[trimbo]

> I just don't get why people ate this up. It honestly felt ridiculous to me

How about because it's the only gadget demo ever where the experience has not been entirely insular? When's the last time a gadget product announcement has not been something happening on a screen? A 24" screen, a 10.1" screen, a 7" screen. Steve Jobs holds up an iPad and shows what it does on a screen. Sinofsky shows Windows crashes ... on a screen. Xbox... on a screen. Flicking games on and off, showing the latest version of iPhoto, whatever.

Glass demo? People actually doing awesome stuff and bringing the entire audience into it... live, in Hangouts.

Yes, we know this is a demo and not entirely honest. So what. Glass is a vision product. It's time to break away from being in front of devices, slouching in a chair or with our neck at a 45-degree downward angle looking at an iPhone. That's why people are excited.

[moocow01]

I understand the point but the product is in fact a screen in a different form factor just like a phone is a screen that differs in factor from a monitor.

I think what I was trying to elude to is that their skydiving demo could have been utilized differently to talk about what the product experience will be like as a user. Instead what we got was streaming video of people skydiving - not exactly anything eye opening... the actual information I got about the product was really nothing.