Google Glass sales halted

Re:Google Glass sales halted by 0xDOOD on Thursday January 15, 2015 @02:36PM (#8894821)

I can guarantee there are at least a dozen potential startups in this idea alone. Imagine some version of Linkedin or OKCupid, or even some general purpose scraper that correlates identities and social media accounts through facial recognition and online photos.

Even better, facial recognition plus a decent method of determining height, weight and ethinicity, and you have an x-ray specs app. The first person to make that work is probably going to be a millionaire.

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Re:Google Glass sales halted by PhantomGremlin on Thursday January 15, 2015 @05:19PM (#8895793)

> The first person to make that work is probably going to be a millionaire.

Perhaps billionaire, unless the current startup bubble bursts first.

Let's see:

   LinkedIn -- get an idea of income via job category
   Tinder -- hmmm, someone "looking for love"
   Uber "walk of shame" -- someone not just looking

I'll stop now. The possibilities are way too creepy for me. But there will be plenty of narcissistic hipsters who see nothing wrong with any of that.

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