So technology has completely altered the 21st century romantic landscape with things like
social media, text messaging and so forth. And now we have yet another tech dating disruptor
with Google Glass. Google Glass. Google Glass.
Annie Gaus, tech expert at Revision3, I'm so glad to have you here on Stuff Mom Never
Told You so that you can give your expert like etiquette guide for Google Glass on a
date. Still very new so the dos and don't haven't really been established but that's
what we're here for. You're wearing Google Glass, what does it do? As you can see it's
a pair of googles. Very fashionable googles. Yeah, very trendy. They have a number of gesture
controls that you can access, there is like a button up here where you can record video,
do gestures by swiping back and forth here and it also activates when you put them on.
In the top right corner of my field of vision I'm seeing a box, the whole world of information
that Google makes available is all accessible right there in your face. I know we just met
each other but let's just say we're on a date. If you wanted to Google stalk me, or Facebook
stalk me, while we're on a date, could you do that? I think that you would have some
suspicion I was doing it because you'd have to actually do the voice command. Obviously
there could be some benefits to Google Glass on a date with the GPS it could help ensure
that you get to your place, or maybe you could impress dates because you have all of that
information right there at your fingertips or I guess at your eyeballs. Show-off how
you know a foreign language because it can translate foreign languages right there. It
can be I think effective as just an icebreaker, conversation starter. If you're single, go
out to a bar--yeah--with some Google Glasses on, someone's going to buy you a drink. Yeah,
absolutely. For every benefit of Google Glass it can quickly become a creepy downside. Yes
and there are many. I think you can kind of boil them down to three main points in my
limited experience using Google Glass. One of them is the whole voice command thing.
I'm talking to you and I'm trying to focus on you, if I feel like it I can take a break
and start talking to my Glass and it's kind of like when are you talking to me, when are
you talking to the glass and there's also the eye contact issue. You're focusing on
this display here and it's really distracting for both parties. I'm focusing on you but
when I'm talking to you my eye is wandering over here so it's kind of like, you'll probably
look like it kind of looks like that I'm staring into a point slightly up there--who's back
there?Third thing I think that people are kind of put off by is the potential for recording.
If I wanted to like creepily record a video of you on a date I could just be like oh,
oops, you know and like and you would never know. If you look really closely you can kind
of see that your recording something but there's no clear indicator that you're recording.
If you were to do a Google Hangout while you're on a date wouldn't your friends be able to,
to see the person, because that's the deal, they can see everything that you're looking
at, at that moment. Yes, it would be possible. Maybe difficult to pull off. Hey girlfriends,
I'm going on a really hot date tonight, like, I'm going to be broadcasting it you know,
like tune in--let's Hangout! Now even though Google Glass is still very new on the market
some dating experts have already weighed in. There was someone from Match.com who said
Google Glass is dating don't. If you show up to a first date, that person is wearing
Google Glass, icebreaker? Dealbreaker? I think it can be an icebreaker but if you wear them
throughout the entire date, that would be a dealbreaker. I would prefer that somebody
take them off. I'm interested in that kind of stuff--sure, yeah--happy to talk about
it but I think that if you wear them throughout the date that would be etiquette-wise on the
same level of constantly checking your phone. There's also the factor of the outside attention
that it attracts. I read one article from a woman who had worn them on a number of dates
and she said the most awkward aspect of it was having to field all of the requests from
the people not on the date, to try out her Google Glass. If you have Google Glass and
you really want to you know just show them to a date, think it would be cool, maybe warn
them first that you'll wear them, don't wear them the whole time. Yeah there's just no
reason to I mean if you're trying to focus on that person. Well and I also have read
that if things go well on a date and maybe y'all end with a good night kiss that the
Google Glass can be a little bit like the middle school braces problem. Yeah what if
they like interlock, so awkward. Or if they break. Annie Gaus, tech expert, Google Glass
dating expert now, your prediction, do you think that Google Glass will revolutionize
the dating landscape in the same way as things like online dating, texting and all of that
or do you think that they might just be an accessory that we pull out every now and then
as a novelty. I don't think that it will be revolutionize the dating space unless of course
they start allowing some cool facial recognition apps--oh yeah--such that you can walk around
the city and immediately see who is single and whether they have a criminal background.
Okay. If anything there are going to be some very weird and hilarious probably 21st century
dating stories that will come out of Google Glass. Looking forward to that actually. Annie
thanks so much for coming on Stuff Mom Never Told You. Thanks for having me. So let us
know what you think about Google Glass on a date. Comment, do you think that people
should be able to wear them, do you think that the creep factor is potentially too high?
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