I put yes, but I don't get to pick mine up until a few days from now.<p>Very excited about:<p>* how it enhances the external mind concept<p>* always on Bluetooth headphones (I think there are a lot of novel use cases that can spawn from this)<p>* Spaced repetition applications<p>* Building habits and changing behaviors (e.g. might be more inclined to build the habit of going to the gym if I had intelligently timed questions/feedback on the glasses)<p>* Life logging enhancements (picture notes and voice notes - I'm betting glass will encourage this more often)
I own one already. Feel free to ask me any questions!<p>Edit: I actually posted a short blog post about the pickup/first couple days of use: <a href="http://michaelevans.org/blog/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-google-glass/" rel="nofollow">http://michaelevans.org/blog/2013/04/29/hands-on-with-google...</a>
Not in the current guise. It looks like the-new-bluetooth-earpiece, hides stuff coming at you from the RHS and I quite like the amount of connectedness I have now. It's not easily foldable and it probably doesn't handle scratching that well. I'll give it a few years.
A thought occurred to me this morning about Google Glass: would a good alternative to wearing glasses that project a HUD into your eye be instead to simply wear a wrist watch that connects up to a wireless camera that you can mount to whatever you want, your head included.<p>The benefit would be that you could mount the camera in a less conspicuous way, perhaps as a more traditional looking bluetooth headset. Or, you could mount the camera wherever you wanted; facing behind you, on your bike handlebars, leave it at your car while you're at a restaurant, put it on your RC airplane, etc. The camera would communicate wireless with the wrist watch, which would have a microphone you could speak commands to, and perhaps additional buttons to control the camera or even a multitouch screen.<p>And why stop at one camera? You could pair multiple cameras to your watch and control them individually. Put one facing behind you and in front of you, or give one to your friend while you both play one-on-one basketball.<p>Glancing down at a watch doesn't seem that much less convenient than staring at a HUD projected into your eye, and there's a lot less stigma attached to wearing a watch than wearing the goofy looking Glass.<p>Just a thought, I don't know how viable it would be.
A 'meh' review of the alpha (beta?) devices floating around right now:<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-glass-googles-wearable-gadget/story?id=19091948" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-glass-googles-wearab...</a>
I don't plan to, but only because I don't plan on sparring $1500 and moving to US. If it were available in my country at moderate cost, I would definitely buy it.
To ask about price, which determines buying decisions, I just added:
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5644984" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5644984</a>
I have a good phone and a great laptop. I can't really justify buying one. I have some friends that plan on buying them, so at least I have the chance to try them out.
I don't have one.<p>I will want one.<p>I hope they avoid the bluetooth headset problem - I hope they last longer and are more common than bluetooth headsets are now.
I think 8h+ at work in front of 2 panels is enough for me, I plan to downgrade my mobile experience choosing dumbest nokia phone model 105, now I use Android mobile phone. Google Glass is gadget for teenagers with a lots of friends status updates and stuff that is not really matters.