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A New View?. Google Begins Testing its Augmented-Reality Glasses. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/google-glass-visor-geordie/. A Day in the Life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb2uojqKvFM. Strengths. Hands free! User friendly Fashionable? Assistance to disabled individuals.
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A New View? Google Begins Testing its Augmented-Reality Glasses http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/google-glass-visor-geordie/
A Day in the Life • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb2uojqKvFM
Strengths • Hands free! • User friendly • Fashionable? • Assistance to disabled individuals http://injurylaw.labovick.com/articles/cell-phone-use-and-driving-1/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses/ http://www.cracowonline.com/196,Amenities_for_disabled_tourists.htm
Weaknesses • They seem so fragile • They can cause greater distractions in meetings • New driving distraction? http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/07/how-to-disarm-your-distracted-meetings/ http://www.akimbo.ca/akimblog/?id=340
Weaknesses What about my glasses? How can we power them all day long? Invasion of Privacy Data Usage – Always online Capabilities http://womensunglass.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Celebrities_and_Their_Sunglasses_Celebrities_and_Their_Sunglasses http://www.hornsbylaw.com/atlanta-invasion-of-privacy-attorney
Target Market • Underground workers (sewers, etc.) • Young professionals • Older people – voice recognition • No more trying to text http://pwwwblog.ibeatyou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bigstockphoto_woman-with-mobile_2525411.jpg http://www.sewerhistory.org/images/w/web/egouts-129.jpg
Other Ideas of Uses • Facial recognition? • Snowboard goggles? http://secretstowebsuccess.com/facebook-marketing/add-targeted-friends-list/ http://www.questbiometrics.com/biometric-facial-recognition.html
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