Timothy D. Gray wrote:
>
> there are some really neat commercial wearables out there, but
> unfortunately you would scare children, put seinors in cardiac arrest, and
> limit your employment to burger king.
Gee, this is the main reason I want one, I think its a "feature". 8)
> Wearables are a great idea, dont get
> me wrong, but mass marketing along the lines of PDA's..... the Weller
> brush salesman will get more sales if he doesn't look like the terminator.
But I think few people would drop their jaw if they say you wearing the
microoptical glasses that Thad has been working on. I think breaking
into the mass market isn't too far away. I think a bigger barrier to
cross is going to be getting people to "get over" the strangeness of
constantly interacting with an information appliance 24hrs per day. This
isn't like a watch you can ignore, this thing is going to beep you when
you get email, its going to store your appointments, its going to tell
you your in the wrong lane on the road, and tell you you need your
asthma medication (and dispense it!).
> Wearables have a really long way to go before mass market applications, or
> scoiety needs to wake up and smell the soldering iron and accept us
> cyborgs as we are.... geeks with hardware!
Look at how quickly cell phones have propogated into the mass market and
how compact they've become. I bet 10 years ago when they were the size
of lunch boxes, no one would have guessed so many people would keep one
in their pocket today.
dude from 1988: In 10 years, you think people will cary a cell phone
with them
everywhere they go
second dude: No way, I mean come on; who's going to lug around a 3
pound
cellular phone all day long.
dude from 1988: yeah, can you imagine being in a meeting and suddenly
getting
a phone call!
second dude: yeah, you'd look like such a geek!
dude from 1988: yeah, I guess you're right. Lets go home and watch
Night Court.
-Paul
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