The thing that has always stuck with me is how quickly public perception turned from “the future!” to “this is creepy!”. It almost seemed to happen in a week.
I’ve always thought it was related to the early stages of the backlash to Silicon Valley we are seeing now, especially the protests against gentrification and bus routes for Google employees. The early articles against it seems to always bring these things up. Now much of tech seems to be viewed through a dystopian lens.
As an autistic adult, the failure of Google glass has always been depressing because I can see so much value in it for people like myself.
Do you think Google Glass was a tipping point or victim of those cultural trends?
Do you see a path forward for similar products, especially for assisting people with neurodivergent disabilities?
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The thing that has always stuck with me is how quickly public perception turned from “the future!” to “this is creepy!”. It almost seemed to happen in a week.
I’ve always thought it was related to the early stages of the backlash to Silicon Valley we are seeing now, especially the protests against gentrification and bus routes for Google employees. The early articles against it seems to always bring these things up. Now much of tech seems to be viewed through a dystopian lens.
As an autistic adult, the failure of Google glass has always been depressing because I can see so much value in it for people like myself.
Do you think Google Glass was a tipping point or victim of those cultural trends?
Do you see a path forward for similar products, especially for assisting people with neurodivergent disabilities?
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