from Thomson Reuters popped in to the this week to give an intriguing demo of, at the invitation of Marc Settle from ,
Bob was one of the 8000 lucky听people who tweeted to get hold a pair for user testing at a hefty price tag of $1500.
I must admit I was rather excited about trying on Glass and they were on my head within about 5 seconds of Bob walking through the Blue Room doors.
Lindsey wearing Google Glass
With a heads-up display in the corner of the right eye, and a touch pad for control running from temple to ear, it鈥檚 simple to use. I tap once to wake-up the device and the first thing I see are a list of commands. I call out 鈥極K Glass鈥� which brings up a further list of options 鈥� take a picture / take a video / find directions to / Google search鈥� And I鈥檓 off, wandering around the Broadcast Centre capturing images, checking the weather and locating my local tapas bar. I鈥檓 won over.
Holding Google Glass
Glass has simplicity in design and navigation, an ease of capturing and sharing and simple commands and taps to navigate through information. It鈥檚 also compatible with iOS and Blackberry.
We ask Bob who has been using Glass extensively over the last few months about the reactions he鈥檚 been getting from the public. So far he says, people have been inquisitive, positive and mostly wanting to try them on.
David Thair wearing Google Glass in the Blue Room.
It will be intriguing to see if and when Google make them available on a consumer level. At the moment the challenges are around security, privacy, battery life and the limited number of apps.
In an earlier asked Bob if he sees them as a valid news tool - if it鈥檚 realistic to shoot video content on Glass when you can鈥檛 frame your shots. Who knows, potentially there could be a greater uptake within user generated content. Whichever it is, there are definitely opportunities for both content and consumption and as Glass evolves, new and interesting ways of use will emerge.
I鈥檓 wondering how long it will be before the word
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Lindsey Suter in a Consumer Technologist in the 主播大秀 Blue Room
Google glass in the Blue Room