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OMG so boring. Google needs to learn how to put on a show. Also, Hangouts is G+ best feature but sadly it is really hard to get people together on it. Why w

OMG so boring. Google needs to learn how to put on a show. Also, Hangouts is G+ best feature but sadly it is really hard to get people together on it. Why when I invite someone do they not get an email or IM?? They only get notified within g+ itself and it isn't easy to find the invite. On recent jobs several times I've tried to get meetings together on g+ only to resort back to conference calls (!!? WTF??) every time because people couldn't get on the Hangout. That is a real shame.

lawdawg 14y ago
I get both an IM on Google Talk and notification on my phone ...
- eagsalazar 14y ago
  I don't actually get the IM or the notification on my phone. Strange. In any case, 99% of the designers I work with and 75% of the developers have iPhone/Mac and don't use either Android or gchat although they all have gmail/google accounts. So if they got an email they would be notified, otherwise, they never know. Without the link it is also really hard to just tell people to go to G+. The way to join the hangout if you don't have a link is hard to find This is not just an opinion, like I said, I actually tried to set up hangouts several times and these are the reasons it failed. Just my experience.
rdl 14y ago
Google Glass just stole the show. Maybe the earlier parts were just parody/setup for this. Skydiving live over SF during the show using Glass?
- alttab 14y ago
  I was fairly impressed with this. I can't wait for glass.
  - clawrencewenham 14y ago
    All they really showed in the skydiving stunt was that they were wearing head-mounted cameras.
    - rdl 14y ago
      Head mounted cameras with live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware (well, prototype commodity hardware), is still a thing. I'm more into the thing as a compute device than headmount camera, but until they come up with a good audio UI or chording keyboard (ideally as glove), they'll be really limited on input, so video recording is probably the best use case. (I worked for a guy who was doing this in the 1980s, with ~50 pounds of equipment in a backpack, a 5W radio transmitter on his head, etc.)
      - falling 14y ago
        > live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware Isn’t that the description of any smartphone available for a few years now? Remove the screen and you can shrink it almost at will. Project Glass is interesting, I’m curious about the display tech, but this demo didn’t show anything new.
        adgar 14y ago
        > Isn’t that the description of any smartphone available for a few years now? Remove the screen and you can shrink it almost at will. Then why hasn't that happened yet for a few years now, you think? Maybe your assumption "you can shrink it almost at will" is a bit simplistic?
        falling 14y ago
        What hasn’t happened? live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware? I have been doing that with my phone for a few years. Also, look at the part of the glasses behind the ear, now look at any recent smartphone teardown and see how they compare in size. I’m sure Project Glass will eventually be interesting, this demo was really cool, but hardly a technological achievement. You can do the same thing by strapping a phone to your helmet.
- fieldforceapp 14y ago
  Glass was the "one more thing..." moment for sure; heard that there was a long line to purchase them for $1500 per -- any comments from HN owners? Met with GOOG employees today who were testing newer versions, better resolution & new comms. I wasn't allowed to wear it but it looks bulkier than I imagined. The odd thing is, during a meeting with an employee who was wearing Glass, it was hard to figure out where to focus my eyes on their face -- it was like talking to someone with a lazy eye.
drivebyacct2 14y ago
I get either a G+ or GTalk notification on my phone, it pops up if I have Google+ open and if not, I get a GTalk notice in Gmail. Otherwise I'm displayed as offline. Also, I don't know what you found boring. Did you want more faux wood and plastic or more fancy words? I mean, I cringed enough at "buttery", I couldn't have handled the "magic" of alternative presentation styles. I feel pretty safe in saying that IO is... pretty geeky.
stcredzero 14y ago
> OMG so boring. Google needs to learn how to put on a show. They need to hire the TED guys as consultants and institute the same sort of preparation that Apple puts into their conferences.

lawdawg 14y ago

I get both an IM on Google Talk and notification on my phone ...

eagsalazar 14y ago
I don't actually get the IM or the notification on my phone. Strange. In any case, 99% of the designers I work with and 75% of the developers have iPhone/Mac and don't use either Android or gchat although they all have gmail/google accounts. So if they got an email they would be notified, otherwise, they never know. Without the link it is also really hard to just tell people to go to G+. The way to join the hangout if you don't have a link is hard to find This is not just an opinion, like I said, I actually tried to set up hangouts several times and these are the reasons it failed. Just my experience.

rdl 14y ago

Google Glass just stole the show. Maybe the earlier parts were just parody/setup for this. Skydiving live over SF during the show using Glass?

alttab 14y ago
I was fairly impressed with this. I can't wait for glass.
- clawrencewenham 14y ago
  All they really showed in the skydiving stunt was that they were wearing head-mounted cameras.
  - rdl 14y ago
    Head mounted cameras with live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware (well, prototype commodity hardware), is still a thing. I'm more into the thing as a compute device than headmount camera, but until they come up with a good audio UI or chording keyboard (ideally as glove), they'll be really limited on input, so video recording is probably the best use case. (I worked for a guy who was doing this in the 1980s, with ~50 pounds of equipment in a backpack, a 5W radio transmitter on his head, etc.)
    - falling 14y ago
      > live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware Isn’t that the description of any smartphone available for a few years now? Remove the screen and you can shrink it almost at will. Project Glass is interesting, I’m curious about the display tech, but this demo didn’t show anything new.
      - adgar 14y ago
        > Isn’t that the description of any smartphone available for a few years now? Remove the screen and you can shrink it almost at will. Then why hasn't that happened yet for a few years now, you think? Maybe your assumption "you can shrink it almost at will" is a bit simplistic?
        falling 14y ago
        What hasn’t happened? live video streaming and two way audio, over commercial cellular networks, using commodity hardware? I have been doing that with my phone for a few years. Also, look at the part of the glasses behind the ear, now look at any recent smartphone teardown and see how they compare in size. I’m sure Project Glass will eventually be interesting, this demo was really cool, but hardly a technological achievement. You can do the same thing by strapping a phone to your helmet.
fieldforceapp 14y ago
Glass was the "one more thing..." moment for sure; heard that there was a long line to purchase them for $1500 per -- any comments from HN owners? Met with GOOG employees today who were testing newer versions, better resolution & new comms. I wasn't allowed to wear it but it looks bulkier than I imagined. The odd thing is, during a meeting with an employee who was wearing Glass, it was hard to figure out where to focus my eyes on their face -- it was like talking to someone with a lazy eye.

drivebyacct2 14y ago

I get either a G+ or GTalk notification on my phone, it pops up if I have Google+ open and if not, I get a GTalk notice in Gmail. Otherwise I'm displayed as offline. Also, I don't know what you found boring. Did you want more faux wood and plastic or more fancy words? I mean, I cringed enough at "buttery", I couldn't have handled the "magic" of alternative presentation styles. I feel pretty safe in saying that IO is... pretty geeky.

stcredzero 14y ago

> OMG so boring. Google needs to learn how to put on a show. They need to hire the TED guys as consultants and institute the same sort of preparation that Apple puts into their conferences.