the one exception to “don’t put a camera on that head-mounted computer” is in the workplace. The second generation of Google Glass was pitched at industrial workers who need a hands-free computer. In those situations, it’s not social, and not sneaky: Everyone in the workplace knows what the wearables, and the cameras, are for.
📑 Wearable Computers Should Never Have Cameras
[t]he precise problem with every head-mounted wearable computer created by big tech firms.
They’re rarely interested in exploring how these wearables could help you think.
They just want content, content, content — so they can sell ads, ads, ads.
With the release of Facebook’s Ray Ban glasses, Clive Thompson discusses some of the problems associated with cameras in glasses. This includes failure to encourage thinking and that people find them unsettling. What I find interesting is where they do work and that is where their use is clear and explicit, such as in the workplace.