Google Glass Deemed Not Appropriate by Cinema Chain Following Homeland Security Incident Guardian (United Kingdom) (01/22/14) Beaumont-Thomas, Ben Following an incident involving a movie-goer wearing a Google Glass and homeland security officials from the ICE unit, the U.S. cinema chain AMC has declared that Glass is not appropriate for use in cinemas. The movie-goer in question wrote anonymously on The Gadgeteer blog, detailing the incident that occurred during a screening of a movie he attended. The man wrote that around halfway through, police and officers from the ICE unit pulled him out of the theatre and took him to a room and began interrogating him. He said that despite telling them that the Glass was switched off during the movie and that he was only wearing the device because of its prescription lenses, an ICE officer brought in a laptop and a USB cable, gave him one more chance to come clean, and then connected the Glass to the computer and began going through all of the mans personal photos and then his cellphone. He wrote that he was not apologized to, saying that instead he was offered four free movie passes. The incident was confirmed by ICEs Khaalid Walls. AMC released a statement defending the actions of the theatre managers who contacted the Motion Picture Association of America, which is responsible for safeguarding intellectual property, as part of their approach to prevent movie theft.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:20:06 +0000
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