Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see those glasses. I'm all for tech gadgets, but people need to disconnect now and then.
That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see those glasses. I'm all for tech gadgets, but people need to disconnect now and then.
It's bad enough when you're talking to someone and they're pulling their phone out of their pocket every minute to scroll through something, but now, they won't even have to do that, it will already be on their face.
There will be people that won't want to leave that augmented reality.
What happens to a generation of people that no longer have Google at their fingers or in this case an immediate connection to the internet. I was imagining someone gardening, growing their own food. They are walking by their garden and Google Glass reminds them to water the garden, so they do. A couple of days later they're walking by and it flashes a reminder to go harvest some of the green beans they planted. Looking through Glass, it picks out which green beans are ready to eat. What happens when this technology is gone? Has the individual really been educated on what it meant to garden? Would they be able to garden without the device?
Where is the mystery and risk that comes with life sans augment? Life doesn't just occur in the cases of success, it occurs in the moments of failure too. The fruit that wasn't ripe enough or was too ripe. The experience of a fried green tomato. Disconnecting allows for things that don't happen when you're constantly on interrupt. The ability to think; the ability to be creative; to have unique ideas.