How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Glass

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love

Google GLΛSSWolf Loescher

DevFestMNFebruary 8, 2014


Wolf Loescher @wloescher

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OverviewWhat is it? What can you do with it? What can’t you do with it? What’s it like to wear all day? Where/when can I get one? How do I develop apps for it?


What is it?Google Glass (styled "GLΛSS") is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project, with a mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format, that can communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands.


“A Segway for your face.”


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Tech Specs (1 of 2)Display: 640x360px (25” screen 8’ away)Camera: 5 MP still, 720p videoAudio: Bone conduction transducerConnectivity: Wifi 802.111b/g, BluetoothOS: Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)CPU: OMAP4430 1.2Ghz Dual CoreRAM: 682MbStorage: 16Gb (12Gb available)


Tech Specs (2 of 2)Sensors !Gyroscope

!Accelerometer!Magnetometer (compass)!Ambient light sensor

GPS

Cellular Connectivity

CDMA

GSM


What’s New in v2?


Basic Commands“OK Glass…”

“google…”“take a picture” - vignettes“record a video”“get directions to…”“send a message to…”“make a call to…”“make a video call to…”“take a note with…”


The TimelinePast events on the rightFuture events and settings on the leftTimeline cards can be text, images, rich HTML, or videoEmail, phone calls, SMS, news, alerts, etc.


Live Demo?


Wearing It All Day“Is that Google Glass?”“Where did you get it?”“How much did it cost?”“Do you work for Google?”“Can you get me a job at Google?”


Google GLΛSS Explorers AmbassadorsTwitter contest #ifihadglassGlorified beta testersExcellent customer service


Glassware➔CNN➔Evernote➔Facebook➔Field Trip➔Now, GMail, G+➔Twitter➔NY Times➔Path

➔Elle➔Fancy➔KitchMe➔Mashable Velocity➔SportYapper➔Thuuz Sports➔Tumblr


Development (1 of 3)

Python Ruby

Go


Development (2 of 3)To interact with a user's timeline, you call the appropriate RESTful endpoint to carry out the action that you want to do. Google handles all of the necessary details of syncing between your Glassware and your users' Glass.

Google

Glassware Glass

HTTP (REST) Glass Sync


Development (3 of 3)POST /mirror/v1/timeline HTTP/1.1 Host: www.googleapis.com Authorization: Bearer {auth token} Content-Type: application/json Content-Length: 26 !{ "text": "Hello world" }

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The Good + Great photos and video + Build quality is good, but fragile + Relatively easy to develop for !The Bad - Battery life - won’t last full day - Retail price? - New marketplace


The Ugly


Privacy is Dead


Questions?

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Glass

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