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A rather interesting video has come out this week with New York Fashion Week playing host to Google Glass technology, the ultimate product being an all-Glass shot video on the runway with designer Diane von Furstenberg. What this film “DVF Through Glass” shows us is a very real vision – one we’ve seen a few times before, in different formats – of what it feels like to be the subject of the film rather than watching it. Watch as you become the model walking through the dressing room and you’ll see and experience Google Glass in what we thus far are understanding the project to be all about – ramming the whole world into the head of one single subject.
When you watch a reality television show like Dance Moms or Honey Boo Boo, you and thousands of other viewers watch the subjects live their lives – and perform for the camera no matter how much the show suggests that it’s all taking place exactly as it would without our eyes present. With Google’s Glass, we’ll be able to take the place of the people in the show – and better yet, we’ll only be seeing the world through the tiny Glass camera, not a film crew. In this way we’ll be seeing a whole new environment.
The people in the show will react differently than they would with a full film crew present, and if and when they understand that Glass is what’s filming them, they’ll usher in another set of filmed reactions that wont have been seen by any larger camera in the past. This will be an experiment not so much in taking the place of the subject of the show, but in seeing how the subjects of the show act when they’re filmed by a fellow subject rather than by a standard film crew.
Have a peek at the DVF video here first and check the reactions at this week’s Fashion Week – it gets indy real quick!
Then have a peek at a couple other demonstrations from Google, first with the mother and child duo “Madame & Bebe Gayno” – cuteness!
Then have a peek at the amazingly fantastic skydive session from Google I/O 2012.
Why Google Glass is destined for Hyper-Reality TV is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Project Glass has already given adrenaline junkies a POV view of a skydiver’s freefall, and now Google’s giving fashionistas a similar rush with a new film about New York Fashion Week. It was shot entirely with Glass by various folks at the DVB show, including Diane von Furstenberg herself, who also provided the video’s narration. Looking for a pre-show pep talk from one of the fashion industry’s true titans and some behind the scenes footage of runway beauties? Perhaps you just wanna know what it’s like to stroll the catwalk and be bathed in the flashbulbs of hundreds of paparazzi? Your bliss awaits in the four minute clip after the break.
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Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, has been around for centuries. I’ve always found it pretty cool, considering how you can turn a sheet of paper into absolutely anything you want to with a few folds and tucks here and there. So how awesome is it that Japanese retailer Monomatopee has managed to incorporate this technique into clothing? Specifically, into scarfs?
The scarf is made from a special, flat fabric that feels like paper, so it folds like paper. But it’s wearable, ultra-chic, and super stylish–if you have the personality to pull it off, that is. It’s pretty awesome because it’s basically one of those convertible articles of clothing that’ll let you wear it in a hundred different ways, depending on your creativity.
The scarves are available online from Monomatopee for ¥11,500 (~$150 USD).
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It’s time again to see what Google’s Project Glass creators are up to, this time with them showing off their abilities at Fashion Week with a 3.5 minute video shot entirely with the device. This device is indeed called “Glass” as it has been for some weeks, appearing recently also at Google I/O 2012 in an amazingly daring live skydive video feed – such a fabulous experience it was! This week they’ve teamed up with the folks at the DVF Spring 2013 show at New York Fashion Week – see what they saw now!
This footage you’re about to see was, again, filmed entirely with the current iteration of Google Glass. That is to say that it’s not exactly what you’ll be getting when the Google Glass glasses come to the market, but judging by what we’re seeing here, impressive things are certainly ahead!
Google included the following “official” text to go along with this project that you’ll want to read as well. Note how Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) has gratefully brought Google aboard for the journey that not many average citizens are allowed to see!
“Celebrated fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg tried on Glass for the first time a few months ago at a conference that she attended with Sergey Brin. She immediately loved it and they agreed to bring Glass to New York Fashion Week. Diane is a champion for innovation and effortless design, so it’s unsurprising that Glass fit seamlessly into her production. In the week leading up to her Spring 2013 show in New York, and during the show itself, everyone from stylists and models to Diane herself used Glass to capture never-before-seen footage of the creative process. This is the first time any video has been shot entirely through Glass and we’re so excited to be able to share it with you.”
This project, you should note, has been confirmed by both DVF and Google to have been an “organic decision” rather than a sponsorship – they’ve made double-clear, in fact, that it’s not a sponsorship in any way. They’ve also noted that, somehow or another, the colors of the test Glass units matched the DVF collection perfectly even though they did not plan for it – and they didn’t change the colors based on the line, either!
Let us know if you’re into all this fashion stuff while we’re at it – last time we got anywhere near this kind of couture was when HP had us speaking with Project Runway’s Anya Ayong Chee – winner of Season 9, OMG!
Google shows first 100% Glass-shot video demo is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
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Remember that special edition One X for AT&T with the Cushnie et Ochs-approved exterior, and how HTC said it would never go on sale? Well, while HTC is sticking to its word, one of the 150 souls who grabbed one at MADE Fashion Week has decided to give the rest of us a crack at buying it via eBay auction. For folks interested in owning the half ebony, half ivory handset, the bidding currently starts at $360 — though you can expect the phone to fetch a far greater price when the auction ends six days from now on September 17th.
Update: Looks like you’ve missed your chance, as the eBay auction has now been ended. We’re not sure whether the seller got an offer they couldn’t refuse, or a strongly worded letter from HTC. Either way, show’s over.
[Thanks Dominic]
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HTC One X Cushnie et Ochs available on eBay, mobile-minded fashionistas ready their wallets (update: auction closed) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We were talking with the New York fashion community about postponing New York Fashion Week for a few days while we ran Disrupt, but they just wouldn’t listen. What’s more, Sergey Brin and Google sent a bunch of Google Glass devices to Diane von Furstenberg (a famous designer) who outfitted her gamine charges with some of the most sought-after tech in the nerdosphere.
Also Sarah Jessica Parker tried them on.
It’s clear that Google feels that these GooGlasses will probably receive a chilly welcome from the world at large and this is one of the outreach efforts that will encourage folks to at least give them a fair shake. I worry that these sorts of shows will turn Glass into the must-have accessory of the year and that space-age Internet glasses will replace the Bluetooth headset as the douche gear of the next decade.
It’s not all bad. After all, it’s about to democratize VR for the masses, which is pretty amazingly badass. As Joel Johnson of the new blog Mote And Beam notes, “I don’t hate it? As a gimmick, it’ll only work once. But it’s not overly distracting.”
Google glasses look dumb enough that you might expect to get beaten up for wearing them. But they’ve now made an appearance at New York Fashion Week and… they still look dorky, even on super models. More »
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