What Happened to Google Glass?

So what happened? Was it a total flop? I don't follow technology so I'm not sure what Google is doing at this point.

This is a pretty good summary: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/style/why-google-glass-broke.html

I haven't read the story but I got to try them out at a big retailer's innovation lab last year and it was one of the most disappointing products I've ever encountered. I couldn't wait to try them and 10 minutes later I couldn't wait to hand them back.

The news reports on the Apple watch don't sound so good lately either.

Apple watch is a totally different experience. I can be on an elevator alone, scrolling through and deleting emails, and if someone walks on I can simply put my arm down and the watch "disappears." Glass stays on your face, so people around you are not sure where your attention is.

Now that I mostly leave my phone in my pocket out of site, I notice how many people in my work environment just carry their phones in their hands (sometimes along with a notebook or some papers) and reflexively steal glances at it, even during conversations. The watch has allowed me to be much more chill about it. The watch taps me if an important message comes in- that is, from someone on my "VIP" list- and a quick glance with an almost imperceptible wrist motion can help me decide how truly important it is and whether I need to read it now or if it can wait.

marcsiry said:
Apple watch is a totally different experience. I can be on an elevator alone, scrolling through and deleting emails, and if someone walks on I can simply put my arm down and the watch "disappears." Glass stays on your face, so people around you are not sure where your attention is.
Now that I mostly leave my phone in my pocket out of site, I notice how many people in my work environment just carry their phones in their hands (sometimes along with a notebook or some papers) and reflexively steal glances at it, even during conversations. The watch has allowed me to be much more chill about it. The watch taps me if an important message comes in- that is, from someone on my "VIP" list- and a quick glance with an almost imperceptible wrist motion can help me decide how truly important it is and whether I need to read it now or if it can wait.

This (and actually seeing what they look like on a couple of friends' wrists) has made me become interested in getting one, so I'm hoping that they don't "fizzle" in the market before I do. (I was thinking about asking for it for Christmas ...)

There's someone somewhere using his Google Glass while riding his Segway who feels like he's the only one who is actually in the future.

qrysdonnell said:
There's someone somewhere using his Google Glass while riding his Segway who feels like he's the only one who is actually in the future.

While eating Dippin' Dots, "the ice cream of the future!"

Everyone I know who has an Apple watch loves it. Also - it works. Google Glass was the buggiest tech thing I've every encountered.

qrysdonnell said:
There's someone somewhere using his Google Glass while riding his Segway who feels like he's the only one who is actually in the future.

Segway is so last decade. It's all terrain unicycles now.

norman said:

Segway is so last decade. It's all terrain unicycles now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPc2phfMLU

Dude does not even have a beard. Is that allowed?

Wow.

Tom_Reingold said:

norman said:

Segway is so last decade. It's all terrain unicycles now.

Haha. My son is an avid unicyclist and starting to learn freestyle and off-road tricks.