358 points ofalkaed | 1 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.314s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.

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fennecbutt ◴[11 Oct 25 22:59 UTC] No.45553430[source]▶

>>45553132 (OP) #

Google Glass. Thanks society.

People always fail to see something that is an inevitability. Humans lack foresight because they don't like change.

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1. JMiao ◴[12 Oct 25 06:22 UTC] No.45555764[source]▶

>>45553430 #

nah, glass was impressive for a such a big org like google, but smartphones are popular because people use them like portable televisions. glanceable info and walking directions are more like an apple watch sized market, without the fashion element. meta is about to find out.

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