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shindig

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I got an invite to the google glass developer program to buy a dev kit, but the shit is $1500. You guys think it's worth it to get in on the ground floor? It is Google's brand and market share...

I'm trying to get my boss to buy it for me but he's on vacation. You think it's worthwhile if you're a developer? We do some augmented reality stuff at work already, and I have an oculus rift, but Google is a baller so I imagine it's going to succeed...

Think it's worth it?
 


Just give me your invitation code and I'll buy a pair for myself. This will alleviate your troubles.
 
shindig said:
but Google is a baller so I imagine it's going to succeed...

Think it's worth it?
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I don't think there is a big enough of a market for it yet to succeed especially for developers to make any money off of it. It's not going to be widely adapted for a very long time. So if you're getting it as a developer with the intention of making any money off of it, no, I don't think it's worth it. If you're getting it to screw around with cause you're bored, sure.

Just cause Google is a baller doesn't mean they haven't had their share of product/project failures.

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I'd do it just so I could look like a douche everywhere I went, and could look down on the peasants that cant get access to them in disgust.
 
I've always thought that glasses are something you have to wear to correct eyesight or protect your eyes, i.e. those that wear them would rather not. It's a bit strange to try and sell a product based on what is ultimately annoying for regular users.

My vision is near perfect, the idea of wearing these things on a day to day basis is a big turn off. I think it's the same for most.
 
I can see this being huge for LEOs, Doctors, Engineers and more. Augmented reality is pretty cool. If I see you wearing these bastards and suspect you're recording me I'll slap them off your face though, bad enough every asshole has a camera in their pocket.
 
jhoffy22 said:
I don't think there is a big enough of a market for it yet to succeed especially for developers to make any money off of it. It's not going to be widely adapted for a very long time. So if you're getting it as a developer with the intention of making any money off of it, no, I don't think it's worth it. If you're getting it to screw around with cause you're bored, sure.

Just cause Google is a baller doesn't mean they haven't had their share of product/project failures.
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I will second your statement that "there isn't a big enough of a market for it yet". These glasses and wearable computing in general is years away from even being in it's infancy. Saying it's only worth spending time to look into developing stuff for the google glass platform if you're bored and just want to screw around is sort of short-sighted at this point, but so is saying that you'll make a gajillion dollars or it'll be worth your time, as with almost any futuristic business venture. So imo no one can intelligently give you that answer at this time OP.

These glasses and other inevitable variations of them aren't some obscure or pointless shithole of a web application. There are quite a few simple improvements these could make to my life from wearing these glasses or other wearable tech. I would gather if you're the company/developer spearheading applications for this stuff, given the higher barrier to entry with physical user interfaces, you have a chance at specialty, differentiation, and building some good value.

Imagine developing some google glass app for doctors and surgeons that gives you graphic overlays of patient vitals, or a virtual whore app that connects to the future fleshlight VR api. Maybe it's just me but I see a good potential for prospective google glass developers in that way.
 
^^ Yeah I'm finding more uses already started and startups getting funding.

Hell, they've already had a porn app for it called "Tits and Glass", and already there are startups working on displaying stats/vitals/etc in real time for medical professions, or display feeds and other data in real time...one guy even made an app that updates you constantly about bitcoin price changes, etc.

The more I research the better it looks imo, especially for professional uses. Voice commands, gesture recognition, gyroscope, gps, etc....

Another thing going for it is the ease of making stuff for it, people are even porting phonegap apps to it, you still make the app using the normal tools for developing for android, with a few tweaks at the end..


This is pretty sick, scan barcodes with your glasses to pull up different stuff like you use QR codes for: https://github.com/paulpv/BarcodeEye/tree/intent
 
Its price point for launch this year is going to be around $500.

I think it still has a lot of hurdles to get over. It will be great when they become mainstream for everyone. Entire industries will be changed.
 
eVandals said:
I will second your statement that "there isn't a big enough of a market for it yet". These glasses and wearable computing in general is years away from even being in it's infancy. Saying it's only worth spending time to look into developing stuff for the google glass platform if you're bored and just want to screw around is sort of short-sighted at this point, but so is saying that you'll make a gajillion dollars or it'll be worth your time, as with almost any futuristic business venture. So imo no one can intelligently give you that answer at this time OP.

These glasses and other inevitable variations of them aren't some obscure or pointless shithole of a web application. There are quite a few simple improvements these could make to my life from wearing these glasses or other wearable tech. I would gather if you're the company/developer spearheading applications for this stuff, given the higher barrier to entry with physical user interfaces, you have a chance at specialty, differentiation, and building some good value.

Imagine developing some google glass app for doctors and surgeons that gives you graphic overlays of patient vitals, or a virtual whore app that connects to the future fleshlight VR api. Maybe it's just me but I see a good potential for prospective google glass developers in that way.
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Hey, I completely agree. Hell, even some developers will be the change that causes stints of adaptation and they are going to make a good buck off of that. You have to be that change though. If you've got a good idea that you think can penetrate a market and lead to widespread adaptation and have the capability to develop that app, I say it's worth it!

In short, if you can develop an app geared towards a specific market that offers a dramatic value proposition in their industry, that leads to a change and hence widespread adaptation, I say go for it.

That's the only "in" at this point that I see right now, though. Even developing an app that would dramatically change every day consumers lives isn't going to widely adapted simply because of the price point.
 
I had 2 of them and I ended up returning both. They were pretty buggy and would keep shutting on and off. I ended up going to Google in Malibu to return them and got a free tour of the campus, which was awesome. : ]
 
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