Google Glass raises a number of questions: Should we design for it? *What* do we design for it? Who will use it? We'll explore how technology like Glass has already been prototyped, anti-prototyped, proven, and disproven for years in film, television, and literature. Learn how to harness these images to answer timely strategy questions and design products and apps able to transform the future.
15. “At first, only a certain breed of technophile or time-
critical information consumer would be interested in
looking odd to gain the power and convenience such an
interface would allow...the computer professional. These
individuals use a computer every day and find it essential
to do their work...Even if the system was just sold as an
expensive toy, a market may exist.”
!
– Thad Starner, 1993
“At first, only a certain breed of technophile or time-
critical information consumer would be interested in
looking odd to gain the power and convenience such an
interface would allow...the computer professional. These
individuals use a computer every day and find it essential
to do their work...Even if the system was just sold as an
expensive toy, a market may exist.”
!
– Thad Starner, 1993
THE CYBORGS ARE COMING
16.
17. ATARI Jaguar VR Headset, 1995
Sony Head-mounted Display
2011 (and 1997)
Nintendo Virtual Boy, 1995
Sega VR, 1995
26. I’ve got a job to do and want my hands free to do it.
I’m mobile and shouldn’t use my hands or avert my eyes.
* Nod to Josh Clark and his “Mobile Mindest”
THE FACE-TECH CONTEXT*
30. * Nod to Josh Clark and his “Mobile Mindest”
I’ve got a job to do and want my hands free to do it.
I’m mobile and shouldn’t use my hands or avert my eyes.
I’m impaired and want to do what able-bodied people do.
THE FACE-TECH CONTEXT*
33. Students.............................
Administrative Assistants............
Lawyers..............................
Doctors..............................
Scientists...........................
Stock Brokers........................
CEOs.................................
System Administrators................
Repair People........................
Construction Engineers...............
!
!
Take notes without looking at screen
Manage appointments on the go
Discover precedents in court/trial
Look up info while seeing patients
Automatic access to information
Get up-to-the-minute stock
information
Get up-to-the-minute company reports
Detect and fix problems remotely
Get overlaid visual instructions
Visualize structural data in the
field
Students.............................
Administrative Assistants............
Lawyers..............................
Doctors..............................
Scientists...........................
Stock Brokers........................
CEOs.................................
System Administrators................
Repair People........................
Construction Engineers...............
!
!
Take notes without looking at screen
Manage appointments on the go
Discover precedents in court/trial
Look up info while seeing patients
Automatic access to information
Get up-to-the-minute stock
information
Get up-to-the-minute company reports
Detect and fix problems remotely
Get overlaid visual instructions
Visualize structural data in the
field
THE CYBORGS ARE COMING
40. I’ve got a job to do and want my hands free to do it.
I’m mobile and shouldn’t use my hands or avert my eyes.
I’m impaired and want to do what able-bodied people do.
41.
42. “We signed up, got a few
pairs of the Google
glasses, and we’re trying
them out, seeing if they
have any value in
investigations, mostly for
patrol purposes…”