Blogs Apr 15, 2014 at 12:38 pm

Will You Buy Google Glass Today?

Paul Constant
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1
I'm imagining the bins at Value Village and RE-PC full of these things in 10 years, while out on the sidewalk, iPads crunch under our feet.
yelahneb on April 15, 2014 at 12:47 PM Report this
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Never in 100000000 years.
very bad homo on April 15, 2014 at 12:49 PM Report this
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I'm surprised there's even one yes vote, but someone always has to troll.
originalcinner on April 15, 2014 at 12:55 PM Report this
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Curious how well these were do. I can't remember a product launch since the Segway where such a high-profile, cutting-edge gadget was tanked by a collective sense of dork. Or maybe it's just a solution to a problem no one has. Google glass could be either or both as well.
Dougsf on April 15, 2014 at 12:57 PM Report this
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WiS is gonna get some and scuff them all up so it looks like he's been "alpha testing" for the last coupla years.
rob! on April 15, 2014 at 1:02 PM Report this
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I'm not sure I need Google glasses, but even if I were convinced I'm going with the rule about cars, don't buy a new model the first year it's out. Give them a couple of years to work out the quirks. That said, I really don't see a need for Google glasses.
percysowner on April 15, 2014 at 1:13 PM Report this
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I will beta test one if they send it free.
fletc3her on April 15, 2014 at 1:24 PM Report this
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@2 Shouldn't that be, never in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years?
fletc3her on April 15, 2014 at 1:26 PM Report this
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@8: x10
Dougsf on April 15, 2014 at 1:31 PM Report this
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@4,

The Segway was far worse with the initial secrecy and hype about how amazing it was going to be. And then it was revealed, and it turned out to be an exceptionally expensive scooter.
keshmeshi on April 15, 2014 at 1:32 PM Report this
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@5 FTW
Aaron on April 15, 2014 at 1:33 PM Report this
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@4,

To be clear, I still think Glass is stupid, but it is actually useful. The Segway is useful for parking enforcement and not much else.
keshmeshi on April 15, 2014 at 1:33 PM Report this
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It needs a lot of work before I'd even consider trying it out, let alone buying one.

Android Wear seems more promising. Especially the Moto 360 watch, since it looks like an actual watch and not some Syfy channel space opera prop.
brandon on April 15, 2014 at 1:33 PM Report this
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I can get a sweet teevee for that price. Besides, they aren't even stylish. Let me know when they're $59.99.
Pope Peabrain on April 15, 2014 at 1:38 PM Report this
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Now we'll see what Google's, er, unusual marketing campaign of finding the thousand most irritating dingleberries in the universe to wear them around has accomplished.
Fnarf on April 15, 2014 at 1:44 PM Report this
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Nope. Tried the Alpha, glad the battery is smaller, but only Glassholes will buy it
Will in Seattle on April 15, 2014 at 1:51 PM Report this
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
rob! on April 15, 2014 at 1:54 PM Report this
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Wow, most unanimous Slog poll ever! Apparently, there is something that unites all of us in this political world of monorails, viaducts, bag taxes and $15/hr minimum wages.
decidedlyodd on April 15, 2014 at 2:18 PM Report this
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@17: Well played.
Hanoumatoi on April 15, 2014 at 2:24 PM Report this
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It's quite likely that if another company (Apple for example) creates a slicker, less conspicuous design, brings the price down and markets it right, consumers will buy them and next thing you know half the population will be walking around with these ugly Mass Effect-style visors. I find the scenario nightmarish, and I hope I'm underrating the average consumer. I would like this to be a dead end.
Jizzlobber on April 15, 2014 at 2:26 PM Report this
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It's the annual Asshole Sale!
seattlestew on April 15, 2014 at 2:34 PM Report this
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If I was paralyzed from the neck down, yeah I would buy one, or wait in line for someone who was.

In 10 years, you wont even be able to detect google glass, the cameras and SoC will be so small, it will be mostly assembled into the frame via 3D printers. Its going to enrage all the haters, they wont be able to tell the horn rimed glassholes from horn rimmed hipster assholes.
Kinison on April 15, 2014 at 2:48 PM Report this
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It's like They Live, except everyone can see it BUT the dude with the glasses.

@10, Ok, Google glass are probably more useful to more people, but I'm still curious what effect the market's rarely-seen cousin, the Invisible Hand of Shame, has on this launch.

Also, anyone else see the web-ad where they have one of the models wearing them in her wood shop? She's only sanding, but the idea of power tools and web browsing, just...hahahahahahahaha.
Dougsf on April 15, 2014 at 3:07 PM Report this
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@2, oh, trust me, we'll be able to tell. There's something about a Glasshole.
Fnarf on April 15, 2014 at 3:22 PM Report this
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I played around with a pair of Glasses that my hacker friend (definitely not an asshole) had acquired. It was a boring, awkward device. All the awkward feeling of talking to Siri in public combined with a vague headache from having my eyes pulled in opposite directions. I couldn't understand why my friend had wasted the money on them.
wxPDX on April 15, 2014 at 3:25 PM Report this
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@22 wake me when we get those, my guess is we'll develop bio-electric contacts that do that here at the UW fairly soon
Will in Seattle on April 15, 2014 at 3:57 PM Report this
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I'm in mortal fear of someone wearing Glass and driving. UGH
on April 15, 2014 at 4:04 PM Report this
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why shouldn't we all respond to anyone wearing these things as if there were a video-camera-with-reporters-microphone pointing at us? if these things really catch on, then i think it's reflective carnival masks for the rest of us.
theophrastus on April 15, 2014 at 4:28 PM Report this
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There's a third option: 'I already have Glass, you insensitive dolt.'

Yes, I've printed a privacy cover for the lens and will wear it dutifully around all of you hypocritical paranoiacs.

Your smartphones have an exploitable radio firmware that's a far greater privacy concern than these spex. Try [DROPOUTJEEP] on your favourite search engine.
GlibReaper on April 15, 2014 at 4:33 PM Report this
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@27 I'd be more worried about the SideLyftuber drivers poking at their smartphones as they whiz around the streets. Have you seen anyone driving with Glass yet?
GlibReaper on April 15, 2014 at 4:38 PM Report this
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Glasshole spotted, complete with victim complex.
Jizzlobber on April 15, 2014 at 4:43 PM Report this
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@31
You also get:

Cable and Charger
Mono Earbud
Pouch
Your Choice of Shade or Frame
Insufferable sense of victimhood
wxPDX on April 15, 2014 at 5:16 PM Report this
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@3: Starr probably has a Google News filter looking for these articles.
undead ayn rand on April 16, 2014 at 8:09 AM Report this

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