“Hard as it might be to swallow, this is a real promotional video for a real product made by a real company with a $30 billion market cap,” Eric Johnson reports for Re/code.
“It’s the developer edition of Sony’s smart glasses, which are called SmartEyeglass (great name!) and will be available to the eager buying public in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan on March 10,” Johnson reports. “They cost $840.”
Johnson writes, “This promotional video suggests that SmartEyeglasses are supposed to be worn out and about in the world; the bar for ‘cool,’ or at least ‘not totally repellent to fellow human beings,’ then, gets much higher.”
What everyone but Apple seems to understand is that just because a person loves technology, doesn’t necessarily want it known that they love technology. From what I have seen of the Apple Watch, it’s an attractive product that possesses capabilities that it doesn’t wear on its sleeve, so to speak.
If you create products that look as if they were props from the latest Terminator movie then don’t be surprised that they repel anyone with any sort of fashion sense (never mind the issues that come whenever you’re essentially a walking camera, filming people without their knowledge or permission).
I hope every Sony shareholder immediately demands the resignation of every single person involved with this project. After they are done throwing up and selling their stock, that is….
Horrifying. I was hoping Sony was going to cancel this project. Oh well. I suppose it’s a step in progress as at least a failed experiment. It tries a couple new things anyway.
That actress’s face is way too narrow for those glasses. Don’t get me wrong, she herself looked fine, but they really should have found either glasses that fit on her head or a different actress who fit the glasses.
That wouldn’t fix the every problem here (clip-on puck, really?) but it would have looked at much less ridiculous if the proportions had made sense.
Can’t wait to replace my BluBlockers with these!
Will they blend?
Like Google glasses…only even worse. Do they come with a “kick me” sign?
What everyone but Apple seems to understand is that just because a person loves technology, doesn’t necessarily want it known that they love technology. From what I have seen of the Apple Watch, it’s an attractive product that possesses capabilities that it doesn’t wear on its sleeve, so to speak.
If you create products that look as if they were props from the latest Terminator movie then don’t be surprised that they repel anyone with any sort of fashion sense (never mind the issues that come whenever you’re essentially a walking camera, filming people without their knowledge or permission).
I hope every Sony shareholder immediately demands the resignation of every single person involved with this project. After they are done throwing up and selling their stock, that is….
Ummmmm…..
This actually got approved for production!
And the person who approved it has a job at Sony and he gets paid?
WOW
Horrifying. I was hoping Sony was going to cancel this project. Oh well. I suppose it’s a step in progress as at least a failed experiment. It tries a couple new things anyway.
Just imagine. If there was no Apple – Sony, Google and Samsung would be the companies bring us the leading edge technology of the day.
I just got a cold shiver down my spine.
The 1950’s called. They don’t want those glasses back.
Hey this is the “developer edition”.
Before you jest, realize that this edition is especially nerdy for developers because they are highly nerdy individuals.
Then laugh yourself silly.
Seriously, the glasses won’t work for anyone, including Apple, until they are able to see through female attire.
That actress’s face is way too narrow for those glasses. Don’t get me wrong, she herself looked fine, but they really should have found either glasses that fit on her head or a different actress who fit the glasses.
That wouldn’t fix the every problem here (clip-on puck, really?) but it would have looked at much less ridiculous if the proportions had made sense.
Ricockulous. Seriously.
Sony has fallen so far behind that they couldn’t even figure out how to design this without that wire. Epic FAIL all around!
That wire is the least ugly part of the whole device.
That about says it all.
FUGLY.
Even the model couldn’t actually get them to sit evenly on her nose or is is it supposed to be trendy to have them cocked like your hat.