| I am going to check my preconceived notion this is 1) A horrible idea/product 2) false-- and be opened minded. I ask the following questions of anyone knowledgeable of the space or otherwise having a strong bg in EE: - Is it possible to power a device like this for > 8 hours? - How difficult would it be to create a device like "promised". By that I mean, a fully fleshed out google glass, one that conceptually delivers things like object recog, nightvision, camera, HUD. Google glass failed (imo) for 2 major reasons, and I only see one of them has changed. 1) The interface was terrible. Apple can solve this with a combo of offloading processor & peripheral interfaces with the watch & an iphone. The phone has a more robust processor & the interface is not voice, but potentially 2 different devices. 2) Hardware. As alluded to, interfacing with the device was painful, but the device itself didnt deliver due to HW limits. Apple can bypass some computing by offloading to a phone or secondary device, but battery life is still a limit...for both devices. If apple shifts-- and they have; from the hub being a computer, to the cloud and now ultimately the phone; can they deliver the battery power? Not only will the phone be the brain of potentially 2 devices on top of its own functionality, but the conputing power, graphic processing power, networking and battery life need to increase both for the phone-- the hub, but all peripherals. Can Apple (or anyone) deliver on this with current tech, or do we need better battery tech & smaller cpu / networking? |