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Re:Google Glass by 6ren on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @10:48PM (#5255248)
Was that just in the early prototype? The bulk at the back of present design looks OK to me: http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/ (3rd image from the bottom). Just going by appearance, there are ordinary sunglasses with a similar bulk. And the compute unit will only get smaller year by year.

I'm actually kinda amazed they've managed to make it that small - OTOH, I see the key point of the project is a way to make hardware smaller yet still be usable (because we don't need a large screen).

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Re:Google Glass by csharpminor on Thursday February 21, 2013 @03:51AM (#5256255)
Didn't mean to sound unimpressed - it's absolutely amazing how compact they have managed to make it (although I'd like to dive deeper into specs before I make a full judgement).

It's really hard to tell from those photos because they don't provide a great reference. The best I saw was the "strong and light" photo, so I'm going to go ahead and say it's about the same size as my thumb.

That's pretty small, but I'm not sure its small enough to have an iPod-like takeoff (yet!).

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Re:Google Glass by novamantis on Thursday February 21, 2013 @07:28AM (#5256985)
Unless you're bald or buzzed. I'd expect this thumb sized computer... to be covered by your hair either entirely or mostly. That is if it doesn't wrap around your head.

Looking at most devices people have used on their head & the capabilities of this?! I can't complain even one bit.

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