GOOGLE GLASS
INTRODUCTION:
Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD).The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands free displaying of information currently available to most smartphone users and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands. The functionality and physical appearance (minimalist design of the aluminium strip with 2 nose pads) has been compared to Steve Mann's EyeTap which was also referred to as "Glass" ("EyeTap Digital Eye Glass", i.e. use of the word "Glass" in singular rather than plural form "Glasses").
The operating system software used in the glass will be Google's Android.Project Glass is part of the Google X Lab at the company,which has worked on other futuristic technologies, such as a self-driving car. The project was announced on Google+ by Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses; Steve Lee, a project manager and "geolocation specialist"; and Sebastian Thrun, who developed Udacity as well as worked on the self-driving car project.Google has patented the design of Project Glass.
COMPONENTS:
Google's Project Glass has been one of the most anticipated and hyped projects to come out of Google in quite some time. After a rather epic demo the company finally gave us a slightly deeper look at the wearable computer of our (supposed) future. Inside is the usual set of components you'd expect inside any mobile phone. There's a "powerful" CPU and "lots" of RAM (though, there was no mention of specifics) alongside an accelerometer, gyroscope and wireless radios for pulling in data. There's a mic for voice commands, a speaker and a camera, which can also be controlled by the touchpad that lines the side of the wearable device. All of those components sit off to one side, though Google says they're still well-balanced and actually lighter than some pairs of sunglasses. The tiny transparent display doesn't actually sit directly in front of your eye. It's slightly above your line of vision, so that it shouldn't interfere with your normal life.
PROTOTYPE:
Though head-worn displays for augmented reality are not a new idea, the project has drawn media attention primarily due to its backing by Google, as well as the prototype, which is smaller and slimmer than previous designs for head-mounted displays. The first Project Glass demo resembles a pair of normal eyeglasses where the lens is replaced by a heads-up display. In the future, new designs may allow integration of the display into people's normal eyewear.
The New York Times reported that the glasses would be available to the public for "around the cost of current smartphones" by the end of 2012, but other reports have stated that the glasses are not expected to be available for purchase soon. The product (Google Glass Explorer Edition) will be available to United States Google I/O developers for $1,500, shipping early in 2013, while a consumer version is slated to be ready within a year of that.
The product began testing in April 2012. Sergey Brin wore a prototype set of glasses to an April 5, 2012 Foundation Fighting Blindness event in San Francisco. On May 23, Sergey Brin demoed the glasses on The Gavin Newsom Show and let California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom wear the glasses . On June 27th, Sergey Brin demoed the glasses at Google I/O where skydivers, abseilers, and mountain bikers wore the glasses and live streamed their point of view to a Google+ Hangout, which was also shown live at the Google I/O presentation.
Developer Google
Type Augmented reality, head-mounted display
Release date Developers (US): early 2013
Consumers: late 2013-early 2014
Introductory price Developer version: $1,500 USD
If you're impatient and lucky enough to have been at IO (and live in the US), you can actually pre-order an Explorer Edition of the wearable computer for $1,500. The dev focused units will be shipping early next year. But, be warned, this is not a mass consumer item and will likely be more than a little rough around the edges.
CONCLUSION:
Google create the entire world in our eye control..
A.ANTONY PRAKASH NAVEEN
INTRODUCTION:
Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD).The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands free displaying of information currently available to most smartphone users and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands. The functionality and physical appearance (minimalist design of the aluminium strip with 2 nose pads) has been compared to Steve Mann's EyeTap which was also referred to as "Glass" ("EyeTap Digital Eye Glass", i.e. use of the word "Glass" in singular rather than plural form "Glasses").
The operating system software used in the glass will be Google's Android.Project Glass is part of the Google X Lab at the company,which has worked on other futuristic technologies, such as a self-driving car. The project was announced on Google+ by Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses; Steve Lee, a project manager and "geolocation specialist"; and Sebastian Thrun, who developed Udacity as well as worked on the self-driving car project.Google has patented the design of Project Glass.
COMPONENTS:
Google's Project Glass has been one of the most anticipated and hyped projects to come out of Google in quite some time. After a rather epic demo the company finally gave us a slightly deeper look at the wearable computer of our (supposed) future. Inside is the usual set of components you'd expect inside any mobile phone. There's a "powerful" CPU and "lots" of RAM (though, there was no mention of specifics) alongside an accelerometer, gyroscope and wireless radios for pulling in data. There's a mic for voice commands, a speaker and a camera, which can also be controlled by the touchpad that lines the side of the wearable device. All of those components sit off to one side, though Google says they're still well-balanced and actually lighter than some pairs of sunglasses. The tiny transparent display doesn't actually sit directly in front of your eye. It's slightly above your line of vision, so that it shouldn't interfere with your normal life.
PROTOTYPE:
Though head-worn displays for augmented reality are not a new idea, the project has drawn media attention primarily due to its backing by Google, as well as the prototype, which is smaller and slimmer than previous designs for head-mounted displays. The first Project Glass demo resembles a pair of normal eyeglasses where the lens is replaced by a heads-up display. In the future, new designs may allow integration of the display into people's normal eyewear.
The New York Times reported that the glasses would be available to the public for "around the cost of current smartphones" by the end of 2012, but other reports have stated that the glasses are not expected to be available for purchase soon. The product (Google Glass Explorer Edition) will be available to United States Google I/O developers for $1,500, shipping early in 2013, while a consumer version is slated to be ready within a year of that.
The product began testing in April 2012. Sergey Brin wore a prototype set of glasses to an April 5, 2012 Foundation Fighting Blindness event in San Francisco. On May 23, Sergey Brin demoed the glasses on The Gavin Newsom Show and let California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom wear the glasses . On June 27th, Sergey Brin demoed the glasses at Google I/O where skydivers, abseilers, and mountain bikers wore the glasses and live streamed their point of view to a Google+ Hangout, which was also shown live at the Google I/O presentation.
Developer Google
Type Augmented reality, head-mounted display
Release date Developers (US): early 2013
Consumers: late 2013-early 2014
Introductory price Developer version: $1,500 USD
If you're impatient and lucky enough to have been at IO (and live in the US), you can actually pre-order an Explorer Edition of the wearable computer for $1,500. The dev focused units will be shipping early next year. But, be warned, this is not a mass consumer item and will likely be more than a little rough around the edges.
CONCLUSION:
Google create the entire world in our eye control..
A.ANTONY PRAKASH NAVEEN
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