Google glasses are actually a screen (the right eye glass) that shows you information in form of text, graphics and video. The left eye glass would be a normal see through glass so that you don’t have to take off the glasses to look around. Few images on Internet showed the left glass missing. The processor is a chip that would appear on the frame of Google glasses or on the right eye glass. In effect, you have a computer screen in the scope of your vision – allowing you to perform different tasks irrespective of what are actually doing. Doesn’t that sound great?
Google released a concept video, titled "Project Glass: One day...," on April 4 in which a man only using his voice and other inputs does things commonly handled by smartphones, such as scheduling meetings, taking pictures, checking the weather, getting directions, and placing a video call. The difference is instead of having to hold a device in your hand, the data you need hovers in your field of view.
Google Glass project aims to equip each user with a set of sophisticated glasses that can help you with:
Cloud computing (uploading, viewing and sharing files);
Taking images and uploading to Internet;
GPS tracking and navigation;
Reading emails;
Playing games online;
Watching movies;
Before The New York Times reported about the Google Glasses project in February 2012, there were rumors Google was creating something very portable for use with cloud computing. It was thought that Google glasses would allow reading and sharing files and emails. The New York Times first reported it would be even more than simply reading your mail. Based on a video that Google released early in April 2012, Google glass project has been active for long and would enable users to watch movies and play multiplayer Internet based games in addition to cloud computing. The glasses would also contain a GPS system when they are released to public.
The video uploaded to Google’s YouTube channel showed metallic glasses frame-curves around a person’s forehead. On the right of the frame lie a thin device, a small computer, and translucent screen just above and to the right of the right eye. The only thing not yet clear to me is whether people would be able to slide the screen away from their scope of vision. The video also projected a person checking out GPS while watching a video and finally playing a game.
Word has it that the screen would be triggered by events. For example, if you look up wearing the glasses, you will see a weather forecast. Another example, if you tap the glass, it would capture whatever is in the front of your eye – as a video or as a regular snap (NRW or JPEG file).
The Google glasses also feature a set of spoken commands. There will a microphone somewhere on the frame to record what you are speaking and then, display the information on the right eye screen accordingly. And since the option of watching video is present, expect earphones to be attached to the frame in the final version.
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