>Our ability to access information isn't the problem.
I disagree with you both on this point and your characterization of Glass as a "subtle overlay of noisy information".
Nowadays, although that information access is quick, it could be quicker and more seamless. There's a world of difference between:
1. Fishing out your smartphone from your pants/bag/wherever
2. Unlocking it (with requisite passcode, thanks corporate IT)
3. Bringing up the search app
4. And either saying what you want after invoking the voice search (and hoping it comes up right, or else you get to do it over again) or typing what you want (and hoping you made no mistakes).
And:
1. Saying, at any time, "Ok Glass, search for (thing)", and having the results played back so you can hear them.
The first one feels contrived and annoying, the second feels passive and natural in comparison.
Glass is unique in that the first two steps of that transaction are eliminated outright, and the third is reduced to saying some magic words. The fourth is greatly mitigated by the fact that Glass is likely in a better position to capture your voice than the speakerphone mic on your smartphone.
Passive access to information (and I'm saying access, not overlay, for a good reason)
is going to be the next big thing for precisely this reason, ease of use!
But let's take another example. I'm sure you've seen the posts decrying someone "missing out" on some event because they were too busy recording it. Now? That's not a problem anymore. "Ok Glass, record a video". You're done. You don't have to think about it, you just launch the recording and then go back to whatever you were doing.
Focus? You barely even see Glass unless you're actively looking up at it. Indeed, you need to "focus" on it to use it. The transaction is just reduced from messing with your phone to an upwards glance.
This is also why I disagree with your assessment of glass as being both an overlay (which it isn't), and noisy (which it isn't, and which would go against the guidelines anyways).
I'm finding more and more that people who feel they need to "disconnect" are simply failing at technology. You are no more connected than you let yourself be! If you are so wired in, by your own choices, that you feel the need to get away from it all for a length of time, how about just not wiring yourself in that tightly?
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>Our ability to access information isn't the problem.
I disagree with you both on this point and your characterization of Glass as a "subtle overlay of noisy information".
Nowadays, although that information access is quick, it could be quicker and more seamless. There's a world of difference between:
1. Fishing out your smartphone from your pants/bag/wherever
2. Unlocking it (with requisite passcode, thanks corporate IT)
3. Bringing up the search app
4. And either saying what you want after invoking the voice search (and hoping it comes up right, or else you get to do it over again) or typing what you want (and hoping you made no mistakes).
And:
1. Saying, at any time, "Ok Glass, search for (thing)", and having the results played back so you can hear them.
The first one feels contrived and annoying, the second feels passive and natural in comparison.
Glass is unique in that the first two steps of that transaction are eliminated outright, and the third is reduced to saying some magic words. The fourth is greatly mitigated by the fact that Glass is likely in a better position to capture your voice than the speakerphone mic on your smartphone.
Passive access to information (and I'm saying access, not overlay, for a good reason) is going to be the next big thing for precisely this reason, ease of use!
But let's take another example. I'm sure you've seen the posts decrying someone "missing out" on some event because they were too busy recording it. Now? That's not a problem anymore. "Ok Glass, record a video". You're done. You don't have to think about it, you just launch the recording and then go back to whatever you were doing.
Focus? You barely even see Glass unless you're actively looking up at it. Indeed, you need to "focus" on it to use it. The transaction is just reduced from messing with your phone to an upwards glance.
This is also why I disagree with your assessment of glass as being both an overlay (which it isn't), and noisy (which it isn't, and which would go against the guidelines anyways).
I'm finding more and more that people who feel they need to "disconnect" are simply failing at technology. You are no more connected than you let yourself be! If you are so wired in, by your own choices, that you feel the need to get away from it all for a length of time, how about just not wiring yourself in that tightly?