There's a tongue-in-cheek nature to Robert Scoble's pronouncement, which he shared with the 4.7 million people who follow him on Google+. His strong language, he said, was a send-up of the tech press's sometimes over-the-top approach to news.
But Scoble, who got his Glass headset in April on the second day the devices became available to some journalists and early testers, predicts the connected eye wear will flop with
consumers when it goes on sale to the general public, presumably this year.
Scoble said he thinks the price will be too high and there won't be enough apps or useful functions to make the wearable tech worth the cost.
He has a sunnier view of Glass's long-term prospects, though.
"By 2020 I'm quite convinced this will be a big deal and there will be lots of competitors by then," he wrote. "So, if you make it about 2020, then it isn't doomed. If it's about beating the Apple iWatch in 2014? Yes, totally doomed."
Apple has not rolled out a smartwatch yet but is widely rumored to be doing so soon, marking the tech giant's
entree into the emerging wearable-tech field.
Google did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment for this article.
Glass is a headset with a camera and small screen situated above the wearer's right eye. The wearer can access the Internet and snap images and video by using voice commands.
A blogger and author, Scoble works as a new-tech "evangelist" for IT company Rackspace. But his influence in the tech community is broader and his writing helps shape
opinion in some quarters.
Scoble has 374,000 followers on Twitter and has been one of the most visible Google Glass users. A photo of him wearing the headset in the shower went viral last year.
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