[rdl]

Head mounted cameras with live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware (well, prototype commodity hardware), is still a thing. I'm more into the thing as a compute device than headmount camera, but until they come up with a good audio UI or chording keyboard (ideally as glove), they'll be really limited on input, so video recording is probably the best use case.

(I worked for a guy who was doing this in the 1980s, with ~50 pounds of equipment in a backpack, a 5W radio transmitter on his head, etc.)

[clawrencewenham]

That part is cool, but it's also "FaceTime with a head-mounted camera". They spent most of their time showing something that is better but not unique. I was under the impression that Glass is supposed to put a UI in your field of vision, yet the entire presentation focused on the camera.

[falling]

> live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware

Isn’t that the description of any smartphone available for a few years now? Remove the screen and you can shrink it almost at will.

Project Glass is interesting, I’m curious about the display tech, but this demo didn’t show anything new.

[josteink]

Project Glass is interesting ... but this demo didn’t show anything new.

But when Apple copies Android's notification center (which has now been massively bumped in JB) that is a huge thing and everyone is up in arms about what sort of geniuses the people at Apple are.

Sure.

[falling]

I'm not everyone, I have my own opinions.

[bgilroy26]

They released the next step in their roadmap. The device will be released to US developers in the IO audience who pre-order and they will be able to hack on it at the beginning of 2013.

[falling]

That’s cool. So in a year we will finally know what this is all about.

[adgar]

> Isn’t that the description of any smartphone available for a few years now? Remove the screen and you can shrink it almost at will.

Then why hasn't that happened yet for a few years now, you think? Maybe your assumption "you can shrink it almost at will" is a bit simplistic?

[falling]

What hasn’t happened? live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware?

I have been doing that with my phone for a few years.

Also, look at the part of the glasses behind the ear, now look at any recent smartphone teardown and see how they compare in size.

I’m sure Project Glass will eventually be interesting, this demo was really cool, but hardly a technological achievement. You can do the same thing by strapping a phone to your helmet.

[adgar]

I'm referring to the "shrinking at will." If you can back, well, anything you're saying up about how Glass isn't impressive beyond "lol open up a phone," I'd love to hear it!

> I’m sure Project Glass will eventually be interesting, this demo was really cool, but hardly a technological achievement. You can do the same thing by strapping a phone to your helmet.

Yeah... you don't see any technical challenges going from the latter to the former? Sounds like you made up your mind a "years ago" when this apparently already existed.

[falling]

> lol open up a phone

You don't sound like someone interested in having a conversation. Have a good day.