Without getting into specifics, I assure you we are looking at very substantial opportunities for Loon - Google-scale opportunities.
From Astro Teller
Rather than thinking of ourselves as a computer, and trying to give you computer-like functionality, it's better to start from the understanding that this is a pair of glasses, and say, 'How smart can we make these glasses for you?'
Making a moonshot is almost more an exercise in creativity than it is in technology.
Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.
We don't have some message from God that gives us a list of what's good and what's not good. Obviously, we have to make our own flawed judgments about each thing.
When we try to make a car that drives itself, we believe - whether we're right or not - we believe that there would be strong net positive benefit to the world if cars could drive themselves safer than people could.
Actually, that issue of 'Don't be evil' is probably the number one reason we throw out ideas.
I started my second company in 1999. BodyMedia was set up to take advantage of the future of wearables - sensors and computing worn on our bodies in any and all ways that could make our lives better.
The faster you can get your ideas in contact with the real world, the faster you can discover what is broken with your idea.
The Explorer edition of Glass wasn't for everyone, but the Explorer program pushed us to find a wide range of near-term applications and uses for something like Glass.
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