1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray. 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: It's ready. Are you didn't touch? With technology? With tech 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: Stuff from how stuff flix dot com. Hello everyone, and 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: welcome to tech Stuff. My name is Chris Poulette and 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: I am an editor at how Stuff works dot com. 6 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: Sitting across from me as always, his senior writer Jonathan Strickland. 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: The Moment One Learns English Complications set in Well, yeah, 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: it's the third short one in a row. Right. For 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: people who are listening to these podcasts out of order, 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: that's going to be confusing. But we record a whole 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 1: bunch at once and then we parcel them out over 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: time and we giggle. So today we are talking about 13 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: a topic that has been in the news a little 14 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: bit right about the time that we're recording this UM 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: in mid to late February. UM. It'll be really funny 16 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: in the future when people come back, because we we 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: do get from time to time people listening back. Uh, 18 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: they'll say, oh, I'm gonna start from the beginning. Yeah, 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: it's fantastic. When they listened to that old episode where 20 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: we were talking about whether or not Apple was coming 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: out with a tablet, Yes, and we did do that. 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: It was really funny. Yeah, it funny in retrospect. Yes. Um. 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 1: And this may be another one of those things, because 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: it's talking about a product that it has not technically 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: been announced, It's been speculated upon a bit and leaked, 26 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: supposedly leaked. Yeah, we're talking about a pair of glasses 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: engineered by Google that would give you a an augmented 28 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: reality view of the world around you. And h and 29 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: the fact that this, according to the reports that have 30 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: been published in places like The New York Times, this 31 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: would come to market by the end of Heck, by 32 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: the time this podcast goes live, we may know more 33 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: about it. It It may there may be a public announcement. Well, 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: as it turns out, Tim buck three was right, the 35 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: future is so bright, you're gonna have to wear shades. Yeah. Well, 36 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: and here's the other thing is that with all the 37 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: information this will be giving you, I'll be wearing these 38 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: sunglasses at night. Alright. So so what what is it 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: about this now? Um? We should talk for a moment. 40 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: I guess about a heads up display. Yes, because that's 41 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: the idea here, the HUD. The HUD that's housing in 42 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: urban development. So the heads up display. Um, This is 43 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: the kind of thing that people have been expecting in 44 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: cars for a really long time and it just hasn't happened. Yeah, 45 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: there there are a few cars that do have these 46 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: sort of things, but they're pretty limited, and it's more 47 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: about stuff like a showing you a projection of what's 48 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: in your what's behind the car, that kind of stuff. 49 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, the heads up display does. Anyone who's played 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: video games, especially first person shooters, is familiar with the 51 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: heads up display because in in video games it gives 52 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: you vital information about how you are doing, like whether 53 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: you have any bullets in your gun or possibly in 54 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: your chest. Well, it's it's probably due in part to 55 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: the fact that heads up displays are used in military 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: aircraft and have been for quite some times. Essentially, what 57 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: we're talking about is if you if you still have 58 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: no idea, um, information is projected upon the in an aircraft, 59 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: the glass canopy within your field of view, and so 60 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: you're you can see through it to whatever happens to 61 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: be on the other side, clouds, enemy aircraft, mountains. Yeah, okay, 62 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: so you know you could see the information. Um, it's 63 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: useful for targeting other aircraft. I mean, hey, I've seen 64 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: the documentary Top Gun. Um. Look, it only took three 65 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: three episodes before I got into say that. Um. So 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: you know, the technology has been around for for quite 67 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: some time, but in in some applications like uh, you know, 68 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: regular cars just hasn't taken off, so to speak. Um, 69 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: but this is more or less what Google is proposing 70 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: to do, assuming that this is this leaked information is 71 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: actually true. Um, it would be sort of a headstup 72 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: display that you carry along with you in a pair 73 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: of glasses, so you know, you and overlay of information 74 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: about the world around you, which we know by the 75 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: term augmented reality augmented and that it's augmented by data. 76 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: So this augmented reality could take many different forms. It 77 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: could be something like, let's say that you're wearing these 78 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: glasses and you're using an application that that lets the 79 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: glasses display information provided by something like Google Maps. So 80 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: let's say you're walking through a strange city, you're visiting 81 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: a place you've never been before, and you've got to 82 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: pair of these glasses on and you you're actually on 83 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: your way to a specific location, but you've never ever 84 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: gone there yourself before, and the glasses tell you which 85 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: way to turn. M hm. You're just wearing the glasses. 