• Google finally launches prescription frames for Glass
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdjDON0rRMU[/media] [url]http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/28/5352592/google-glass-prescription-lenses-frames-titanium-collection[/url] [quote]Just shy of a year after the Google Glass Explorer edition started arriving on early adopters’ doorsteps, Google is announcing a way for people who need prescription glasses to use it. The company is releasing four different frames that can both fit the Google Glass hardware and accommodate corrective lenses. Glass is still limited to the small group of people who have been accepted into the "Explorer Program" (a wider consumer launch is planned for later this year), so while it’s good that these frames make Glass usable for more people, it’s not yet available to all. All four frames are available today for $225. That's alternately pricey or reasonable, depending on how you buy glasses, but any potential buyers will also need to spend $1,499 on Glass itself [I](pls remember it will cost far less when its released to consumers thx)[/I] — which is to say it’s likely only those with a decent amount of disposable income would be interested anyway. If you’ve already bought Glass, you can just buy the frames and attach your current device.[/quote]
That's cool and all, but I still feel like I would get way more use out of an Oculus Rift than Google Glass. Not worth $1500 unless it has thermal, X-ray, and night vision.
[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;43702020]That's cool and all, but I still feel like I would get way more use out of an Oculus Rift than Google Glass. Not worth $1500 unless it has thermal, X-ray, and night vision.[/QUOTE] Completely different things..
[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;43702020]That's cool and all, but I still feel like I would get way more use out of an Oculus Rift than Google Glass. Not worth $1500 unless it has thermal, X-ray, and night vision.[/QUOTE] If you're wearing an Oculus Rift while you're walking about in public, you're using it wrong
[QUOTE=smurfy;43702051]They have completely different purposes. You're not supposed to wear an Oculus Rift while you're out in public[/QUOTE] If things like thermal vision and night vision appeal to you, then you probably don't care what you look like in public. Or you're military personnel, which I'm guessing he's not.
After paying ~$1600, How does Google expect me to afford $225 for another frame? I'll just keep wearing mine over my glasses like a dork.
[QUOTE=smurfy;43702051]If you're wearing an Oculus Rift while you're walking about in public, you're using it wrong[/QUOTE] The point is though, that Google glass doesn't even have a good selling point. It's just a gold bar you wear on your face.
They should be making Crizals next.
[QUOTE=coolrider102;43702081]After paying ~$1600, How does Google expect me to afford $225 for another frame? I'll just keep wearing mine over my glasses like a dork.[/QUOTE] Because you probably weren't supposed to buy the explorer version and except it to be cheap :v:
I wouldn't mind having a pair of them frames.
Google glass has potential but I don't need to wear glasses and don't like the look of them. I guess the future isn't for me
[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;43702083]The point is though, that Google glass doesn't even have a good selling point. It's just a gold bar you wear on your face.[/QUOTE] Turn by turn directions beamed directly into your eyeball -- It's awesome. Also, you can side-load Android apps and start them with a handy launcher card. I've got Netflix working with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse, A neat little astronomy app that uses the internal gyroscope, and a few other handy utilities. The battery life is pretty "meh" though. We're still trying to figure out what exactly we are going to do with a device like this. I think once it goes public (for much less $$$), and once enough developers jump on-board, there will be some really killer apps and we'll get a better idea of the different uses and the kind of place this device has. Just look at smartphones. "Oh, What the hell am I going to use a Smartphone for? I can email on my computer. My flip-phone texts. Arg arg arg."
[QUOTE=smurfy;43702051]If you're wearing an Oculus Rift while you're walking about in public, you're using it wrong[/QUOTE] unless you've modded it to have stereo cameras in its case
[QUOTE=Complifused;43702280]Google glass has potential but I don't need to wear glasses and don't like the look of them. I guess the future isn't for me[/QUOTE] there is no way people who don't need glasses are gonna wanna wear Google Glass.
This makes me consider getting one if it wasn't for that darn DSLR i've been looking to buy at the moment!
how much of your vision does glass occupy? are there any videos that accurately simulate what glass looks like from the perspective of someone wearing it?
