Google Glass and the Future of Technology

If Pogue is this excited about this "Google technology", then it must be really good. But there's something worrying about Google putting it into people's hands possibly a full 2 years before it actually comes to market. While I'm sure the feedback was important, there's still 2 years in which a competitor can come out and take the market before they do, although I'm sure what they're doing with Google Glass is very hard tech and can't be easily replicated, but still. Someone like Apple could probably do it if they really wanted to take on Google in this market.

I think Glass is an intermediate step. The biggest issue that exists right now is the fact that we would love to have huge screen but don't want to lug them around; want full keyboards but they don't generally fit in our pockets...<p>My thought on this is that we'll eventually turn to the next best (but scary) way to interact with computers: implants. I wrote about it in a blog I have just for "brain dumping" of stories I want to eventually write, but perhaps it's relevant here: <a href="http://writersdrano.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/the-first-step-bionic-enhanced-reality/" rel="nofollow">http://writersdrano.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/the-first-step-...</a>

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.<p>That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see those glasses. I'm all for tech gadgets, but people need to disconnect now and then.

I'm still kinda worried about the interface of Google Glass, resp. the actual handling of the device: if you'll be limited to voice inputs and to swiping on the ear piece in the final version I suspect that this device will be not be very usable in an every day situation. esp. when you're using it in public you just might look like somebody who is constantly scratching his head.<p>I speculate that you would still require a touch screen to do most of your tasks, such as writing instant messages, checking when the trains go or just for browsing the web.

When I walk down the street I often see someone wearing some clothes that look fantastic. I hope an entrepreneur creates an Glass app that overlays a list of stores where I can buy each item along with the price. It would be even better if it could save a photo of the person and notify me if something they are wearing goes on sale somewhere. If everyone's 'favorites' pictures were stored in the cloud you could sell the data to vendors to let them know what people wanted. If I could set a trigger "let me know if x goes on sale for less than $y" you could sell that data to vendors too (sort of like they have bidding for empty hotel rooms).

Imagine if you could use these in casinos as an obvious disruptive high margin use case for the niche individual...<p>While considering the comments from fashion week, the potential is greater for multiple industries vs the historical desktop/pocket utility to develop on top of, moreover, the advantage can support beyond just hackers who can leverage opensource/SDK/APIs. I think the utility alluded to has game changing potential if big g plays the edge instead of the core competency.<p>This isn't the only disruptive horse running, though...

The question remains to be seen if the hipsters will be found walking around with these bulky things on their heads.<p>You can be sure i'll be there, interacting with my computer through a head mounted instrument in public, in my car, at the restaurant, in the club, in the bathroom, everywhere, much to the chagrin and dismay of onlookers.<p>I'll also be using my smartphone to interface with it in case I need to configure something.