Google Shows the Power of Project Glass -- by Jumping Out of an Airplane: Is This the Future?

by thezilch Posted 2012/06/29 19:00:00

Related Topics: Google Glass, Sergey Brin, Google, Glass Project

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	Yes, it's the future	101 votes	56%
	No, I hope not	78 votes	44%

Imagine driving to work, wearing your Google Glass(es) and its HUD (heads up display) is guiding you around traffic in real time. You arrive at work and see a guy wearing some sweet shoes; you scan them with your Glass and pin it for the future and all your friends to see. You work with a number of foreigners who are in town to assist with some system failures; they don't speak English -- Google Glass is translating their speech in front of your eyes. That's the future with Google Glass.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his fellow Googlers helped debut the company's crazy Google Glass project with an employee doing a real-time parachute jump while wearing the connected smart glasses.

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Fef 2012/06/29 19:02:14

No, I hope not

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Great product, but I like privacy
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YOUR EARTH ANGEL'S REDEMPTION 2012/07/07 13:25:42

Yes, it's the future

WELL TECHNICALLY YESTERDAY WAS THE FUTURE BEING SET IN MOTION TODAY.

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BIG BAD JOHN R. 2012/07/02 14:23:20

Yes, it's the future

They are absolutely right it is so amazing. The future is right around the corner and things are only get better and wilder.

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ticlo7 2012/07/02 13:51:11

No, I hope not

It sounds great, but it'll make us lazier than we already are.

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Kigan 2012/07/02 12:56:14 (edited)

Yes, it's the future

A future we are not ready for. A future that we as a species will be unable to handle.

Take all the stupidity of car accidents involving cell phones, and add displays over your eyes. Don't have to look down - your view is obscured right then and there.

"Oh, well we can solve that with self-driving cars." - Yeah, because giving up all control is totally better.

Also, remove any feeling of privacy as you never know who is "scanning" you and what they are "scanning" you for.

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LUFXIII 2012/07/02 09:59:28

Yes, it's the future

but expensive

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kay29 2012/07/02 07:06:54

Yes, it's the future

Sounds cool...and ultimately scary...

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Ev Rom 2012/07/02 00:26:20

No, I hope not

As we "advance" I feel more and more like moving to a forest town in Michoacan Mexico. But I would like to keep my flat screen TV and internet... LOL

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imsmarter 2012/07/01 19:25:26

Yes, it's the future

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Yeah I believe it is, however the conspiracy theorist in me says that the government will use it against us. LOL

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kay29 to imsmarter 2012/07/02 07:05:42

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Yeah I was thinking that too, lol.

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imsmarter to kay29 2012/07/02 16:58:23

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Thanks! My husband thinks I'm crazy sometimes.

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kay29 to imsmarter 2012/07/05 10:42:52

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Nah, you just think outside the square, lol. :-)

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mblythe95 2012/07/01 17:08:28

Yes, it's the future

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although it's guna be incredibly expensive i'd still get them

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MegaFortunateSon 2012/07/01 14:40:39

Yes, it's the future

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Pretty cool.

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jim 2012/07/01 12:09:12

Yes, it's the future

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yes, you can't stop progress, but there's no cure for ignorance!

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Lina Blub 2012/07/01 10:21:34

No, I hope not

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Ha!! Google translate FAILS! I hope not ! Future would be screwed

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Nuke 2012/07/01 06:13:55

Yes, it's the future

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It's a neat idea but I couldn't use it because of my glasses but on a side note...

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Anonymo... to Nuke 2012/07/01 18:30:25

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You can clip them onto normal glasses as well :)

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Nuke to Anonymo... 2012/07/02 19:37:13

Really? hhmmm lol
Maybe my level can be over 9000 lol

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littlebuffalo55TBA 2012/07/01 06:12:21

No, I hope not

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This is Our Future!

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Eddie 2012/07/01 05:38:19

Yes, it's the future

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I think it's along the lines of what's in the pipeline.

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♌βļąƈʞƦơșƐ3033♌ 2012/07/01 03:36:20

No, I hope not

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I don't get it. It's a video camera on glasses, big deal.

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Rock 2012/07/01 01:40:32

Yes, it's the future

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Very cool! I hope these or something like it find a foothold in my industry.

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cheighti g 2012/07/01 00:01:56

Yes, it's the future

that is SO COOL!

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Wanderer 2012/06/30 23:59:21

Yes, it's the future

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It's been a long time coming and it's finally arrived,I can see a lot of people going headlong into these...I keep thinking to myself ''what's next''.? but I'm not sure I really want to know.

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story101 to Wanderer 2012/07/01 07:58:49

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why not im-bed it directly on your retina?

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Wanderer to story101 2012/07/01 08:25:25

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Hmm.!! I was right......I don't wanna know!

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Pookie 2012/06/30 23:55:04

No, I hope not

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That pretty cool and all... but ive had people go up to me and say they want all my clothing.
Dat shiz creepy.
You never know how far jerks would go e-e

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RasHooD 2012/06/30 23:21:11

Yes, it's the future

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i like to get the glasses and the "new" Iphone 5

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KeeganTheAwesome 2012/06/30 22:52:21

Yes, it's the future

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It's the future, alright, but not the near-future. We already have enough drivers who are crashing their cars from being distracted by such a tiny device as a cell phone, I can only imagine the chaos HUD glasses would wreak on the public.

However, since technology does exist that allows people to use their thoughts to control electronics, someone could design a pair of glasses that could communicate with the user's mind and shut itself off to help keep the user focused on the road, or something along those same lines. Something to keep drivers from getting distracted.

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thezilch to KeeganT... 2012/07/01 04:08:48

Well, luckily Google is also developing driverless cars. :D

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KeeganT... to thezilch 2012/07/01 19:45:58

Silly me, I completely forgot about that.

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it'skrissie!d:) 2012/06/30 22:39:12

No, I hope not

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I admire my privacy just like the next person.

However, until I see people driving cars in the sky and humans being transported by bubbles, nothing really is going to impress me. I already thought these things already existed.

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Heisenberg 2012/06/30 20:49:26

Yes, it's the future

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This is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

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Cunning Stunts 2012/06/30 17:45:09

No, I hope not

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Maybe in hundreds of years but we're not ethically ready as a species in our nature or societal structures to handle it.

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♥•judy•♥ 2012/06/30 15:41:08

No, I hope not

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can you even see with those things? lol ill fall into a hole just looking at it :P

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Dalvin 2012/06/30 15:09:13

Yes, it's the future

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It is the future like it or not. I don't know if it will be a privacy risk but i hope not. It would be cool to travel and be able to understand what's being said.

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Sarah Alexander 2012/06/30 14:59:38

Yes, it's the future

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I hope it is anyway! <3 the idea.

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Elizabeth 2012/06/30 14:31:04

No, I hope not

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I want some privacy!

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C-ZAR™, Emperor of the PHÆT 2012/06/30 14:11:20

Yes, it's the future

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Trek tech coming to life...

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PonToki 2012/06/30 13:52:20

No, I hope not

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Its a pretty cool looking/sounding gadget, but it seems like it might be distracting too if people were wearing them while driving and going to work. Besides, if people can scan the things I'm wearing.. its just slightly stalkerish. Then again, I suppose people can usually find a way to make a good thing bad.

The translating aspect of the eyepiece is pretty impressive, but with my boyfriend being a translator I'd wonder if companies would just invest in this as opposed to hiring a person. That being said, maybe the gadget doesn't translate written word.. dunno!

Anyway, its cool and seems handy as a play toy, but I probably wouldn't use it all that much.

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