SEATTLE – The horse has already bolted when it comes to public use of the upcoming Google Glass gadget, with a Seattle bar banning the glasses already. Google Glass is an Android-powered augmented reality device that, among other – and possibly more sinister – features, allows wearers to track and take pictures of what or who they’re looking at, merely by talking to their shades: seen by many as a threat to people’s privacy.
Others have suggested the possibility of software that would allow wearers to “undress” people they’re looking at, in the manner of some airport body scanners.
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However, Seattle’s 5 Point Caf?, like many other bars and restaurants in the US, has ruled that any guest who insists on wearing a Google Glass while on the premises will simply be asked to leave – pronto.
” The 5 Point is the first Seattle business to ban in advance Google Glasses. And ass-kickings will be encouraged for violators,” reads a post by 5 Point Caf? on its Facebook page.
A Google spokesman said: “It is still very early days for Glass, and we expect that as with other new technologies – such as cell phones – behaviours and social norms will develop over time.”
