- Google’s high-tech augmented reality “Project Glass” spectacles are still in development, and not available for purchase. But Seattle’s 5 Point Cafe is getting ahead of the game — and fueling a debate over privacy — by banning the devices from the bar in advance.
Publicity stunt and nothing else. This isn't a remotely relevant announcement given the current extreme scarcity of GG -- and when GG is ubiquitous, a rule like this will put this bar out of business. End of story. What an idiot. As if they can police people pulling their phones out under the table and taking "unwanted photos."He admits, “Part of this is a joke, to be funny on Facebook, and get reaction. But part of it’s serious, because we don’t let people film other people or take photos unwanted of people in the bar, because it is kind of a private place that people go.”
It's this guy:and when GG is ubiquitous, a rule like this will put this bar out of business. End of story.
I disagree. There will be a ton of people that seek out such a place. You ever go to dive bars? When someone is even on their phone in a dive bar they get sideways glances. This guy will win greater favor with the customers he already has and may even get some more in his fold. He's got a niche and his niche isn't this guy:
Good point, but I don't agree. The reason I said what I said is this doesn't strike me as a normal dive bar. First, dive bars don't publicize, they don't make the news. Putting an anti-GG message on Facebook is the pathetic action of a bar that wants to be seen as something it isn't. Second, the article mentions that it's on the tech corridor and is frequented by tech literati or whoever -- the exact people who will see "take off your Glasses" as the invitation for a personal stand.
Dive bars make the news the same way the old guy on your street does, by complaining about those "pesky kids". And everyone has a Facebook page, it's the new yellow pages. As for the tech corridor... yeah, you got me there. Unless, they're being intentionally antagonistic baiting those techies to get in touch with a more organic sense of what it is to be human. To abandon their electronics, drop their phones and pick up a Miller High Life. Ditch their Google Glass for some Wild Turkey on the rocks to accompany whats left of their soul. -But I doubt they thought that much about it. You're probably right. Cheap ploy that wasn't well thought out. BUT... there is a market for places that will be more of a "throw back", and don't allow technology. -You'll see...
It's going to be very weird. I'm imagining, oh I don't know, couples' retreats and high-end resorts and whatnot that market themselves as confiscating your tech paraphernalia on entry. I'm trying to think of something similar that already exists ... Alamo Drafthouse tosses you out instantly if you pull a phone, but that's more sensible than idealistic.BUT... there is a market for places that will be more of a "throw back", and don't allow technology. -You'll see...