Google Glass is a failure

[Lakers Offseason]

Just say you love Google, period. Don't waste your time making paragraphs dancing around your personal love for Google.

It's OK, I get that Google fanboy like you are salty that they can't afford iPhone, iPad and Macbook and resort to talking about valuable spots of corporations, which have no relations to their broke and peasant life.

Oh yeah, and gettafukkouttahere.

The greatest accomplishment of Steve Jobs was convincing the public that Apple products is a "lifestyle".

Lifestyle

I use my Ipad when I shyt. That lifestyle

 

[Rohiggidy]

Google inks Glass deal with the maker of Oakley and Ray-Ban

Google just signed the deal that could allow its Glass wearable computing device to go mainstream. The company has announced a partnership with Luxottica, the eyewear manufacturer behind a host of brands including Ray-Ban and Oakley, to design and produce an exclusive collection of eyeglass frames that incorporate the technology. To start, the deal will be limited to the US market, and focus on Ray-Ban and Oakley. According to a Luxottica press release, the first collection will "combine high-end technology with avant-garde design offering the best in style, quality, and performance."

"You're not going to see Glass on your favorite Oakleys or Ray-Bans tomorrow"

According to a Google-provided FAQ, design will be a joint effort between Luxottica and Google, while Luxottica will handle manufacturing and distribution. The FAQ doesn't say, however, when the resulting new versions of Google Glass might hit the market. It might not be anytime soon: "You're not going to see Glass on your favorite Oakleys or Ray-Bans tomorrow, but today marks the start of a new chapter in Glass's design," reads a Google+ post.

In January, Google began offering the first Google Glass frames that could take prescription lenses. While the company was long rumored to be working with eyewear startup Warby Parker on designer frames, it turned out that Google had designed the four prescription frames itself. Now, it seems that Google has managed to ink a far greater deal for the future of the wearable. According to The Wall Street Journal, Luxottica is not only the single largest eyewear manufacturer with 12.4 percent marketshare, it controls LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut, which will allow it to sell Google Glass in over 5,000 retail stores. That could dovetail nicely with another deal between Google and vision insurance provider VSP, which will reimburse members a portion of the price based on their prescription.

It was reported that Google's massive floating mystery barge at San Francisco's Treasure Island might be a floating retail store for Google Glass and other products. That might still be true, but it looks like Google won't necessarily need such a place to sell Glass-equipped eyewear to the public.

 

[Battle Beast]

Good. Sell products that look like scouters but don't actually read power levels brehs.

 

[AB Ziggy]

Google inks Glass deal with the maker of Oakley and Ray-Ban

Google just signed the deal that could allow its Glass wearable computing device to go mainstream. The company has announced a partnership with Luxottica, the eyewear manufacturer behind a host of brands including Ray-Ban and Oakley, to design and produce an exclusive collection of eyeglass frames that incorporate the technology. To start, the deal will be limited to the US market, and focus on Ray-Ban and Oakley. According to a Luxottica press release, the first collection will "combine high-end technology with avant-garde design offering the best in style, quality, and performance."

"You're not going to see Glass on your favorite Oakleys or Ray-Bans tomorrow"

According to a Google-provided FAQ, design will be a joint effort between Luxottica and Google, while Luxottica will handle manufacturing and distribution. The FAQ doesn't say, however, when the resulting new versions of Google Glass might hit the market. It might not be anytime soon: "You're not going to see Glass on your favorite Oakleys or Ray-Bans tomorrow, but today marks the start of a new chapter in Glass's design," reads a Google+ post.

In January, Google began offering the first Google Glass frames that could take prescription lenses. While the company was long rumored to be working with eyewear startup Warby Parker on designer frames, it turned out that Google had designed the four prescription frames itself. Now, it seems that Google has managed to ink a far greater deal for the future of the wearable. According to The Wall Street Journal, Luxottica is not only the single largest eyewear manufacturer with 12.4 percent marketshare, it controls LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut, which will allow it to sell Google Glass in over 5,000 retail stores. That could dovetail nicely with another deal between Google and vision insurance provider VSP, which will reimburse members a portion of the price based on their prescription.

It was reported that Google's massive floating mystery barge at San Francisco's Treasure Island might be a floating retail store for Google Glass and other products. That might still be true, but it looks like Google won't necessarily need such a place to sell Glass-equipped eyewear to the public.

Still won't help Glass's damaged brand. It will simply make Glass over $2k price in price with these partnerships.

