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Mainstream media are surprised, but it was only a matter of time until Google took its Glass project out to the paddock and put a bullet in its head. That happened today.Google Glass, RIP.The concept will live on but Glass, as we know it, is dead.We’re not surprised....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Google bails on Glass. Interesting analysis. 
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A London-based startup has created an app that lets users take pictures simply by concentrating. Created by design studio This Place, MindRDR uses both Google Glass and a brain activity-monitoring device to take photos and then post them to social media without ever touching a screen. The brain activity device — known as the Neurosky EEG biosensor — tracks the kind of neural patterns the brain exhibits when it's focusing on something. MindRDR then translates those patterns into actions — telling Glass to take a photo and then post it, all powered by thought....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Kind of cool! Where is Spock when you need him?
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
July 12, 2014 3:09 AM
Cool app for Google glass. Let's see where this development goes. 
Keepamericaheard Maria Catania's curator insight,
July 12, 2014 11:37 AM
#Googleglass concentrates on the mind to produce data results- #Keepamericaheard #global
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When asked whether he’s looked into Google Glass, Dorsey had the following to say:“I don’t think glasses are the answer. I think it might be a 10-year answer, but not in the next five years. Maybe if they’re in sunglasses or what not. I think the movement you see around Fitbit, Up and FuelBand, that seems to be the next step in wearable. So something on the wrist that feels natural, almost feels a bit like jewelry. Glasses are very compelling and I think it’s an amazing technology, but I just can’t imagine my mom wearing them right now. What is the value of Glass?” Google Glass was announced last year at Google’s I/O developer conference but the consumer version of the product isn’t expected to be released until the end of 2013, or a year-ish from now, depending on who you talk to. Apple has yet to announce its rumored iWatch product, but some rumors have pointed to a late 2013 or early 2014 release date. When asked specifically, whether he had more faith in the rumored iWatch, Dorsey replied: ”(Laughs.) I don’t know, I think there’s a lot going on. The Pebble watch I think is pretty compelling as well.”...
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Google Glass or Apple iWatch? Interesting debate, guaranteed to go on forever.
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2013 was the year of the Glasshole — the year that technology made one of its most violent entries into our personal lives at bars, restaurants, workplaces, and homes.... ... According to Pew , 80 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 post photos online, and that percentage is increasing across all age groups. Across Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Facebook alone, we post 1.5 billion photos per day. We are all Glassholes, only to varying degrees, and we’re all still figuring out what a future looks like where we can document anything — a sound, a sight, a 360-degree-panorama — in less than 10 seconds.In this new world of hyper-documentation we’ll have to figure out what feels right and what doesn’t — new etiquettes and customs and mores. These new norms will focus on utility and also social acceptance. Glass’s whole selling point was "keeping you in the moment," but the gadget is so new and unfamiliar that wearing it, ironically, might actively eject you from the moment (or from a bar). But someday, Glass (in some form or another) will likely achieve its goal. There’s no denying that shooting a concert on Glass is less obtrusive than holding up your phone...
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Stay tuned for more Glassholes and "Facebook eye".
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Google's been hard at work trying to prove that its Glass headset is more than just a toy for tech nerds, and one way its been doing that is by flaunting the eyewear 's photography capabilities. Some Explorers have been doing amazing things with Glass since the program launched nearly two years ago. Here's a taste of some of the best Glass photography....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Great photos, worth a look.
Jerome BESSON's curator insight,
May 23, 2014 5:02 AM
A ne pas manquer. Comment les googles glass vont changer la photographie personnelle et professionnelle. |
Interesting analysis of why Google bailed on Glass.
Doesn't surprise me I knew it would be a dead end,
MariaCatania