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Something hit me today about my wearable computer.
Now, first thing is, I assembled my rig entirely out of consumer-ready, plug-and-play devices. It's all off the shelf technology, just used for slightly skewed use cases.
Now, first thing is, I assembled my rig entirely out of consumer-ready, plug-and-play devices. It's all off the shelf technology, just used for slightly skewed use cases.
Because I'm not using any piece of it, really, for 100% the intended purpose, it bucks the trend for most wearable tech in that it doesn't meaningfully increase surveillance.
When Silicon Valley makes a wearable display for personal computing, it's going to incorporate a camera, which brings with it a host of privacy concerns.
Hence why Google Glass noped out of the consumer market, and no one else really stepped up after that.
Hence why Google Glass noped out of the consumer market, and no one else really stepped up after that.
The monitor for my wearable computer set-up is a @Vufine, which is primarily meant to be the viewfinder *for* a camera. If you don't plug it into a camera, it has no surveillance abilities. It's just a display device.
@vufine My CPU is a pocket PC, a little HDMI stick that is a bit like an off-brand Fire TV that runs Windows 10.
It's meant to be *portable*, not *mobile*, so you can take your computer between hotel rooms, home, office, etc., and save bulk.
No cellular capabilities.
It's meant to be *portable*, not *mobile*, so you can take your computer between hotel rooms, home, office, etc., and save bulk.
No cellular capabilities.
@vufine I can plug a cellular device into it to get data service, but if I for instance use my cellphone, I'm not adding to my surveillance signature, and if I don't... I still have a fully functional Windows computer I can use offline, anywhere, without leaving any bread crumbs.
@vufine It's a fully operational Windows computer that can I take anywhere, use anywhere, and it's not connected to a cellular network, doesn't have cameras or microphones, doesn't have GPS.
My goal wasn't to lower my digital profile, but it's kind of neat to realize that's an effect?
My goal wasn't to lower my digital profile, but it's kind of neat to realize that's an effect?
@vufine My goal was simply to create a virtual office where I can sit (or stand, or recline, or flop down) anywhere and have the same working environment, with an ancillary goal of making up for how disappointing "wearable computers" have been.
@vufine Anyway. It's just interesting to me, given how many cyberpunk references my set-up garners, that I'm actually less connected when I walk around using it than when I'm walking around using my phone that's pretty ubiquitous.
