Video: Google's Sergey Brin Shares his Philosophy about Glass
It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstage at TED 2013, Brin calls for a new way of seeing our relationship with our mobile computers -- not hunched over a screen but meeting the world heads-up.
Not since Apple's iPhone debut in 2007 has there been so much buzz about a computer that is coming to market. Originally Glass didn't have a camera, so they added one and the magic began. Glass, connected to a smartphone, may also double as your future hands free option to answering calls and instead of texting while you're walking, you'll just be able to speak and the voice recognition will just record your message and send it. This kind of technology was presented at this week's Google I/O developer conference.
While there may be some serious opposition to Google's Glass regarding privacy and/or security, the fact is that the wearable computer revolution is going to be unstoppable. Google has come up with something that could be seriously cool, even if many are barking that it will ultimately fail.
Since I wear glasses, I'm not even sure that I'll be able to use Glass right out of the gate, but I still think that using it as a mobile camera to film live events quickly without having to hold a device in your hands is going to be great; used in hands-free mode to answer your smartphone or iPhone, all the better.
In April, Apple's board member Bill Campbell gave their competitor Google a thumbs up for their upcoming Glass product by stating that it's was "a phenomenal breakthrough." And if this breakthrough puts a fire under Apple's executives to ramp up their roadmap for a wearable computer a little quicker, then all the better. In the end, I think it's pretty safe to say that Campbell made his comment knowing full well that Apple has a new wearable computer of their own design in their pipeline.
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I watched the video that you link to. In that context, Apple destroyed music stores along with Blockbuster where people used to socially gather. Instead, we now go to the computer that further alienates us from social interactivity. So while you attach Mr. Postman's commentary to Google's Glass device, I plainly see that it's more likely that Apple has done more damage. Yet new technology has both a good and bad side.
It's really how you look at it. I'm sure the intimate relationship men had with their horse in terms of transportation in the form of horse and buggy was depressing for some while others embraced the automobile. Change will always have some scream murder while others see the delight of what's new.
It's the never ending story of what we call progress. Whether it is or not is another matter.
Posted by: JP | May 18, 2013 at 05:26 PM
“The Technopoly story is without a moral center. It puts in its place efficiency, interest, and economic advance. It promises heaven on earth through the conveniences of technological progress. It casts aside all traditional narratives and symbols that suggest stability and orderliness, and tells, instead, of a life of skills, technical expertise, and the
ecstasy of consumption.” ~ Neil Postman, “Technopoly” p. 192
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Posted by: A J MacDonald Jr | May 18, 2013 at 04:25 PM