www.psfk.com: Filed in 2011, a newly approved Google patent suggests that the company may have a very special program in store, one that could take over a time-honored responsibility usually reserved for love interests and big brothers pre-prom: teaching you how to dance.
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When I first saw the title I thought I missed something, google glasses being disbanded. Luckily, I don't think that is the case and the headline is just misleading. But as for these dance teaching glasses…What a crazy idea. And often, the craziest ideas are the best. I feel stupid criticizing something that I am assuming was heavily researched but I don’t see how this could work. Really, show the wearer what dance moves to do? Like the “sprinkler” or “grocery shopping”? No, that can’t be it. But it also can’t be showing you live actions because no one can watch a video and duplicate it in real time or else you will look like you are doing a VHS workout video…which essentially you are. Also, you can teach someone how to dance, but being a good dancer is hard, you have to feel the rhythm and the beats. Also, the kill point, if you are trying to be “cool” or look suave on the dance floor your first mistake is wearing a computer on your face.
Google Glasses are not a thing and will never be a thing. People should just stop trying to use Google Glasses. The idea that people would wear unnecessary glasses to learn how to dance is utterly ridiculous. People are ashamed to wear glasses to see more clearly; why would they wear them voluntarily if they don’t affect their vision. The goal of this article is to show a way to make people less awkward dancers, but that is the complete opposite of what would happen if this new idea is implemented. There is no way that this idea is actually useful anyway. Imagine people were walking around looking at how to dance via a Dance Dance Revolution imaging process? That would be the worst dance party ever. Also, no one would do that correctly! No one can tell how to dance those moves even while seeing themselves on screen, so how would that work in real life?
Hahhahahah this is hilarious. A someone who cannot dance and who usually doesn't like to because I don’t know how, this sounds like a good idea, but it’s just so ridiculous. Seeing a dance move and actually doing the dance move are two completely different things. I don’t understand how this could possibly help you look less ridiculous than if you just did whatever dance moves you know or if you don’t dance. All I can see is someone flailing around as they try to follow along with what they are seeing, staring into the distance as they focus on the glass lens. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
I suppose they could be like a dance instruction video that you could watch at home- you could practice with the glasses in your room and learn to dance that way, but that is just a giant waste of money. You could just as easily youtube it. It also seems like the whole point of the glasses is so you can wear them on the dance floor and know because they can read the room to see what the acceptable dances are.
I think the idea of glasses teaching people to dance is really interesting, and could potentially be really useful for people who aren't as good at freestyle dancing (*shyly raises her hand*). That said, it could never replace in-person dance classes. Like Monica said, people need teachers to tell them what adjustments to make for their specific bodies to match certain postures and poses. There's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to a person's physical awareness and ability. Furthermore, dance history exists not through Google Glass recordings of dance moves, but through the bodies of dance teachers. Before video recordings of famous dancers/dances, the only way to learn to dance like the greats was to study with the student of the student of some great master from Russia or France who has since passed away. Even when dances started being recorded, certain folk genres were never filmed and only exist in the bodies of those who have danced those dances. It's the physical history of dance and the translation of dance between bodies over multiple generations that makes the art form special. Google Glass, or some variation thereof, cannot replace that.
This cracks me up. Learning to dance with Google glass? For one, if you’re wearing them to a party it probably will tell you something about that party already. I can see it now: flailing arms and legs as one tries to keep up with the dance played out inside your glasses. The article did give some great examples of what Google Glass is useful for, like an expert walking a less experienced person through tasks remotely, or long-distance tutorials on surgery or something like that. Those examples are all long-distance, and person-to-person. So Google Glass is a good solution for a remote lesson or a stand in for a person who would be helpful—but a dance teacher? Not only can you learn dances by watching the people around you, you can ask real people for help. This dance lesson idea stands out in that it isn’t person-to-person, and it isn’t remote. So, the question here is why?
This article made me laugh. It brought me back to my childhood watching Jimmy Neutron use his crazy brain-programming machine to download dance skills directly into his friends’ brains via the use of his wacky invention. While I know goggle glass isn’t attempting anything like this I still think the idea of using this expensive technology, as a real time dance tutor is ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong what the program is attempting is really innovative, trying to use real observable parameters like music and setting to help someone problem solve is an amazing idea, but it’s a little silly when applied to dancing. You can’t really teach dance on the spot, you can probably help guide someone through the steps but it’s a slow process at best, unless you already have dance skills it’ll just take lots of real practice to become comfortable with your body and improve your dance skills. This seems like a really interesting idea about the potential of Google glass, but applied to dance skills it just seems silly.
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