I really do not agree with this ITWorld article in the slightest, wearable computing isn 't the ...

[G+_Josh Frye]

I really do not agree with this ITWorld article in the slightest, wearable computing isn't the thought that the writer is making it out to be.

Wearable computing, whether Google glass, watches or those pendants that snap a picture every minute are simply more bits of the technology we already use. Not something so transformative that it needs new marketing.

 

Take Google glass, basically it is the capabilities of a presmartphone smooshed into something that sits on your head. Think about it, glass records video, shows you some web stuff, takes pictures and well that about wraps it up. Your cell phone does this, heck your laptop can do this, and does that mean you wear them out in public all the time, NO. And the term Glasshole is stupid as well, someone who runs around all day with Google glass taking pictures of everything is the same as a person who has their cell phone out snapping pictures of everything.

And with cell phones there is already a social norm for etiquette as well. Is it polite to whip out your cell and answer texts, snap video, or just browse the web at the dinner table?

Much of the tech we think will change our lives so radically, is still within the boundaries we already have set for existing tech.

 

http://www.itworld.com/423357/how-google-glass-set-wearable-computing-back-10-yea?source=ITWNLE_nlt_personaltech_2014-06-20

http://www.itworld.com/423357/how-google-glass-set-wearable-computing-back-10-yea?source=ITWNLE_nlt_personaltech_2014-06-20

[G+_Michael Deis]

Interesting take. It does seem as evolutionary as it might be revolutionary. I think any "revolution" comes more from the fact that something like Google glass is an always on heads-up display that provides pre-emptive information and extends the usability of the devices we currently have through a personal network. But as you say, this seems just to be a logical step in the evolution of these devices. They talk and work together to gather more data and provide simplified access to data.

[G+_Dalt Wisney]

I don't think people have bothered to attended a human-machine interaction lecture or webcast. The consumer space is such a tiny percent of the users. Evolution is right around the corner, right?