The 9th meeting of EMP Seminar Series in Academic Year 2015
Erkki Hutamo, Professor, Department of Design Media Arts, Film, Television, and Digital Media, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) will lecture in the EMP Seminar Series. It is valuable opportunity, we welcome all participating.
Date and Time: December 18 (Fri.), 2015, 3:00PM-5:00PM
Room: Nomad-type Laboratory, Empowerment Studio, Dai-San Area, University of Tsukuba
Speaker: Erkki Hutamo, Professor, Department of Design Media Arts, Film, Television, and Digital Media, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Title: The Rise and Fall of Google Glass – Media Archaeological Perspectives
Abstract: Google Glass raised a heated debate when it was introduced in 2012. It was considered as a possible mobile interface to the “always-on” lifestyle. However, in early 2015 Google suddenly ended the sales and withdrew Google Glass from the market. In-between there was a story of high hopes, media marketing, heated debate, and disappointment. This lecture will revisit the Google Glass story, explaining what happened and why. It will also put Google Glassin a media archaeological context.