Google's Project Glass: An Exercise In Mediocrity?
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So Google X go down Sebastian Thrun was on Charlie Rose last night showing off his latest creation, Project Glass . Which, if you haven’t seen by now, is unreservedly possibly one of the most ambitious consumer products to come out of the Googleplex in... But until Thrun’s appearance on Rose, we didn’t really know how the glasses would work other than the sizzle reel that was put together earlier this month. Thrun never actually gave any voice commands during his demo of the glasses, while in the video everything was driven by vent to. Back to my original point – the optics on those Google glasses stink. It’s still a work in progress, which is the fundamental issue with around every new Google product launched in the last few years. Look at what Apple has been able to accomplish with the iPhone camera, above all the 4S. If there’s one takeaway that every product manufacturer needs to learn from Steve Jobs it’s that the marriage between hardware and software will always occupy the throne... But that’s not what has me worried about Project Glass. At one point in Google’s history, the company we’re so beholden to actually made some unquestionably great products. So far, it appears to work as advertised but take a look at the image quality and tell me whether or not it’s acceptable in this day and age. But this is a much larger culmination for Google and it’s one they don’t seem to be taking very seriously. Google has grown complacent and comfortable with launching half baked products that they or others would long run fix.
Source: TechCrunch