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Sunday, March 9, 2014

The Explorers are finding out on a routine basis that the Battery Life of the LCOS Displays in Google Glass

leave a lot to be desired to be desired. "Several" means more than two but not many. Are there any Near Eye Displays in use today where Battery Life is not an issue? Um, why yes, I believe there are. All the militaries of the world which have access to AMOLED displays to cite one example. That's a more serious application than riding a bicycle isn't it?

"There are still some big issues hampering the app. I was concerned about the app’s ability to accurately track speed, as the numbers on the display seemed to lag behind when I rode up and down hills. Strava might be able to improve on that, but the company can only optimize its app so much to make up for another big problem: Glass’s poor battery life (Google says it’s good for “one day of typical use,” though in my medium-to-heavy use I never got more than several hours out of it). After a relatively short ride from home to the ocean and back—about six miles—with frequent checks of my stats, Glass had lost a significant amount of power. To last through a multi-hour ride, you’d really want to limit these checks, which defeats the purpose of seeing such information in real time."

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525156/google-glass-still-needs-a-killer-app/ 

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