Controversies about Google Glasses project

We had posted a video on Google Glasses earlier in the blog, that specializes in AR.It’s called Project Glass, and it’s a pair of glasses that layers digital information over the real world.The first look at it seems like an amazingly brilliant idea. Browsing over the net, we have seen mixed reactions from people. Some love the idea, others dismiss it or at least be skeptical about it. However, there are a few questions around the concept and the product as a whole. Are we ready to augment our reality?Do we really need it?
Is there any particular want that this kind of technology will cater to?

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 Codesign.com has an interesting article on their articule: " Four problems Google glasses has to solve before becoming a hit"

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They talk about how Google has always been a company that is smart but not pretty, primarily because they never had to be. Think about it, the Google glasses is the first physical product that they will be launching ever. Quoting from the article,
"Technology can be a symbol of your future-forwardness, or it can be the exact opposite: a sign of the future’s ridiculousness. The Segway flopped in part for its cost and in part for the fact that humanity isn’t quite that lazy, but there was a deeper, visceral reaction to the core of the product that signified a silly future rather than an inspiring one. So far, the actual glasses Google is showing off aren’t inspiring. To succeed, Google will need to sell us on either the stylishness, or the invisibility, of video glasses."

From our perspective, we think it is all a matter of time and the ability to solve a real need for people.


Lets hope these new glasses don't became the 15th item of the following list:

Taken from http://mashable.com/2011/09/29/tech-fails-infographic/