 

[Rohiggidy]

Still won't help Glass's damaged brand. It will simply make Glass over $2k price in price with these partnerships.

thats why its sold out right

 

[Swagnificent]

you nikkas are fukkin morons. google is just laying the groundwork with this tech. glass is simply generation 0 of the augmented reality boom. just like microsoft laughed at apple for making the first iphone, glass is already a brand name and google is just laying the foundation to owning the market when it blows up 5-6 years.

in the 2020s everyone will have smart glasses and contacts in the same way everyone now got smartphones.

 

[AB Ziggy]

thats why its sold out right

How do you know Google didn't purposely make a lower stock of Glass to make it appear that it sold out due to demand?

You were fooled breh.

 

[AB Ziggy]

you nikkas are fukkin morons. google is just laying the groundwork with this tech. glass is simply generation 0 of the augmented reality boom. just like microsoft laughed at apple for making the first iphone, glass is already a brand name and google is just laying the foundation to owning the market when it blows up 5-6 years.

in the 2020s everyone will have smart glasses and contacts in the same way everyone now got smartphones.

I'm not saying Glass will dissappear. But people in the consumer space outside of businesses will never accept it. The same fate will happen for smartwatches.

Wearable are just not ready to take over smartphones yet. Google is thinking too far ahead on this one.

 

[Jayson_bourn]

The product isn't ready for consumption yet, and to be honest I doubt we would be ready for it if it were.

 

[AB Ziggy]

The product isn't ready for consumption yet, and to be honest I doubt we would be ready for it if it were.

Developers and many coporations are already all over it though. There's already over 100 Glass apps available for use right now. The only problem is actually promoting Glass itself correctly.

 

[Swagnificent]

I'm not saying Glass will dissappear. But people in the consumer space outside of businesses will never accept it. The same fate will happen for smartwatches.

Wearable are just not ready to take over smartphones yet. Google is thinking too far ahead on this one.

how do you know what consumers will accept? if your criticism is limited to simply the fact they look goofy and you don't think consumers will put on goofy looking scouters then sure. but your fallacy is assuming it'll always be that bulky and obstructive. remember technology advances and goes from large and obstructive to small and invisible. just like computers went from big bulky pcs to paper thin ipads, in 5-6 years glass will be indistinguishable from normal glasses. and in 10 years, the tech might be embedded in contact lenses thus becoming totally invisible to outside observers.

now if your criticism is that consumers won't accept having a computer interface directly in front of your eye 24/7, then you're completely outta touch. people are already buried in their smart phones 24/7 checking out the latest tweets, instagram posts, and facebook updates. i'm sure if all the info could be beamed directly into their eyes without having to look down, most consumers would want it. how about having google constantly popping interesting facts into the world as you move from one place to another. always directions interlaced over the environment as you move. etc.

augmented reality will be HUGE. and google is wise to be the first mover in this space. it'll be the next big thing in tech after smartphones and tablets.

 

[AB Ziggy]

how do you know what consumers will accept? if your criticism is limited to simply the fact they look goofy and you don't think consumers will put on goofy looking scouters then sure. but your fallacy is assuming it'll always be that bulky and obstructive. like the first pc's were big bulky things, and now we got ipads, in 5-6 years glass will be indistinguishable from normal glasses.

now if your criticism is that consumers won't accept a computer interface directly in front of your eye 24/7, then your a moron. people are already buried in the smart phones 24/7 checking out the latest tweets, instagram posts, or facebook updates. i'm sure if all the info could be beamed directly into their eyes without having to look down, most consumers would want it.

how about having google constantly popping interesting facts into the world as you move from one place to another. augmented reality will be HUGE. and google is wise to be the first mover in this space. it'll be the next big thing in tech after smartphones and tablets.

The difference is that with smartphones, you can simply put it away and you're back in the real world. With Glass, you're stuck in the in-between of the internet being directly infront of your vision no matter what direction you face.

What Glass needs is an on-off button if it eventually merges into normal glasses in the future.

 

[Swagnificent]

The difference is that with smartphones, you can simply put it away and you're back in the real world. With Glass, you're stuck in the in-between of the internet being directly infront of your vision no matter what direction you face.

What Glass needs is an on-off button if it eventually merges into normal glasses in the future.

I think thats what has people excited. having interesting digital information layed over the dull and mundane real world. check out this vid that imagines what the future of glass could look like 10 years or so in the future.



u don't think something like that won't be HUGE?

 

[Jayson_bourn]

Developers and many coporations are already all over it though. There's already over 100 Glass apps available for use right now. The only problem is actually promoting Glass itself correctly.

True... That was part of my point, looking at the product as it sits the corporations will have to move it closer to the consumer and give them an undeniable reason to purchase AND use it. That's alot harder than it sounds, its not there yet.