Cyber Showdown in the Social Media World
June 22, 2012
There is a cyber-showdown in the social media world and Google’s pulling a glass gun on Facebook. The big G may not ever be the social networking sheriff, but according to Pictures and vision, their new speak and see project might land them a deputy badge.
The networking weapons are fully loaded and:
“So the titanic showdown between Facebook and Google might not be the News Feed vs. Google+ after all. It might be Facebook Camera vs. Project Glass.”
“In truth it’s pictures and vision. Facebook users will continue to upload a significant fraction of a billion photos every day. With luck, Google will get something going with Glass. These things can thrive side by side. If Google is truly successful, POV images and video clips will start showing up on Facebook, too. Everything mixes and merges.”
The Facebook Camera has some shiny bullets, like sharing multiple photos at once, quick edits and ease of access. However, you can’t get better ease of access than Project Glass glasses. The voice command to search, share, message and retrieve provides a hands free convenience that people love.
Many Facebooker’s get accounts to see photos, videos and updates of their friends and family with users uploading over 250 million images daily. Glass just provided them with the possibility of a ‘first person shooter’ perspective on new feeds. The irony is these two duelists complement one another in the end, while delivering an interesting approach to visual search and retrieval. We’re giving Google’s mortician the day off on this one.
Jennifer Shockley, June 22, 2012
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