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I wonder if everything is built into the glasses, or if it connects to an Android via Bluetooth. I'm guessing the latter.
 
That would be wicked but its going to be a few year off yet... Then think about how job interviews will go in the future. Its not whose best for the job. Its who is best at formulating a decent google search term.
 
People who talk with a bluetooth earpiece sometimes make eye contact with other people while talking. If you've ever had this happen to you, you know it's really weird. You think the person is talking to you, but you can't be sure. And you have to stare back and wait for the person to talk again to make sure.

The guy in the video is talking to himself to give voice commands to his eyepiece. Not only would that be really awkward for me to do (seemingly talk to myself imperatively in public) but I can see someone think I'm giving an order to them if I accidentally look at someone.

I suppose if everyone has these things on, and everyone is mumbling to themselves, it'd be ok. But that would be a strange world, wouldn't it? So glad Siri never caught on like that.
 
Some of the interaction in the video occurred without voice interaction, so perhaps the glasses can see where you're looking and change accordingly. Would be interesting if it required a set of subtle eye movements to control stuff...

Basic navigation: just look at what you want
Select: blink (or maybe double blink to prevent a stray blink from selecting)
zoom in: squint
zoom out: widen eyes
long press: close eyes (longer than a blink)
swipe up/down/left/right: glance in the direction you want to swipe

Of course, this might also look weird in public, but if the thing is sensitive enough, the motions can be subtle.
 
novox77 said:
Some of the interaction in the video occurred without voice interaction, so perhaps the glasses can see where you're looking and change accordingly. Would be interesting if it required a set of subtle eye movements to control stuff...

Basic navigation: just look at what you want
Select: blink (or maybe double blink to prevent a stray blink from selecting)
zoom in: squint
zoom out: widen eyes
long press: close eyes (longer than a blink)
swipe up/down/left/right: glance in the direction you want to swipe

Of course, this might also look weird in public, but if the thing is sensitive enough, the motions can be subtle.
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Cool ideas
 
Too bad there doesn't seem to be a way for these to not work if the wearer is driving. "Drivers" who are too busy with phones to pay attention to the ton or so of car they're supposedly controlling are bad enough as it is, these look like they'd be a much bigger "distracted driving" problem.
 
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