Google Glass

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Google Glass

Also Known as project glass.

It is a wearable computing eyewear.

Google Glass is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD).

Google Glass was developed by Google X, the facility within Google devoted to technological advancements such as driverless cars.

Google Glass is smaller and slimmer than previous head-mounted display design

The Google Glass prototype resembled standard eyeglasses with the lens replaced by a head-up display.

Features of Google Glass Touchpad

A touchpad is located on the side of Google Glass, allowing users to control the device by swiping through a timeline-like interface displayed on the screen. 

Sliding backward shows current events, such as weather, and sliding forward shows past events, such as phone calls, photos, circle updates, etc.

Features of Google Glass Voice activation

Other than the touchpad, Google Glass can be controlled using "voice actions".

To activate Glass, wearers tilt their heads 30° upward (which can be altered for preference) or tap the touchpad, and say "O.K., Glass." Once Glass is activated, wearers can say an action, such as "Take a picture", "Record a video", "Hangout with [person/Google+ circle]", "Google 'What year was Wikipedia founded?'", "Give me directions to the Eiffel Tower", and "Send a message to John (many of these commands can be seen in a product video released in February 2013).

 For search results that are read back to the user, the voice response is relayed using bone conduction through a transducer that sits beside the ear, thereby rendering the sound almost inaudible to other people.

Features of Google Glass Camera

Google Glass has the ability to take photos and record 720p HD video.

Features of Google Glass Display

The Explorer version of Google Glass uses a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS)(based on an LCoS chip from Himax) field-sequential color system, LED illuminated display.

The display's LED illumination is first P-polarized and then shines through the in-coupling polarizing beam splitter (PBS) to the LCoS panel.

The panel reflects the light and alters it to S-polarization at active pixel sensor sites.

Features of Google Glass The in-coupling PBS then

reflects the S-polarized areas of light at 45° through the out-coupling beam splitter to a collimating reflector at the other end.

Finally, the out-coupling beam splitter (which is a partially reflecting mirror, not a polarizing beam splitter) reflects the collimated light another 45° and into the wearer's eye.

SpecificationsAlso known as Project GlassDeveloper GoogleManufacturer FoxconnType Augmented reality (AR), Optical head-mounted display (OHMD), Wearable technology, Wearable

computerRelease date Developers (US): February 2013

Consumers (US): Currently UnknownIntroductory price Explorer version: $1,500 USD

Consumer edition: "close to the average smartphone"Operating system Android

CPU OMAP 4430 System on a chip, dual-core processorMemory 2GB RAMStorage 16 GB Flash memory total  (12 GB of usable memory)Display Prism projector, 640×360 pixels (equivalent of a 25 in/64 cm screen from 8 ft/2.4 m away)

Sound Bone conduction transducerInput Voice command through microphone,  accelerometer, gyroscope,  magnetometer, ambient light

sensor, proximity sensor

Controller input Touchpad, MyGlass phone mobile app

Camera Photos – 5 Megapixel, videos – 720pConnectivity Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, micro USBPower 570mAh Internal lithium-ion batteryWeight 43g (1.51oz)Backwardcompatibility

Any Bluetooth-capable phone; MyGlass companion app requires Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher or any iOS 7.0 or higher 

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Software Application Google Glass applications are free applications built by third-

party developers.

Glass also uses many existing Google applications, such as Google Now, Google Maps, Google+, and Gmail.

On March 23, 2013, Google released the Mirror API, allowing developers to start making apps for Glass.

 In the terms of service, it is stated that developers may not put ads in their apps or charge fees; a Google representative told The Verge that this might change in the future.[

Many developers and companies have built applications for Glass, including news apps, facial recognition, exercise, photo manipulation, translation, and sharing to social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.

Menu Glass shows off

what options users have available, ranging from taking pictures, engaging in a Google Hangout, recording a video, or sharing with others.

Reminders

Glass can pop up a reminder on your screen to, well, remind you of an upcoming appointment or other meeting that you have planned

Weather

Like one of the cards that pops up in Android, Google Glass hopes to be able to deliver to you the current weather.

Dictate Texts

There's no reason why Glass can't be used to dictate texts or short messages to others, using the built-in microphone, Google's cloud-based speech recognition, and a wireless connection.

Travel Alerts I've never seen an

alert when a public transportation link has been severed or is inoperable, but I assume Google has the capability to do so. This would be a handy feature.

Maps I'm not sure a "full-

screen" overlay would be the most ideal rendering of map data, but this would certainly be a handy feature to have in most cases.

Turn-by-Turn Directions

One of the handiest features of Google Navigation is turn-by-turn directions. In this case, a visual direction mixed with a street name is a helpful feature.

Photos

Naturally, Google Glass users can take photos. This is in Glass today, although the photos (unsurprisingly) seem to have rather poor quality compared to even a mobile phone camera.

Hangout (With Screen Sharing)

A nice touch. With Glass, there's every reason to believe that not only could you join a Google Hangout, you could share what you're seeing. In fact, with no self-facing camera, that might be the only way to communicate.

Photos

Naturally, Google Glass users can take photos. This is in Glass today, although the photos (unsurprisingly) seem to have rather poor quality compared to even a mobile phone camera.

Photos

Naturally, Google Glass users can take photos. This is in Glass today, although the photos (unsurprisingly) seem to have rather poor quality compared to even a mobile phone camera.

Photos

Naturally, Google Glass users can take photos. This is in Glass today, although the photos (unsurprisingly) seem to have rather poor quality compared to even a mobile phone camera.

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