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Re:Google Glass sales halted by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 15, 2015 @03:21PM (#8895074)
I'm not sure why they went after the consumer market first. I feel awkward on the street talking into a headset. But at my desk, it's my preferred technology for taking a call.

There are industries where a mini heads-up display would be valuable. Consider, for example, a mechanic. Peering into an engine and seeing the parts labelled, color coded and flagged by diagnostics would be powerful. Or a policeman surveying highway traffic. Or a lawyer reviewing paper documents. In none of these cases would a Glass-like device be awkward.

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Re:Google Glass sales halted by semi-extrinsic on Thursday January 15, 2015 @06:47PM (#8896255)
I can safely infer from your post that you have never repaired anything on a car. I'm talking about the "getting so dirty you have to use Dawn Ultra as shampoo" part of the experience. Glass wouldn't last a minute. I usually even remove my Casio G-Shock watch.
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Re:Google Glass sales halted by saalweachter on Friday January 16, 2015 @12:38PM (#8900287)
The problem is that Glass wasn't an overlay, it was a screen near your eye.

The technology isn't ready for overlays; we can't take a picture, analyze it, and pipe a drawing to a display fast enough. If it's not fast enough you get lag which is confusing and distracting and wrong.

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