Google Disqualifies Many Glass Contest Winners

[exfileme]

Someone obviously fell asleep while approving submissions for the Google Glass content.

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[jdw_swb]

After wining the right to buy it, they were disqualified for not having the required funds to purchase their prize.

 

[DRosencraft]

And, once again, trolls have ruined a potentially good thing. Although, you can't discount the terrible job that was done in reviewing the applications. You have to wonder how often this takes place in other contests and giveaways...

 

[kanoobie]

Maybe Google did it for free press.

 

[Wisecracker]

Do they come in Trifocals ??

 

[COLGeek]

"D'oh!!!"....Homer Simpson

 

[g-unit1111]

They cost $1500????

And how many places are preemptively outlawing these devices?

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]g-unit1111[/nom]They cost $1500???? And how many places are preemptively outlawing these devices?[/citation]Any place that already has a ban on cameras and video cameras for privacy reasons?

 

[11796pcs]

I'm sorry Google but this whole concept is just ridiculous. Computer glasses? WHY???

 

[falchard]

I wish they would have posted the disqualified ideas.

 

[teh_chem]

[citation][nom]falchard[/nom]I wish they would have posted the disqualified ideas.[/citation]
Sadly because you have to do "something" in order for people to think you're relevant. For google, it's been Glass. For others, it's been phone-tethered watches (an ergonomically-terribad idea). But while the mobile tech industry slightly stagnates momentarily, you still need to push something through, whether or not it ends up being the next blockbuster success.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

It still blows my mind people "won" the right to pay $1500. Along with paying to get themselves to New York, San Francisco or LA. What a great contest Google. Way to be one of the richest companies in the world. Way to "do no harm" in a recession that still has 7.7% unemployment. Golf clap.

 

[g-unit1111]

[citation][nom]g-unit1111[/nom]They cost $1500???? And how many places are preemptively outlawing these devices?[/citation]Any place that already has a ban on cameras and video cameras for privacy reasons?

There's more than just that - I've seen stories of bars, casinos, movie theaters, airlines, businesses, tons more places banning these things due to more than just privacy reasons.

 

[Solandri]

[citation][nom]teh_chem[/nom]Sadly because you have to do "something" in order for people to think you're relevant. For google, it's been Glass. For others, it's been phone-tethered watches (an ergonomically-terribad idea).[/citation]
Contrary to popular belief, competition doesn't work because people think up brilliant ideas for products and sell them.

It works because people think up all sorts of ideas for products. Most of them are stupid and die in obscurity. A few are good and go on to success. Many of the ones which die seem brilliant, and some which succeed seem stupid (e.g. Pokemon cards). The market is the final arbiter, not your nor my opinion. If we blocked product ideas on the basis of people calling them stupid, technology would never progress. Most people thought the Wright brothers were going to get themselves killed trying to build a flying machine.

 

[ckholt83]

Seriously, would you stop mentioning the stupid bar in Seattle in every Glass article? The owner is obviously attention whoring, and you're artificially inflating the value of his opinion. Nobody cares.

 

[dimar]

I hope Google is going to work on a "mind-controlled tasks" unit.. How is the user going to control it if there's a huge crowd or lots of noise..

 

[spentshells]

ne potential winner's contest entry stated that "I'd throw it in your face" while another said she would "cut a bitch!"

Oh that's good... ROFL

 

[hella-d]

google-glass sounds like a redicolous idea count me out

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]g-unit1111[/nom]There's more than just that - I've seen stories of bars, casinos, movie theaters, airlines, businesses, tons more places banning these things due to more than just privacy reasons.[/citation]

Movie theaters would do it for obvious reasons- they don't want to make bootlegging easier. Bars doing it are mostly the same bars that ban cameras according to what I've read. Casinos doing it would be for similar reasons. Airlines would do it for security reasons. Need I go on?