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A New Era of Computing Coming

Sounds reasonable. Add a virtual reality keyboard (which may be a type of glove), wi-fi and you can do anything a PC cn do now.

Instead of going to the movies at fixed times you can watch any movie on these glasses at any time. Maybe at a special place.
 
I'll repeat what I've said since the moment I heard about Google Glass: If you think people act stupid, oblivious and annoying when fiddling with their phones, just wait until this becomes popular.
 
rjh01 said:
Add a virtual reality keyboard (which may be a type of glove),
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I think this will be the key deciding factor.

The dividing line in my opinion is between consumption and production. We have seen a great change in the consumption (of book, text, videos, photos, audio, ...) where today we can get it in so many different ways.

The production of some of this information has not changed as much. Photos and videos has moved into the smartphone/tablet range, but large amounts of text input is still dependent on good keyboards. Speech recognition is limited, since in many cases we want a more discreet way to enter information. A working way to use our hands/fingers to enter data will change that.

But will that be something that tries to emulate a keyboard, will something disruptive come along that the upcoming generations will pick up immediately, and that us keyboard chuggers will struggle to learn?
 
rjh01 said:
Sounds reasonable. Add a virtual reality keyboard (which may be a type of glove), wi-fi and you can do anything a PC cn do now.

Instead of going to the movies at fixed times you can watch any movie on these glasses at any time. Maybe at a special place.
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So instead of watching movies with friends on bigger screens, you think we are going to watch movies by ourselves on smaller screens?
 
mutile said:
So instead of watching movies with friends on bigger screens, you think we are going to watch movies by ourselves on smaller screens?
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Maybe. Personally I think this device is far too nerdy to take off. But I thought that of Pong.........
 
lionking said:
Maybe. Personally I think this device is far too nerdy to take off. But I thought that of Pong.........
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You may be right, but I thought the trend was to higher resolution bigger screens. I don't want to watch movies on mobile phones or glasses, but I guess some people might.
 
mutile said:
You may be right, but I thought the trend was to higher resolution bigger screens. I don't want to watch movies on mobile phones or glasses, but I guess some people might.
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I think, and hope, you are right. There's always a limit to how small you can make devices. You can read a book and watch a movie on an iPhone (and I have), but you lose so much. I'm going out on a limb, but I don't think anything smaller than an iPad (even an iPad mini) will really get traction.
 
If they are able to do some kind of high quality projection, then maybe the size of the device won't matter.
 
mutile said:
If they are able to do some kind of high quality projection, then maybe the size of the device won't matter.
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Yeah maybe. I'm still mourning the demise of the book, something I have contributed to........
 
I am thinking we would have glasses that would take the entire field of view so that the detail would be better than could be seen on a movie screen. The main advantage in the glasses would be distance. The glasses would be only a few inces away from your eyes. So the number of pixels on glasses would be huge.

How many people see a movie with you would be up to you.
 
Quinn said:
I'll repeat what I've said since the moment I heard about Google Glass: If you think people act stupid, oblivious and annoying when fiddling with their phones, just wait until this becomes popular.
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My reaction exactly. I've had people on phones step right out in front of my car. These things better come with doppler radar linked alarm systems.
Plus- a lot of people wear glasses to see. That means this needs to be fittable (?) to prescription specs.
 
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rjh01 said:
Sounds reasonable. Add a virtual reality keyboard (which may be a type of glove),
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This is the part I have a problem with, possibly a lack of imagination on my part TBH. I hate a keyboard that doesn't have a good tactile response. It's one reason I revert to my PC rather than my Xoom or blackberry for anything more than a few words.
 
rjh01 said:
I am thinking we would have glasses that would take the entire field of view so that the detail would be better than could be seen on a movie screen. The main advantage in the glasses would be distance. The glasses would be only a few inces away from your eyes. So the number of pixels on glasses would be huge.

How many people see a movie with you would be up to you.
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It would be very difficult to have an entire field of view with glasses and the number of pixels won't change depending on how close the device is, if the google glasses as reported are 960 x 540 resolution then they have less pixels than all current hd devices and much less detailed than high res monitors.
 
Soapy Sam said:
Plus- a lot of people wear glasses to see. That means this needs to be fittable (?) to prescription specs.
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This is the same problem I have with most of the 3D stuff.

Wudang said:
This is the part I have a problem with, possibly a lack of imagination on my part TBH. I hate a keyboard that doesn't have a good tactile response. It's one reason I revert to my PC rather than my Xoom or blackberry for anything more than a few words.
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And as for this...I develop software for a living, so this really isn't going to replace a desktop/large laptop any time soon, anymore than a tablet can.
 
As a replacement for a phone/tablet/laptop, a head mounted display would have zero interest for me. I don't want to shut out the real world completely when I'm reading an ebook or surfing the web.

However, for certain specialty applications, this could be fantastic. I looked into head mounted displays for use at our company a few years ago. We have technicians who have to service machines, and sometimes it is necessary to use two hands to adjust dials while balancing and glancing at a manual. A head mounted display could really help. At the time, the technology wasn't mature enough to use, but it could be.

As an auxilliary display in certain fast paced games it could work.

In short, I look forward to the development of these technologies, but I don't think it will replace anything. Rather, it will open up new possibilities.
 
PhantomWolf said:
So, almost two years ago I posted this predicting the death of the PC within 15 years. I'm now considering revising that figure downwards, and adding tablets and smart phones to the same dead list.

Why?

Check out what Mircosoft is working on to challange Google and Apple.....

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-the-smartphone-era-is-coming-2012-11
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Possible, but the PC will continue to dominate corporate environments for quite a while. While double and triple segmented networks are possible for mobile devices, the longevity and portability also works against mobiles as a corporate base of computing.

Now it is very likely that as server host power increases that thing client machines with some local computing power and memory will replace the corporate desktop deployments. However the security and longevity issue of laptops and mobile will be a barrier to corporate roll outs.

The Sixth Sense is a real possibility of technology and likely to spread very quickly to board rooms and home. But corporations will continue to want to lock down their material, which can be a problem in corporate environments. So for mobiles to work, many people will have to check their devices when they come in and check their corporate devices when they leave.

TED Sixth Sense


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http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
 
PhantomWolf said:
So, almost two years ago I posted this predicting the death of the PC within 15 years. I'm now considering revising that figure downwards, and adding tablets and smart phones to the same dead list.

Why?

Check out what Mircosoft is working on to challange Google and Apple.....

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-the-smartphone-era-is-coming-2012-11
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microsoft's track record at innovation is typified by the tablet efforts they've made. you prolly support the movie and music industries to. Sad.
 
I predict that in 15 years people will still be predicting the demise of the PC in 15 years.
 
Driving around campus, several times a day I have to come to a screeching halt as some head-phone wearing, iPhone staring student wanders into the path of my car.

I read Virtual Light; it's somewhat scary.
 
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