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by ryanac 4811 days ago
Great, as if people walking around talking to "no one" wasn't bad enough, now people will be randomly grabbing at air and twitching their eyes. How are we supposed to separate the crazy people from the sane?! And the real question here, who's going to be the first person to accidentally pinch their friends nose when trying to zoom? How will we recover from such embarrassment? Is it in the warranty?!

On the other hand this does look interesting, I wonder if you could use this to "select" things in the world like "click/point to" a restaurant sign to learn more.

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Great, whenever anyone uses this new technology they'll be warped into a bizarro Charlie Chaplin style universe where everyone is a buffoonish clutz.
> Great, as if people walking around talking to "no one" wasn't bad enough, now people will be randomly grabbing at air and twitching their eyes. How are we supposed to separate the crazy people from the sane?!

Nothing really new, people giving the appearance of talking to themselves happen all the time because of cell phones and Bluetooth headsets, and as for winking or gesturing, it's been happening to the human race ever since we were able to walk on two legs.

I still remember when walking in the streets with a walkman on your ears made you look crazy.