imagine laser quest/paintball/airsoft/go-karts with this

[General Battuta]

Once these things are working with real time face recognition the potential applications for sexual predators, internet detectives, and common gossips will be absolutely limitless.

Imagine: you look at someone and record a comment, upload that comment to a Tumblr style setup, and tag it with their face as a unique identifier. Anyone else who looks at that person can search on their face and find every comment that person has been tagged with...with no consent required.

[Luis Dias]

What Batts say. Also, social interactions will become awkward like hell.

I call this a DOA.

[redsniper]

My vision is augmented.

Once these things are working with real time face recognition the potential applications for sexual predators, internet detectives, and common gossips will be absolutely limitless.

Redditor ****lords with face recognizing, video recording glasses FTL. My stalking is augmented.

[General Battuta]

Guy Fawkes is the best countermeasure. We never masked for this.

[MP-Ryan]

There are already jurisdictions talking of banning it due to privacy concerns.  Seems a little crazy because technology is just an enabler of behaviour, but something like this is tough to adapt to.

[General Battuta]

I'm pretty pro-technology in general, but we're looking at the eversion of a lot of social media behavior into the real world.

[MP-Ryan]

Although, these would be fantastic for my use at work.  Far better than the current body-worn cameras available on the market for law enforcement, and the search features would be awesome...

"Ok glass, do I need a respirator when working around ethylmethyldeath?"

[el_magnifico]

*Buys glasses and puts them on.*

Me: Alright Glass, now make my life as exciting as the ones in the ad.
Glass: Invalid command or filename.
 

Seriously though, this could be used for a lot of good things too, with proper programming. Those of us who are so visually impaired that even regular glasses won't help could use a zoom function, or a function that helps you identify what bus is coming, or one that enhances the image through software, or one that helps you identify who's coming, etc. Geordi Laforge would be VISORless in comparison.

Also, this could eventually be of use to help locate missing people and to help law enforcement. If you connect the glasses to a proper database, face recognition could warn the authorities that you've seen a fugitive or a missing person, report your location at the time and transmit all the relevant footage. (All of this requiring your own approval, of course.)