“Whatever happened to all those people wearing Google Glass all over town? Many were all-in on the greatness of the product, wearing Google Glass to video podcasts, TV shows, and events. Wearers were gung ho and constantly extolled the virtues of Google Glass,” John C. Dvorak writes for PC Magazine. “[Then], in April 2014, articles began to appear about how all the early adopters stopped wearing the glasses because they were useless and led to personal ridicule.”
“Personally I’ll be surprised if Google does not pull the plug on the product within the next 12 months,” Dvorak writes. “The social pressure came directly from the public. People found these devices insulting and rude. In some ways they reflect the naiveté of Google itself. The company has exhibited a very cavalier attitude towards individual privacy.”
Read more in the full article here.
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Spyware app can secretly take photos from Google Glass without user’s knowledge – March 26, 2014
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Scoble: Google Glass is doomed – January 2, 2014
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Apple’s Siri lambastes Google Glass – August 26, 2013
Google Glass ban list grows; top 10 places banning Google Glass – August 7, 2013
Finally the curmudgeon says something I agree with. No need to fall for his link-bait, though.
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Sergey’s exit of his wife was the first to go because of ‘Google glass.’
He was getting too much Google ass at work, I guess.
Or Google lass?
Google’s concept was wrong. But having a head-mounted video camera can use useful…
Apple is making iPhone the “hub” for wearable computing, starting with Apple Watch. When Apple opens up the technology that makes the iPhone/Watch combo work so seamlessly, third parties can also design products that use iPhone as the brains and muscle.
Then, someone (probably not Apple) will design a wearable video camera product that is far less conspicuous, which connects to iPhone wirelessly like Apple Watch. And like Apple Watch, the iPhone does the heavy lifting (data processing and storage), allowing the wearable camera device to be much smaller and “purpose-focused.” Google’s conceptual mistake was to make its “Glass” into a stand-alone product that tries to do “everything.”
I understand that Glass DID have other functions, not just “head-mounted video camera.” But if the user always has an iPhone to act as the “hub,” products like Apple Watch (and future wearables) do NOT need to do those other things. They can be focused on their key UNIQUE functions.
OH! Dvorak got something right, has hell frozen over?
It must have. And me, too, when I read this.
It’s enough to make Republican’s believe in climate change. 😉
it’s not just republicans who disbelieve the ‘climate change’ hoax.
the earth is overheating from the ground up; you might have noticed the increase in quakes and volcanoes, for example. that is, you might notice if you would take your head out of 0bama’s queer ass.
Especially near fracking zones. Turns out that messing with gnd water makes the ground unstable.
L….M….A…..O
No it is morphing to a law enforcement tool- probably for a highly marked up price.
Dubai is using it for the cops. Coming to a SWAT Team near you.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/02/us-emirates-dubai-google-police-idUSKCN0HR0W320141002
“It is morphing to a law enforcement tool…”
So, no more excuses for defenders of Michael Brown types.
The cop cameras now in use often “fail” or were “no on” in many cases. I suspect when thevideo absolves police misconduct we see it. When it shows the police in the wrong it conveniently does not exist. I propose the cameras record to the cloud wher ther could be control of public access. As long as the police can erase bad behavior the cameras are less than useless.
I’ll tell you what happened to all those people wearing Google Glass, they got the shit beat out of them and decided their geek glasses were not worth the pain.
Good!!
Totally agree. I mean, how many times can you take being punched in the face? Not to mention, it’s the dorkiest thing I’ve ever seen people wear. You wouldn’t catch me dead wearing one of those ridiculous things. Rudest, most obnoxious piece of tech ever created.
Dvorak writes. “It is time to just kiss this little product goodbye, for good.”
If he says this then they will probably make a comeback!
Oh they will, Google will just keep them in beta form for ever but yes there is a market in business a little scarily as its to keep watch on the workers as much as to help them serve the public… who it will also keep watch on of course. 1984 here we come.
I don’t think Google was naive-they just don’t care about people’s privacy-their entire business model is built on it .
Was at an engagement party where some guy was strutting around with one; watching the expressions it seemed he was surrounded by a Pariah Field.
I agree with Dvorak? People must be ice skating in Hell!
In L.A., I can see Google Glass being used under controlled conditions, say a Student or Indie Film Shoot, as the device has cinema verite written all over it. But for once Dvorak is right, negative reaction by the Public to being brazenly spied upon will kill the product. And BlueMax is right: Google’s utter contempt for user privacy is evident in all their products, including harvesting results from Google Search and Android phones.
Remove the camera and the issues disappear. Saying that the device is not very useful yet.
Who would want one with no camera? The whole poit is the camera.
Not surprising; yet another failed Google product – “Google Glass is the worst product of all time!”
And John P from Geekbeat is about as rabid a Google/Samsung fan as money will buy.
#InTheMorning
Maybe the GG owners checked to see if they’d bend?
Who’s ghost writing for Dvorak these days? Is he sleeping with the fishes wearing his Google Glass?
The current hardware is going away, but the concept isn’t. Google is working on a contact version for the eye. New privacy laws to follow.
Meanwile Dvorak’s relevancy keeps going and going and going and going and going…
The worst (or best) part of Google Glass is that it made Google look uncool.
maybe after a set period of time they fuse with the user and can no longer be seen due to being covered in skin
I think Google glass has a place in the market. The consumer/homemarket is not that place. I think military is a more appropriate place.