86 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: You're looking at the world around you, and as you 87 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: come up to where you need to go, the glasses 88 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: indicate through this heads up display that you need to 89 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: take a left at the next intersection, and so you 90 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: are navigating your way. They're using the glasses as a tool. 91 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: It's sort of it's taking really taking the place of 92 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: smartphone and in a lot of ways, augmented reality. When 93 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: we first started talking about augmented reality, a lot of 94 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: people were imagining it as something that you would wear, 95 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: like a head mounted display. Uh, so it would be 96 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: some sort of special goggles that would put this information 97 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: on top of the world around us. We've been talking 98 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: about this for years, but the actual implementation we have seen, 99 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: at least in recent years, has been handheld devices like smartphones. Yes, 100 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: and as as useful as that's been in in certain circumstances, 101 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: it's also sort of inconvenient to hold the smartphone up 102 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: in front of your face while you're trying to navigate 103 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: a city. Yeah, and it makes you look like a 104 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: weirdo and you're likely to hurt yourself. You're looking like 105 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: a smartphone wielding weirdo, like a smartphone wielding zombie with 106 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: one arm extended out in front of you. Because yeah, 107 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: if you're if you're trying to if you're trying to 108 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: get both a look at the world around you and 109 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: get a look at the information that's being president on 110 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: your phone, then you kind of have to hold it 111 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: up so that your eyeline is still looking out straight 112 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: ahead of you. Right, most of us don't do that, 113 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: I think I think most of us. What we're doing 114 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: is we're looking down. We're holding the phone at around 115 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: at the level of our stomach or so, and we're 116 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: looking down at it and we're walking anyway, which means 117 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: that we can have close encounters with things like telephone 118 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: polls or other pedestrians, both of which I have done. 119 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: I've also tripped over curbs. I have nearly stepped upon 120 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: a baby. Uh that I wasn't didn't even have a 121 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: phone in my hand. That was just me being mean. 122 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: But uh yeah, there are a lot of opportunities for mishaps, 123 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: like getting hit by cars and stuff. So the idea is, 124 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: why don't we put this stuff in, this technology into 125 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: a different form factor where we can still look around 126 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: at the world around us and react to it, get 127 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: the information we want and we that we sometimes we need, 128 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: but not have it be an experience that puts us 129 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: or other people in danger. Now, of course, this will 130 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: also make it easier for for you to be mystified 131 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: when people from New York come up to you and 132 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: ask you if you need help finding something in particular, 133 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: and you go, how did you know? And look, you 134 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: know this is this is just gonna be another way 135 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: for them to pick out the tourists. Well, that's all right, 136 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: and and again it's not just something you would wear 137 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: in a strange city. No, I just but I was 138 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: just thinking about it in that context because I've always 139 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: had trouble figuring out how they knew. But they just know. Well, 140 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: anyone who looks up in New York City is obviously 141 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: a tourist. I'm guilty. So let's talk about some of 142 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: the hardware that this would have to have in order 143 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: for it to work. Alright, So we don't know the 144 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: specifics because this has been stuff that has been leaked 145 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: to the media. There's been no official as of the 146 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: recording of this podcast, there's been no official announcement from 147 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: Google to tell us what this stuff is Yeah, the 148 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: the Google spokesperson said something to the effect of, hey, look, 149 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: there goes the lock Mass monster, and when everybody turned 150 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: to look, he ran off. Yeah. This was part of 151 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: a Google X, which is a top secret research and 152 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: development facility within Google which people work on in Yeah. 153 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: But anyway, So, so the what these would have to 154 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: have in order for this to work is the glasses 155 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: would have to have a camera, because you would have 156 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: to have some sort of If you're overlaying information on 157 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: top of specific things, then you want the the glasses 158 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: to be able to look at you through the camera, 159 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: look at a in a direction, and overlay information on 160 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: the proper stuff. So let's say that you're looking at 161 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: a building and uh or or a collection of buildings, 162 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: and you're looking for a specific restaurant and you're scanning 163 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: from left to right. Then the name of the restaurant 164 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: pops up when you're looking at the right store or front, 165 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: let's say, or even a menu for that restaurant perhaps, 166 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 1: So there's that needs the camera for that visual acuity. 