> Similarly I could see Glass being adopted wholeheartedly by military, security and police personnel, especially as replacement for military helmet cams.
As I mentioned in the TC comments, I'm wondering why protesters don't rig up their own low-tech version:
This would give an opportunity for those with disabilities to take part in protests as a part of the action on the ground. (They could be like Barbara Gordon as Oracle in comic books.) Since the user-side hardware is inexpensive and disposable, much of the implementation challenge would be on the software side -- enabling the device deal gracefully with low and intermittent bandwidth conditions and offloading data to a local backup carried by another protester.
I'm wondering why protesters don't rig up their own low-tech version:
For personal security, monitoring illegal police acts, sure. As a means for letting people who can't come be part of the action? That would get annoying real quick unless the wearer stared in one direction all the time, or only occasionally moved their head. Otherwise it's just shaky cam which lots of quick cuts as the wearer looks up/down/left/right/etc.
For personal security, monitoring illegal police acts, sure. As a means for letting people who can't come be part of the action? That would get annoying real quick unless the wearer stared in one direction all the time
You'd want to treat the "controller" end (as opposed to the "ground agent" end) as augmented reality.
The "controller" would inhabit a 3D virtual reality, moving smoothly along with "ground agent" with a "window" displaying the video. The "controller" would have to turn his point of view to see the window too.
The "controller" wouldn't be just a passive observer, but would be providing intel to the "ground agent."
It'd be interesting if it was a larger view and the parts that the wearer isn't currently looking at is merely blurred out. That way you'd just have the in-focus viewport changing and updating while still having a larger sense of what was previously looked at.
Not sure how that'd work for the camera-wearer actually moving around... but yeah.
The moment anything happens during protests, millions of camera phones come out and point at it. It's far more imposing than any glasses.
Yes, but a human-level intelligence anticipating what will happen, monitoring media coverage, and coordinating intel from other sources on the ground could be a very powerful resource.
As rough as the police can be with smashing people's faces into the ground while they arrest them for non-violence, I think your $1500 investment would not go far.
Then again, protesting is quickly becoming illegal so it probably doesn't matter anyway.
You're not reading carefully enough. The ground-side equipment cost would probably be under $200, with the option of having the smartphone protected in a case. The DIY version of the glasses are pretty cheap. (Under $40)
As I mentioned in the TC comments, I'm wondering why protesters don't rig up their own low-tech version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zcidJN69NY
This would give an opportunity for those with disabilities to take part in protests as a part of the action on the ground. (They could be like Barbara Gordon as Oracle in comic books.) Since the user-side hardware is inexpensive and disposable, much of the implementation challenge would be on the software side -- enabling the device deal gracefully with low and intermittent bandwidth conditions and offloading data to a local backup carried by another protester.