It makes me think of something Richard Dawkins wrote about evolution, some time ago. Google may be able to fall back (while appearing to move forward), but, if not, others will, and who knows who will get it right in the end? In Newton’s case, there was no direct fallback position. They both tried to reach the potential of their devices right away, and they didn’t get some of it right. The comparisons between Glass and the Newton are apt in more ways than that they are both objects of ridicule. I even think I know what it will take to go up the other side.
They took the sensible step of not betting the farm on this beta, and they will learn a gigantic amount from it. I don’t think the clever people at Google are going to mind that much. So Google Glass is on the way down its mountain. It’s easy to see the publicity videos for Glass and imagine great things, without knowing whether the technology is there yet.
Somebody smart once said it’s like being on a mountaintop and seeing across to the next mountaintop, but forgetting having to climb down your mountain and up the other one to get there. The thing about the future is that it’s easy to see the possibilities. The devil in the details can’t be seen until you see the details. It seems that what is happening to Google Glass is what has happened to several past technologies: ISDN, PDAs, video conferencing, even PCs and laptops: The closer they got, the farther away they looked. Otherwise, just admit the bloom is coming off the Glass rose. Even better, watch this Saturday Night Live skit, which resonates with many tech embarrassments over the years.
So far, we've not been able to do much of that with O365 Video, and we were hoping Stream would be the answer.If you really want to sync with me on this subject, read this article first, where the early problems with Google Glass are relentlessly noted. I suppose a "comments" feature would be helpful as long as they could be turned on/off. Also, we should be able to tag the videos with metadata we already maintain within the O365 system, have "like" or "rating" capability, and display number of views. Also, O365 video has some limitations, i/m/o, on file names, and how the descriptions are displayed, etc. We'd also like the ability to toggle the anonymous access on/off if possible. We need to have the ability to show this learning content to both external users who have been invited to our SharePoint sites, as well as a broader audience that we'd sometimes like to just be able to access anonymously through a distributed link. We love O365 video, and we produce muchcontent-mostly learning videos for staff, and, as another user mentioned, the uploading of recorded Skype for Business sessions. I also thought it would "integrate" with O365 Video-which we now use frequently? (or maybe the term is O365 video would fold into Stream?) I thought when Stream was announced last year it was supposed to be a new "YouTube" like offering-allowing users to share video with others, even if not part of your org, or an authenticated external user in O365.
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