167 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: It also probably has some sort of GPS sensor in 168 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: it so it knows where you are geographically. Um, it's 169 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: got to have some sort of of of transceiver in it. 170 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: It has to be able to receive information exactly. So 171 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: it's going to be either it's gonna it's either it's 172 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 1: going to have WiFi or maybe Bluetooth or maybe cellular 173 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: or maybe some combination of those three, uh, in order 174 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: for it to send and receive information. So that because 175 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: obviously you can't store the world's information on a pair 176 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: of glasses, it would never fit. You would have to 177 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: have the world's longest chord connecting you to whatever computer 178 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: database had all the information. So this information is stored 179 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: in the cloud, So you have to have a way 180 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: of getting the information to and from the glasses, otherwise 181 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: they're just gonna be this heavy pair of glasses sitting 182 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: on your face. I was trying to get to the 183 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: to the opera, but it's still two blocks away and 184 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: my extension cord won't let me travel any farther, so 185 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: I guess I'll have to go home. Bumm, the what's 186 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: that giant backpack on your Most of the batteries, you 187 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: also have to have the actual display, which, according to 188 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: the information I've seen, is set a set to the 189 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: side for one eye only, so that one of your 190 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: eyes can just quickly glance over and see what the 191 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: information is. Uh, it's not something that's overlaid over both 192 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 1: lenses of the glasses themselves. That I imagine would be 193 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: very distracting and would make things very difficult to do. Yeah. Uh, 194 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: there needs to be some sort of user interface so 195 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: that you can actually navigate through things, because it may 196 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: be that there are multiple levels of information you could 197 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: overlay on a location, and you you have an interest 198 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: in a very specific subset of information, but you're not 199 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: interested in the rest, So how do you navigate through that? 200 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: According to what I've read, it looks like it's done 201 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: right now through little subtle head motions, like you tilt 202 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: your head a certain way, and that lets you scan 203 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: through items or select a specific item, And like clicking 204 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: on a link, you might have to tilt your head 205 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: just a little bit in the direction. And according to 206 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: what I've read, it sounds like these are pretty subtle movements. 207 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: That's not something where you're gonna be sitting on the 208 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: train and you look across and there's someone head banging 209 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: away as they're trying to navigate Wikipedia. That's not what 210 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: this is all about. It's more very it's very subtle 211 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: movements now that you may still find that person. You know, 212 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: they might still be there, but you it won't be 213 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: necessary to head bang in order to navigate Wikipedia or 214 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: any other website like how stop works dot com. Um, yeah, 215 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: I hope it wouldn't be like a touch screen because 216 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: I have enough problem with fingerprints on my glasses. Right. 217 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: There was talk that there could be some voice activation 218 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 1: stuff added in at some point, and even that this 219 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 1: could ultimately take the place of a smartphone where you 220 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: would have an earpiece that would be part of this 221 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: so that you could make calls and you can you know, 222 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: you could replace it. There are other reports I've seen 223 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: that no, this is really going to be paired with smartphones, 224 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: where you might use your smartphone as the the device 225 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: that actually connects to the Internet, and then the glasses 226 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: connect to your smartphone and use it as essentially a 227 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: hot spot. Um, that's a possibility, although most reports I've 228 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: seen say the glasses themselves are going to have the 229 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: capability to either use WiFi or three G or four 230 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: G connections in order to get data. Of course, if 231 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: it is using WiFi and you can use your smartphone 232 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: as a WiFi hot spot, that's still a way that 233 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: you would use your phone to actually grab the data 234 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: and then it would send it to the glasses. UM. 235 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: There are a lot of interesting uses for this, so 236 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: lots of information about the world around you. You might 237 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: be able to find out things like historical information of 238 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: sites that you're visiting. You might be able to find 239 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 1: recommendations for restaurants or shops or movies. You might even 240 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: be able to do things like navigate and purchase stuff 241 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: before you get to places. Um. Like, let's say you 242 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: look at a movie theater and it pulls up the 243 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: movie listings for that theater while you're looking at it, 244 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: and then you decide, Hey, that movie sounds interesting, I've 245 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: been meaning to see that. I'm already in the area. 246 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go and buy tickets through here. Like 247 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: these are all things that might be used with