I feel like glass is going to be better when the start using transparent displays instead of the bulky prism
[QUOTE=TheHydra;43704398]how much of your vision does glass occupy? are there any videos that accurately simulate what glass looks like from the perspective of someone wearing it?[/QUOTE] worn glass, this is what it really looks like [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE[/media]
tbh I really couldn't give a shit about the camera on the glass for pictures and video. I just want AR
[QUOTE=coolrider102;43704145]Turn by turn directions beamed directly into your eyeball -- It's awesome. Also, you can side-load Android apps and start them with a handy launcher card. I've got Netflix working with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse, A neat little astronomy app that uses the internal gyroscope, and a few other handy utilities. The battery life is pretty "meh" though. We're still trying to figure out what exactly we are going to do with a device like this. I think once it goes public (for much less $$$), and once enough developers jump on-board, there will be some really killer apps and we'll get a better idea of the different uses and the kind of place this device has. Just look at smartphones. "Oh, What the hell am I going to use a Smartphone for? I can email on my computer. My flip-phone texts. Arg arg arg."[/QUOTE] I mean it might be cool and all but I can't imagine wanting to watch an entire movie like that. Not in its current form, at least.
Extremely late. That guy who got in trouble with google glasses in movie theater had a pair of google glasses that had prescription lens which google provided.
[QUOTE=Aide;43705466]Extremely late. That guy who got in trouble with google glasses in movie theater had a pair of google glasses that had prescription lens which google provided.[/QUOTE] honestly I don't get the thing about late articles UNLESS the article is not relevant or a repost. the point is, no one posted it before him
[QUOTE=coolrider102;43704145]Turn by turn directions beamed directly into your eyeball -- It's awesome. Also, you can side-load Android apps and start them with a handy launcher card. I've got Netflix working with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse, A neat little astronomy app that uses the internal gyroscope, and a few other handy utilities. The battery life is pretty "meh" though. We're still trying to figure out what exactly we are going to do with a device like this. I think once it goes public (for much less $$$), and once enough developers jump on-board, there will be some really killer apps and we'll get a better idea of the different uses and the kind of place this device has. Just look at smartphones. "Oh, What the hell am I going to use a Smartphone for? I can email on my computer. My flip-phone texts. Arg arg arg."[/QUOTE] Glass just isn't useful for its price point, it has no killer feature. There were a ton of great videos people made for the #ifihadglass competition like this one: [video=youtube;rWi5UO131PQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWi5UO131PQ[/video] But stuff like that isn't actually possible. Google Glass isn't augmented reality, it doesn't fill your field of view; Glass seams to be riding the hype train of augmented reality without augmented reality. I don't know what the hell you would buy one for. Driving directions? Spent $1470 less and get a decent smartphone mount for your car. Notifications? Spend a few seconds more to pull your phone out rather than spending $1000 more do it a little faster. If you really really need a handsfree display for a specialised job like doing surgery there'd be some use for it I guess, however, even at that point you better make sure you have a decent internet connection or else your voice commands are going to take forever to do anything. It's kind of like smartwatches; they have the capacity to do [I]something[/I] really well but no one has figured out what. If Google can't come up with at least one killer app for it by the time it's released I see no reason for anyone to buy it. I keep hearing that devs are going to make something good for it but all I've seen so far is just apps displaying different information, that's the only real thing it's good at but everything else has the capacity to do that as well. If it was $150-300 I would consider buying one as it looks fun, but $1500 is highway robbery.
[QUOTE=Aide;43705466]Extremely late. That guy who got in trouble with google glasses in movie theater had a pair of google glasses that had prescription lens which google provided.[/QUOTE] wrong as sHIT those were google glass that he diyed to a prescription frame those were not official google rx frames
[img]http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120911030209/ned/images/e/e4/500full.jpg[/img] this guy was ahead of his time
I literally bought Glass at 2am this morning. I really fuckin hope they let me add these when I pick it up.
[QUOTE=E1025;43705933]*post*[/QUOTE] That's because this isn't the consumer version. It's likely only $1500 so they get people who are more serious about giving feedback/developing apps/whatever, instead of something like early access games where instead of bug reports you get "why wasn't this tested before release" from people who don't understand it's supposed to be a beta.
Ugh, now those douchebags can say "I [I]have[/I] to have it, for my eyes".
Google glasses seems like the kind of thing that would get you robbed even in the safest areas.
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;43706883]Google sent a bunch of them out to the really big youtubers for free a few months ago and none of them that I watch used it after the first 3 days. I really don't think it's as impressive as everyone thinks, and it'll still probably end up being like $400. The picture and videos it takes aren't any better than my cell phone.[/QUOTE] the point is it's kinda hard to play baseball or do elevated bar gymnastics while holding a cell phone
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