[saurabh_math]

If video thing is so uncomfortable/confusing, a simple solution could be to add a simple LED indicating if camera is on or off. Apart from that I don't think there is anything else major that would annoy people around you.

[XorNot]

The problem is culturally people treat a camera lens like an eye, and studies show that merely seeing a picture of an eye or a camera causes people to act like they're being surveilled (signs with eyes on them and a message are obeyed more often).

So you're always going to have a problem pointing a lens at someone, no matter what indicators are there.

I suspect the innovation needed here is mechanical - Google should try adding a mechanically driven shutter to the camera, so when it's off, the lens is covered. I would bet strongly that that would solve 95% of people's problem with Google Glass.

[herokusaki]

I wonder if Google not equipping Glass with an indicator LED to tell whether it's recording was an omission on their part or a deliberate design choice they made for some reason (which then misfired).

[blueskin_]

Probably on the behalf of the NSA wanting remote access to them.

[blueskin_]

Because glassholes really couldn't tape over that, right?