the glasses. Again, 248 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: since they don't actually exist in a way that we 249 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: can play with them right now, we can only imagine 250 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 1: they're the use case scenarios right well. Of course, uh, 251 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: Google has Google Latitude UM, which is sort of a 252 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 1: competitor to some of the other location based services out 253 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: there in a way that your Google account kind of 254 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: like four square. Yeah. Um, and uh so you know 255 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: you could you could also do things like check into 256 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: a location. Um, you could go to a restaurant, for example, 257 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: and and uh uh you know, you know you've you've 258 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: navigated there, and once you're there, Uh, you would maybe 259 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: be able to read tips from other people, you know, 260 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: stay away from the lasagna, don't eat the fish. Um 261 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: we had two choices, chicken or fish. Oh yes, I 262 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: had the lasagna. Um, so so yeah, I mean it 263 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,599 Speaker 1: could be used for all kinds of things like that. Um. 264 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: Google doesn't expect people who are going to wear these 265 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: all the time, at least according to these reports. Of course, 266 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: again Google hasn't said, but but let me tell you 267 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: there will be some. If I get a pair of 268 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: these glasses, I will wear them all the time. Yes, 269 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: he will, because guys, to me, this sounds super cool 270 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: and it's something I've wanted to play with for a 271 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: long time. And I love augmented reality applications. I've got 272 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: some of my phone I use a lot of the 273 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: ones that you know have augmented reality features built into them. So, Google, 274 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: if you're listening, I am more than happy to be 275 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: a beta participant in this classes program and I will 276 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: I will wear the heck out of them, because this 277 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: is exactly I love the idea of information being everywhere, right, 278 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: having having a a geographic element to information, so that 279 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: it almost gives information more of a sense of permanence 280 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: to me, like you've associated it with a place. It's 281 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: not just data. There's a physical location that you have 282 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: been to. And when you combine the two, to me, 283 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: that makes the information more meaningful and relevant to you 284 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: from a personal experience. And being the nerd that I am, 285 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: I love information anyway, So this is the kind of 286 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: thing that just gives me like, who I want one? 287 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: Maybe you could build ghost detector apps into them, and 288 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: then you don't play with me, Palette, We're not gonna 289 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: go into that. I will have a will have a 290 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: van and oh man, it's so easy to get me 291 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: upset about that. Let's let's talk about quick quick aside. 292 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: Ghost hunting is bunk alright, alright, God, that was such 293 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: a fun episode. Um yes, that we do have an 294 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: episode about ghost hunting technology and what it does and 295 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: what it does not do. Um I e. It does 296 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: not ghosts. So if you want to on its own, 297 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: if you want to learn You don't even start Pette. 298 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: If you want to, If you want to learn more, 299 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: go and check out that episode. It's actually a fun one. 300 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: It was one of those where it was there was 301 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: a bet on whether or not I could finish the 302 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: episode without having some sort of aneurysm or something. I 303 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: made it. Yeah, No, it was. It was a razor's edge. 304 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: So let's let's talk about whether. Okay, let's we're on 305 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: the the the rumor mill here, so it could or 306 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: could not happen. Let's let's talk about the technology too. 307 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: I mean, could this happen. We've got small cameras that 308 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: are built into our cell phones. I mean they're it's 309 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: receivable that you you could have something small enough to 310 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: put in a pair of glass. Um you've got um, 311 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: you know, you've got the Oakley Thump MP three player 312 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: that's built in the glasses. And supposedly these these uh 313 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: devices look a lot like the Oakley Thump glasses, according 314 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: to one report I read. So you know, we know 315 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: that you could put a battery and some audio technology 316 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: in there. YEA a question, But the question I have 317 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: really is what would the battery life be like? Because um, 318 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: you know, I mean I've and also we don't know 319 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: for sure that would be running the Android operating system. 320 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of of Yeah, that's the assumption 321 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: that it would be running Android, which makes sense. I mean, 322 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: that's your mobile platform. And you would think if this 323 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: is sort of a either either a split from smartphone 324 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: technology or a compliment to smartphone technology. However you want 325 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: to look at it, if it's parallel or if it's 326 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: splitting off, you would imagine that would probably use a 327 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: similar operating system, although I'm not sure where the processor 328 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: is gonna go. Yes, that's the thing is that it's 329 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: gonna it's gonna need a processor, it's gonna need the battery, 330 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna have all these sensors in it, it's gonna 331 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: have the display technology in it. Uh So you start 332 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: wondering how bulky is it gonna be, how heavy is 333 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: it gonna be, how hot is it going to get 334 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: as it's running, and how long will the battery life last. Now, 335 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: if my Android smartphone is anything to go by, and 336 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: I have I have one of the bulkyear Android smartphones, 337 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: And to be fair, the reason for that is because 338 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: it's one of the ones that has a physical quirity keyboard. 