So yesterday Google released their new video to promote the Google Glass Product.
For those who hasn't been following the development and are asking What is Google Glass, it can been briefly described as a pair of glasses that you wear to ad a HUD to reality.
Google Glass will allow you to take pictures and record videos of everything you see as you see it. Pretty cool concept right?
My first thought though was. How much will you have to pay for Google Glass? From checking out the official site I found out that new technology certainly doesn't come cheap. There is no official price tag on Google Glass yet, however Google is having a sort of beta test for the product and unlike other beta tests this one does not come for free.
In order to become what they refer to as an Explorer you have to shell out $1500 plus taxes to preorder the Google Glass. You also have to be able to show up in San Francisco, New York of LA to pick up the glasses.
I am sure the Google Glass will be a super cool gadget to have, but I think I will wait until all the bugs and issues has been demolished and until the price tag is down to a more realistic level.
If you can not wait, then be quick and apply to be an explorer for Google Glass. Deadline is the 27th of February 2013.
Also check out the video below to get a feel for how Google Glass will work.
Wednesday 20 February 2013
Sunday 10 February 2013
Do you have to give up Gaming when becoming a parent?
5 years ago when I was still in Uni I was an officer in a hardcore World of Warcraft raiding guild. We were the 3rd best guild on the server and aiming ambitiously for the number 1 spot. Our raidleader/guild master was amazing. He was calm, collected, had great overview and... his wife was pregnant.
A month before the due date, he announced that he was not going to renew his subscription when it ran out and that he would be quitting World of Warcraft cold turkey as he didn't feel he would have time for the game when his child was born.
The entire guild of course was shaken, but I think the most prevalent feeling was confusion. Can you not have a gaming hobby when you are a parent?
Now years later I find myself in the same situation. In less than 3 month I am suddenly going to transform in a mother. But does the addition of the honorary title of mom mean that I have to give up all the other titles that is now identifying me? Do I stop being a gamer, a nerd, a girlfriend, a friend, a daugther and a colleague?
This might sound controversial, but even though I have always wanted children I have also always been terrified that it would end my playfull existance. I love gaming and nothing is more relaxing to me than sitting down during a weekend and "waste it away" in front of the screen playing one of the many hundred games I have collected through my life.
So in 3 months will this all have to end? Will I no longer be able to pop on Skype with my friends for a 1.5 hour gaming session of Dungeon Defender? Will it be the end of wasting 3 hours messing about in the Sims 3? Can my boyfriend and I not get so emerged in a session of Path of Exile that we forget time and get to bed way too late (at least way too late for poor low energy pregnant me?).
I suspect that the answer is yes and no. I think my gaming habbits will have to change. I wont be able to dedicate myself to a 5 hour first kill attempt on the newest raidboss, but I will probably still have time to build a couple of houses and lay down a road in SimCity before I have to pause the game and go on feeding/playing/diaper change duty.
I think it is important that when you become a mom you don't replace your other titles with this, but add it to the list of things that define you. I will aim to continue being a girlfriend, colleague, daugther, gamer, geek, while also being an awesome mom.
For all the gamer moms out there. How did you handle your transition into your new role? How do you manage to fit in gaming during your (I suspect) very busy every day life?
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A month before the due date, he announced that he was not going to renew his subscription when it ran out and that he would be quitting World of Warcraft cold turkey as he didn't feel he would have time for the game when his child was born.
The entire guild of course was shaken, but I think the most prevalent feeling was confusion. Can you not have a gaming hobby when you are a parent?
Now years later I find myself in the same situation. In less than 3 month I am suddenly going to transform in a mother. But does the addition of the honorary title of mom mean that I have to give up all the other titles that is now identifying me? Do I stop being a gamer, a nerd, a girlfriend, a friend, a daugther and a colleague?
This might sound controversial, but even though I have always wanted children I have also always been terrified that it would end my playfull existance. I love gaming and nothing is more relaxing to me than sitting down during a weekend and "waste it away" in front of the screen playing one of the many hundred games I have collected through my life.
So in 3 months will this all have to end? Will I no longer be able to pop on Skype with my friends for a 1.5 hour gaming session of Dungeon Defender? Will it be the end of wasting 3 hours messing about in the Sims 3? Can my boyfriend and I not get so emerged in a session of Path of Exile that we forget time and get to bed way too late (at least way too late for poor low energy pregnant me?).
I suspect that the answer is yes and no. I think my gaming habbits will have to change. I wont be able to dedicate myself to a 5 hour first kill attempt on the newest raidboss, but I will probably still have time to build a couple of houses and lay down a road in SimCity before I have to pause the game and go on feeding/playing/diaper change duty.
I think it is important that when you become a mom you don't replace your other titles with this, but add it to the list of things that define you. I will aim to continue being a girlfriend, colleague, daugther, gamer, geek, while also being an awesome mom.
For all the gamer moms out there. How did you handle your transition into your new role? How do you manage to fit in gaming during your (I suspect) very busy every day life?
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