Vuzix Smart Glasses M100 (credit: Vuzix Corporation) Google Glass now has a competitor: Vuzix Corporation's Vuzix Smart Glasses M100 --- designed for...
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Positive and negative emotions spread on social network... SAN DIEGO — Facebook users can spread emotions to their online connections just by posting a written message, or status update, that’s positive or negative, says a psychologist who works for the wildly successful social network. This finding challenges the idea that emotions get passed from one person to another via vocal cues, such as rising or falling tone, or by a listener unconsciously imitating a talker’s body language, said Adam Kramer on January 27 at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Kramer works at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. “It’s time to rethink how emotional contagion works, since vocal cues and mimicry aren’t needed,” Kramer said. “Facebook users’ emotion leaks into the emotional worlds of their friends.” Via Sakis Koukouvis Delete the scoop?
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This article talks about the technology of ‘smart glasses’. We have smart phones and now there are hints that smart glasses will be the next big thing... The particular model discussed in the article is being dubbed as Google Glass’ competitor. Vuzix Corporation has designed ‘Vuxix Smart Glasses M100’ for on the go data access from the internet and from smartphones. The device includes a camera and display. In my opinion it may be the next big thing but I’m not sure how quickly this device will catch on and how comfortable people will be with an everyday device such as this one. There is the concern of privacy; if this device contains a camera and if the general public has access to these devices… Should we be concerned? One of the capabilities of Google glass is to share locations with social networks. It is uncertain how the general public will feel about that. There is also the issue of the cost. According to the article Vuxix will be commercially available for $500. The rumoured starting price for Google Glass is $1500. This will be quite unconventional for the general public. However, it is arguable to say we spend thousands of dollars on phones and computers… Would this be any different? The area that I feel would affect the social acceptance the most for this product would be the aesthetics of this product. In my personal opinion I would feel slightly uncomfortable to see people wearing these technologies on their face. It is comparable to cyborg, android like beings. Overall, I believe this article is useful to my essay as it discusses what we can look forward to in the future – the start of wearable technologies.