339 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: So that's that's adding quite a bit of bulk to it. 340 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: But if we look at a smartphone and we look 341 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: at how heavy it is and and the size of it, 342 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: part of that is because the displays tend to be 343 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: pretty big. In this case, the display can be much 344 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: smaller because it's gonna be really close to your eye, 345 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: so you don't need to make it that big. You know, 346 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: it's gonna it's gonna cover up a good amount of 347 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: your field of vision when you look a certain direction, 348 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: so you don't need it to be huge. So that's 349 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: gonna cut down a little bit on on the size 350 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: and weight. But yeah, I'm curious to see, like, is 351 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: it gonna feel comfortable? Maybe that's one reason people wouldn't 352 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: wear them all the time, because if they're if they're 353 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: heavy enough, you might not want to wear them for 354 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: more than, you know, a few minutes. But if you're 355 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,719 Speaker 1: not wearing them all the time, where the heck are 356 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 1: you putting them? Yeah? Well, you also have to be 357 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: concerned that people who need prescription vision correct action like me, uh, 358 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: might have difficulty reading it. Now for people who are 359 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: are near sighted, maybe not as much of a problem. 360 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: As people who are far sighted. Although people who are 361 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: near sighted who are not wearing contacts and put these 362 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: glasses on, are not going to really be able to 363 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: see the world around them. They might be able to 364 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: read the information about the world around them, but then 365 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: they look at they actually look at the building that 366 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: they're reading about, and that just as an indistinct blob. Yes, 367 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: that's how it would be for me. Yeah. No, That's 368 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: the thing is that if I were wearing these glasses, 369 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: I would also need to wear contacts in order to 370 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: really experience it the way I would want to. You 371 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: are about to fall in. Uh course you pay the 372 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: platypus man. I wonder how many Phineas and ferb references 373 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: we've had since I started watching that show. And he 374 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: doesn't even have kids, ladies, And it's a lot. No, 375 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 1: I'm just a big kid myself. But yeah, yeah, there 376 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: there are a lot of other questions too, like, uh, 377 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: from what I understand, Yeah, the big one they guess 378 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: work right now as they think that it will probably 379 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: cost around this bay being the media. Yeah, well I 380 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: should identify they like New York Times and blogs and 381 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: like like a wireds blog, Engadget and other blogs like that. 382 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: The best guess right now is that would fall into 383 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: the smartphone range, so probably between two and fifty and 384 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: six hundred dollars for a pair of these, which you know, 385 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: that's that's that's a luxury item. That's something that early 386 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: adopters will probably be more than willing to pay, assuming 387 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: that they have that kind of money laying around. But 388 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: your average consumer would be like, well, that's just a curiosity, 389 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: and they may very well be correct, because the other 390 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: thing I've read is that apparently Google doesn't have any 391 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: plans on how it would monetize this, that this would 392 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: just this is almost like it's just an experiment to see, 393 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: you know, hey we can do this. Let's do this 394 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,719 Speaker 1: and show that we can do it. But there's no 395 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: real plan on making that like a core part of 396 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: their business because there's not really a money generating part 397 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: of that right now. Although you could imagine that advertising 398 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: would very easily fall into their you know, location based 399 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: advertising would obviously be a source of revenue if this 400 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: thing were to progress beyond you know, the the initial phase. 