Re:Google Glass sales halted
by espadrine on Thursday January 15, 2015 @06:09PM
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> AR doesn't significantly augment your experience of riding the bus to work
That is both incredibly accurate (watches will already provide you with all the information you need in a less obtrusive manner), and it reminds me of that toothbrush test Google gives its products:
> We ask ourselves, 'Is this something people use once or twice a day and does it solve a problem?'
They might need to revisit this. Airplanes wouldn't pass the test, for instance. Glass shouldn't have; they simply tried hard to make it pass the test.
That is both incredibly accurate (watches will already provide you with all the information you need in a less obtrusive manner), and it reminds me of that toothbrush test Google gives its products:
> We ask ourselves, 'Is this something people use once or twice a day and does it solve a problem?'
They might need to revisit this. Airplanes wouldn't pass the test, for instance. Glass shouldn't have; they simply tried hard to make it pass the test.