What is Google Glass?
Google Glass is an attempt to free data from desktop computers and portable devices like phones and tablets, and place it right in front of your eyes.
Essentially, Google Glass is a camera, display, touchpad, battery and microphone built into spectacle frames so that you can perch a display in your field of vision, film, take pictures, search and translate on the go.
What can
Google Glass do?
As well as Google's own list of features, the
early apps for Google Glass provide a neat glimpse into the potential of the
headset.
As well as photos and film -
which require no explanation - you can use the Google hangout software to video
conference with your friends and show them what you're looking at.
You'll also be able to use Google Maps to get
directions, although with GPS absent from the spec list, you'll need to tether
Glass to your phone.
To do that, Google offers the MyGlass app.
This pairs your headset with an Android phone. As well as sharing GPS data,
this means messages can be received, viewed on the display, and answered using
the microphone and Google's voice-to-text functionality.
Google has given its Glass project a big
boost by snapping up voice specialists DNNresearch.
That functionality will also bring the
ability to translate the words being spoken to you into your own language on
the display. Obviously you'll need a WiFi connection or a hefty data plan if
you're in another country, but it's certainly a neat trick if it works.
Third parties are
also already developing some rather cool/scary apps for Google Glass -
including one that allows you to identify your friends in a crowd, and another that allows
you to dictate an email.
The New York Times app gives an idea how news
will be displayed when it's asked for: a headline, byline, appropriate image
and number of hours since the article was published are displayed.
Other
cool ideas include a air carrier's suggestion that you could have flight flight details beamed to you while you are waiting at the
airport. Basically, the sky's the limit.
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To do that, Google offers the MyGlass app. This pairs your headset with an Android phone. As well as sharing GPS data, this means messages can be received, viewed on the display, and answered using the microphone and Google's voice-to-text functionality.
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