401 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: So it may be that Google doesn't really pursue this 402 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: as an actual, like, you know, broad consumer product, but 403 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: really just something for a group of people who are 404 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: really passionate about the idea, so that it might fuel 405 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: the next generation or maybe two more generations down the road, 406 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 1: where it becomes something more of a of a consumer 407 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: product and less of a of a hobbyist kind of product, 408 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: especially for people who are interested in not just using 409 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: it but developing for it. Right. So there's that, um, 410 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: and then there's UH questions about when it will come 411 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 1: out right now, the the most information I've seen is 412 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 1: before the end of UH. And then there there are 413 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: some guesses that there may be some beta programs between 414 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: now and then where normal schlubs like I don't know 415 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: Jonathan Strict and co host of popular podcast tech Stuff, 416 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: could get their hands on a pair of these and 417 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: try them out. And he is more than willing to 418 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: do that. From what I understand, he and I are 419 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: really close. Don't make him big, No, no, please, don't, 420 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: I'll do it. I'm not I'm not a proud man. 421 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: But yeah, So there are a lot of other questions 422 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: about this, uh, you know, if it if it does 423 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: come out, because sometimes these projects pop up in Google 424 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: and then never really go intwhere outside the company. UM, So, 425 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: if it does come out, will it take off? If 426 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: it even if it does take off, will Google continue 427 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: to pursue it? You know? These questions also come into 428 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: play with things like the when Google did the whole 429 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: driverless car thing, right, that was a super cool project, 430 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: really interesting, and it may very well be that certain 431 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: car manufacturers will end up utilizing some or all of 432 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 1: the technology that Google created as part of that project. 433 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: But as of right now, there's no way for the 434 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: average person to experience that technology. So is this going 435 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: to become something like the driverless car? Is that going 436 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: to be where we're gonna have, you know, years between 437 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: when we find out about it and when something actually 438 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: tangible to us happens. Yeah, well I bet you'd be 439 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: willing to have beta test that for them too. Yes, 440 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: if you want, Google, if you want to give me 441 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: a pair of those glasses and a car that will 442 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: drive me around, I will. I will be more than 443 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,239 Speaker 1: happy to test out both of those things. I do 444 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: not you know a little bit of trivia about Jonathan. 445 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: I don't drive, so so a driverless car would be 446 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: incredibly useful for me in the city of Atlanta, where 447 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: cars are almost a necessity the humans. Yeah, that's true. 448 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: That's depressing, but true. So yeah, give me a driverless 449 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: car and I can add to the problem. Well, it's uh, 450 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: I'm interested to see whether or not they're they're ready 451 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: to rule something like that out. Um, I just I 452 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: just don't know. It seems like something that's not going 453 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: to be a mainstream product, at least not for years. Yeah, 454 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: but I'm not it's done. I'm not sure that the 455 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: average person has any desire for this sort of product. 456 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: You know, it may just be something that they're like, No, 457 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: that's such a nerdy thing. I can't imagine it. See 458 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: for me, it's just it's so compelling that it's something 459 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: that I'm very eager to to check out. But yeah, 460 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: I could. I I'm not. I am not the average person. 461 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: I am. It's total total geek. So a person who 462 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: is not as geeky may look at this product and 463 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: just say, wow, I can't imagine ever wanting to use that. 464 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 1: I mean, I I use my smartphone to play you know, 465 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: angry Birds or fruit Ninja. I don't use it to 466 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: look up information about the world around me. I'm not 467 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: interested in learning or exploring or broadening my horizons. I'm 468 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: happy in my insular a little world where I've created this, 469 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: this compartmentalized existence that is completely cut off from everything else. 470 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: And really I'm fine with not learning and being an 471 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: ignorant person and just kind of wallowing in my ignorance 472 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: celebrating it really is what I like to do. That that, 473 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: to me, is what existence is all about. You know, 474 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: those people are cool. You know. Do I need to 475 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: take the soapbox away from you again? Because I'll do it. 476 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 1: I'm done with it anymore. I'll turn this podcast around anyway, Nick, 477 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: and I was being facetious everybody. Anyway, My my wife 478 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: would never want a pair of these glasses, and she's 479 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: completely justified in that. Me I am. If these come out, 480 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: I will get a pair, that's just it's I know 481 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: I will. He doesn't need a tablet, but he does 482 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,479 Speaker 1: need a pair of augmented reality. That's not true. I 483 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: do need a tablet. There's just not a tablet out 484 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: there that does what I needed to do. I need 485 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: a very specific tablet that hasn't been made yet. Maybe 486 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: you could attach it to your face and then you 487 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: can use it like AMA. That's not that, it's not 488 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: the form factor. That's the problem. It's not the form 489 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: factor of the tablet that I object to, it's the 490 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: it's the use cases that you know, I don't need it. 491 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 1: That's a different podcast. We should do a podcast why 492 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: Jonathan wants a tablet and why he's not gonna buy one. 493 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: All right, and I'll be just five minutes of me 494 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: explaining myself. 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