In plain view, this to me seemed like an endorsement for Apple Watch and probably the next iteration of Google Glass. As for the future of technology, you want it to be a non-distraction just as you pointed out about pulling out a smart phone and being wary of distracting yourself on a busy street! On the contrary, being handsfree and fixated on your google glass with constant flow of information too is distracting for an average human mind!

The high tech industry needs to move away from promoting how powerful their HW is spec'd to a mere solution (an architecture of inter-connected user devices and M2M systems) that it is able to provide.