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I've always thought that glass didn't stand a chance in the consumer market; battery technology just isn't anywhere close to where it needs to be in order to make Glass a practical personal accessory. The last thing the consumer wants is another battery meter to manage, especially one that is inconvenient to charge because it's supposed to sit on your face all day.

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I'm a little bit disappointed that it isn't going to make the enterprise. I work in a science lab, and it would be awesome to have it racked by the door so that I put it on as soon as I get in and I can verbally take notes, video, and photographs, seamlessly throughout the day, and then re-rack it at the end of the day.

Because it's all a matter of work, this also avoids most of the sticky issues of privacy, etc.

Hmm. Not really. But privacy still comes into data management and storage. Where you back up to and when and what protocal it uses, when you are recording/taking pictures of whose work in what room. I might be allowed to take all the pictures I like of my work, but I might not have permission to do the same of my co-workers. Or a picture of my coworker eating a sandwich in the wrong place in a lab, might open up a univeristy/lab to a lawsuit.

For example I think not everyone would like anyone in their lab (including vistors) being able to record their work without permission.

Not being able to adapt the code to ensure that these will be followed without people needing to think about it, is a weakness.

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