undefined | Better HN

0 pointspanacea12y ago0 comments

It's certainly going to be creepy if someone who you're not comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses and winks at you.

That would still be creepy without the gGlasses though.

It's also going to be creepy if someone who you currently are comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses. "Mate... take them off please"

All roads lead to creepsville in normal social situations, unless the person is using them to augment something like adventure sports, visiting an exhibition or the like (which is why Google chose to lead with those marketing videos and demos obviously)

I wear different shit when I go hiking or skiing. I don't do my daily commute wearing ski goggles. The barrier to surmount for this to become acceptable rather than creepy-couture or ubiquitous in normal daily activities is possibly insurmountable for the foreseeable future (admittedly that's my wishful thinking, and I say this as someone who doesn't live in the Silicon Valley area).

0 comments

randallsquared12y ago

If this is to replace taking your phone out of your pocket or bag (as Brin suggests it has for him in a TED talk), it'll be used everywhere.

Personally, I can't wait. :)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointspanacea12y ago0 comments

It's certainly going to be creepy if someone who you're not comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses and winks at you.

That would still be creepy without the gGlasses though.

It's also going to be creepy if someone who you currently are comfortable sociably with approaches you wearing gGlasses. "Mate... take them off please"