Google Glass in the Grocery Store
By Cramer, Theresa | |
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I live in central
Yes, right there between the organic avocados and freerange kumquats was a man wearing Google Glass.
I spotted him again in the hygiene section mulling over goat soap and could hardly take my eyes off of him. Seeing wearable technology in my grocery store was akin to spotting an okapi in my front yard. I'm not sure why Google Glass seemed out of place to me. We're hardly Luddites out here in the wilds of suburban
I spend my days thinking about this kind of technology and wouldn't be surprised to see fellow conference attendees walking around with Glass strapped to their heads. I just wasn't prepared to have it show up in my real life, which, of course, is exactly where
I got to wondering what purpose Glass was serving for this man as he squeezed ripe fruit and inspected heads of lettuce. Was
So, of course, I started watching YouTube videos when I got home. TechCrunch had one of the most informative videos.We get to watch as Google Glass helps
Olanoff eventually says that Glass is "pretty handy for now," though he's not sure if it will really take off as a consumer technology. Personally, I can't imagine ever giving Google Glass more than a trial run just to say I'd used it. If I wore Glass on a regular basis it would, no doubt, end up being used as a headband just like my sunglasses.
With a current price tag of
Glass brings the mobile content challenge to a whole new level. As
Having a mobile-optimized site or native app is par for the content course, but
Glass brings the mobile content challenge to a whole new level.
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