Case 06
Google Glass
Google Glass
Period · 2013–present
The visible product disappeared while the interface idea waited for another technological era.
見える製品は消えたが、インターフェースの着想は次の技術時代を待った。
What Remains preview
- Face-worn computing debates
- Privacy anxiety
- Enterprise AR tools
- Heads-up interface research
Success
Glass made wearable computing and always-available vision interfaces publicly imaginable.
After Success
Social discomfort, limited use cases and hardware constraints ended the consumer narrative while enterprise and AR lineages continued.
01 — Before Success
成功の前
Before Success
What problem was this trying to solve when it first appeared?
何を解決しようとして生まれたのか。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
02 — The Breakthrough
突破
The Breakthrough
What was embraced, and what changed in society?
何が支持され、何が社会を変えたのか。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
03 — The Structure Created by Success
成功が作った構造
The Structure Created by Success
What industries, dependencies, institutions, organizations and habits formed around success?
成功によって、どのような産業、依存、制度、組織、習慣が形成されたか。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
04 — The Point of Over-Adaptation
過剰適応の地点
The Point of Over-Adaptation
How did it become too adapted to the environment that made it succeed?
成功した環境へ、どのように適応しすぎたか。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
05 — Fracture
亀裂
Fracture
Which changes cracked the existing structure?
どの変化が亀裂を生んだか。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
06 — Ending or Transformation
終了または変容
Ending or Transformation
How did it end, decompose, get replaced, or continue as a zombie system?
どのように終了、分解、置換、ゾンビ化したか。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
07 — What Remains
何が残るのか
What Remains
What continued after the official story ended?
終了後も残ったもの。
Structural placeholder — observation notes forthcoming.
08 — Connected Observations
接続される観測
Connected Observations
SHIRO & Co. projects
- Body Meaning
How the body carries meaning after technology and medicine intervene.
技術と医療の介入のあと、身体が運ぶ意味。
Link pending
- Trust OS
How trust is built, automated, lost and residualized.
信頼がどう作られ、自動化され、失われ、残存するか。
Link pending
- Intimacy
Changing forms of closeness, distance and care.
親密さ、距離、ケアの形の変化。
Link pending