[OGinparadise]

Fine. Why would a normal person need this, especially since this is in addition to his/her smartphone?

Instead of looking like a dork all the time with G glasses on, why not look at the phone for a restaurant or directions and then put it in your pocket /purse? How hard is to pull the phone again 5 minutes later if you aren't sure?

[xnxn]

I'm on the treadmill and I just missed a call. I'd really like to know who it's from. That info could be on my HUD, but instead I have to grab my phone, hit the power button, swipe to unlock it, and swipe down from the notification bar.

I'm at a party, and a friend is demonstrating his juggling skills. I could snap a quick picture or take a video in a heartbeat if I had Glass. Since I don't, I have to go through the smartphone activation checklist again; take phone out of pocket, power button, swipe. Launch the camera app. Aim. But now I've missed the moment. I'm holding a brick in the air while the rest of my friends are applauding.

Damn, my car won't start - and unlike my dad, I've never been much of a mechanic. If I had Glass, I could give him a call and he could see through my eyes from 1000 miles away. Instead I'm cradling my phone on my shoulder while I'm leaning into the engine, looking for a relay box. I don't know what that is, or what it looks like. He says it should be somewhere on the left? Now I know how he feels when I'm guiding him through installing printer drivers.

I see a lot of use cases for a device like Glass. So I think you have it backwards - in the near future, the dorks are going to be the ones fumbling with their phones.

[kenjackson]

What you note can be fixed on modern smartphones.

I'm on the treadmill and I just missed a call. I'd really like to know who it's from. That info could be on my HUD, but instead I have to grab my phone, hit the power button, swipe to unlock it, and swipe down from the notification bar.

Put more notification info on the lockscreen.

I'm at a party, and a friend is demonstrating his juggling skills. I could snap a quick picture or take a video in a heartbeat if I had Glass. Since I don't, I have to go through the smartphone activation checklist again; take phone out of pocket, power button, swipe. Launch the camera app. Aim. But now I've missed the moment. I'm holding a brick in the air while the rest of my friends are applauding.

On WP there is a dedicated camera button that you hold for half-a-second and it immediately launches the camera.

Damn, my car won't start - and unlike my dad, I've never been much of a mechanic. If I had Glass, I could give him a call and he could see through my eyes from 1000 miles away. Instead I'm cradling my phone on my shoulder while I'm leaning into the engine, looking for a relay box. I don't know what that is, or what it looks like. He says it should be somewhere on the left?

You can use your phone for this today. In fact in many ways its better, because you can wrap your arm around corners that you can't reach your head.

I'm sure we will figure out great use cases in the future, but I don't think these are them.

[OGinparadise]

>> I'm on the treadmill and I just missed a call. I'd really like to know who it's from. That info could be on my HUD, but instead I have to grab my phone, hit the power button, swipe to unlock it, and swipe down from the notification bar.

As a treadmill user I can tell you that running with glasses on will in most cases will be worst, sweat and all.

>>I'm at a party, and a friend is demonstrating his juggling skills. I could snap a quick picture or take a video in a heartbeat if I had Glass.

You see no negatives going to a party with video /photo taking equipment always on?

>> Damn, my car won't start - and unlike my dad, I've never been much of a mechanic. If I had Glass, I could give him a call and he could see through my eyes from 1000 miles away. Instead I'm cradling my phone on my shoulder while I'm leaning into the engine, looking for a relay box. I don't know what that is, or what it looks like. He says it should be somewhere on the left? Now I know how he feels when I'm guiding him through installing printer drivers.

Very niche, even though it's harder to put your head inside, bottom, left or right an engine than to maneuver your iPhone to find that wire, leak, fuse or hose.

[packetslave]

Not everyone has the same definition of "normal" or "looking like a dork" as you do. If you don't like how Glass looks, or if you don't think you'd have a use for it, DON'T BUY ONE!

I must have missed the announcement that Glass use will be compulsory.

[OGinparadise]

>>If you don't like how Glass looks, or if you don't think you'd have a use for it, DON'T BUY ONE!...I must have missed the announcement that Glass use will be compulsory.

We're having a discussion, and no I wont buy one. I wont even wear one, unless I'm paid a large sum of money for it.

>>Not everyone has the same definition of "normal" or "looking like a dork" as you do.

That's obvious, they're plenty of socially awkward people out there.

[jedberg]

When I'm driving and I need directions a heads up display would be immensely useful.

[threeseed]

It's likely that Glass will be banned for driving based on what we saw in West Virginia.

Which makes sense since your eye does have to look away from the road in order to use the device. Not to mention the drop in attention.

Also have you heard of sat nav ?

[OGinparadise]

Even a Garmin from 5 years ago works great with voice commands and great displays. Of course we have iPhones and Galaxys that do that too, no need for extra gadgets

[jedberg]

I have a nav system that talks, but I still have to glance down occasionally. I'd much rather have it in my peripheral vision.

[snowwrestler]

It doesn't matter where it's displayed, looking at a map while driving takes attention away from the road.

In the days of paper maps everyone knew it was silly and dangerous to try to unfold and read one while driving. I don't know how this common sense has disappeared just because of LCD screens.

[jedberg]

Not if the map is displayed in your field of vision. This is why airplanes have a display projected onto the glass.

I drove a Corvette with a heads up display once, and it was great not having to glance down at the gauges.

And also, you still have to glance down while driving to see how fast you're going, so clearly glancing off the road isn't that big of a deal.

[snowwrestler]

A HUD does steal from outward-facing attention. It's ok in aircraft because the forward environment for aircraft is far less cluttered than for a car. That's also why self-driving cars are so much harder to do well than self-flying aircraft.

[raldi]

> Fine. Why would a normal person need this

You sound just like someone in 1980 talking about a personal computer.

[OGinparadise]

More like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat

Glass is useless, expensive and dorky, as others already do it's functions, the PC wasn't.

[raldi]

Shouldn't you wait until a price is announced before you call it expensive?