# Google Glass: The Good vs The Bad **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555 "2013-05-05T17:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/1 "2013-05-05T17:06:06Z")
No, I don’t own a pair - but assuming all of the descriptions of “smart phone on your head” are true, what do you think are the good and bad things to come from this? Good: With a blink, you can take a photo of grandma or a video of your kid’s first steps! You can check the traffic before/during driving to/from work to avoid traffic jams. Judge Judy will have it a whole lot easier to make decisions, based off an exact filmed copy of the events leading to the lawsuit. Lots of videos of politicians saying what they REALLY think behind closed doors. More criminals being arrested as more videos catch them in the act. Bad: Dead bodies in car wrecks caused by people checking traffic jams and not watching the road. Pictures of you in the restroom posted on the Internet by some stranger who happened to wander in. Telling that funny joke at lunch, having someone send the video to Human Resources before dessert is served and getting fired before you get back to your desk. Every movie, concert, play, musical and sporting event will be taped and later accessed, for free, by friends and family - pretty much ruining copyrights and income for these venues. Lots of videos of friends and family saying what they REALLY think about you, after you have left the room. Am I missing any? Is this going to be a hit technology? Good or evil? Do you want a pair of these glasses? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/2 "2013-05-05T17:13:10Z")
When I saw the initial concept video one part really bothered me: It was when the guy wearing glasses met up with a friend at a taco truck like thing. "Hey man, I haven’t seen you in forever. " “Yeah, it’s been a long time. Hold on. [Google glasses, check in with John.]” People ignoring company in order to check in places and check Facebook is bad enough already. I can only see it getting worse. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/3 "2013-05-05T17:15:12Z")
I want a pair if they come with an offline version of Google Earth, so I would be able to use them as maps while hiking without having to fiddle with maps or GPS. Especially if they come with their own GPS. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/4 "2013-05-05T17:23:37Z")
Teenagers and unfulfilled adults will love them. Everybody else will think they’re dorks. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/5 "2013-05-05T17:40:39Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Teenagers and unfulfilled adults will love them. Everybody else will think they’re dorks. Have you seen this [Tumblr](http://whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com/)? Bluetooth headsets are bad, this may be worse. An addition to the OP: Good: Battery lasts 3.5 hours ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/6 "2013-05-05T17:53:53Z")
Bad: Increased opportunities to market to the glasses users ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/7 "2013-05-05T17:58:54Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Have you seen this [Tumblr](http://whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com/)? Bluetooth headsets are bad, this may be worse. Bad: This is how the Borg got started. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/8 "2013-05-05T18:01:52Z")
I am excited to see how this affects the porn industry. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/9 "2013-05-05T18:04:28Z")
The naked person overlay onto everyone in your field of vision will be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/10 "2013-05-05T18:22:30Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Bad: This is how the Borg got started. True, but the Cybermen did it first, the Borg just have a cooler sounding marketing slogan ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/11 "2013-05-05T19:56:52Z")
Now is the time to invest in masks. 15 years from now, everyone will be wearing one whenever they step out the house. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/12 "2013-05-05T19:59:53Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Now is the time to invest in masks. 15 years from now, everyone will be wearing one whenever they step out the house. They’ll call them Avatars. And it wouldn’t surprise me if this happened. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/13 "2013-05-05T20:00:14Z")
Bah, Google Glass. I’m waiting until Apple comes out with the iEye. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/14 "2013-05-05T20:05:44Z")
Having address overlays when driving down the street. I’m always passing by the address I’m looking for and having to turn around. I’d like address pins whenever I traveling less than twenty five miles an hour. Now if the cursor would follow where you looked and a double blink could click. And a projected keyboard. That would rock. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/15 "2013-05-05T20:07:11Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Bad: This is how the Borg got started. Marc Andreessen really doesn’t need Glass ‘helping’ him out… ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/16 "2013-05-05T20:21:08Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Now is the time to invest in masks. 15 years from now, everyone will be wearing one whenever they step out the house. > [@TriPolar](#): > > They’ll call them Avatars. And it wouldn’t surprise me if this happened. Read the Arthur Clarke and Stephen Baxter novel “Light of Other Days” very similar theme. Many people would were a green screen burqa in public and would have an avatar that could be displayed over them in other peoples glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/17 "2013-05-05T21:15:50Z")
The police suddenly being a lot more careful because everything they do is being uploaded by everyone in the crowd watching them. And they can’t in practical terms tell _everyone_ to hand their glasses over. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/18 "2013-05-05T21:27:24Z")
You could have a rolling life logger save the last seventy two hours. You can rewind replay and save anything you want to remember. ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/19 "2013-05-06T01:34:34Z")
I tried one briefly. The display was totally unimpressive\*, but it’s amazing that they can squeeze a voice-activated cell phone into such a small package. I wouldn’t spend $1500 for one, but then again, I wouldn’t wear one of those ear buds either. \*It’s small and transparent, so you can’t expect it to be very vivid. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555/20 "2013-05-06T02:48:17Z")
I love the idea…and will wait ten years for the tech to mature (and the price to drop.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-glass-the-good-vs-the-bad/657555.md?page=2)