Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Google Glass : The future is here







The Google glass is the next future of computing and mobile technology. The things we saw in sci-fi movies are going to be real.Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project, with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format, that can interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands. While the frames do not currently have lenses fitted to them, Google is considering partnering with sunglass retailers such as Ray-Ban or Warby Parker, and may also open retail stores to allow customers to try on the device. The Explorer Edition cannot be used by people who wear prescription glasses, but Google has confirmed that Glass will eventually work with frames and lenses that match the wearer's prescription; the glasses will be modular and therefore possibly attachable to normal prescription glasses.

Glass is being developed by Google X Lab, which has worked on other futuristic technologies such as driverless cars. The project was announced on Google+ by Project Glass lead 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.Thad Starner, an AR expert, is a technical lead/manager on the project. The Glass does all the things we have imagined in the past.

Features :

Display : It has a 640x360 and apparently it's having a 25" HD display if you’re standing 8 feet away from the TV.
Camera : It has a 5MP auto-focus camera which will allow you to capture still images and also allows you to record 720p HD videos.
Google-Hangout Feature : This feature allows you to live broadcast yourself, wherever you are and whatever you're doing with the people on your hangout.
Memory : 16 GB of internal storage of which 12 GB will be usable synced via Google Drive storage.
Battery : It has a full day battery life which means even though it's a small device but it's battery would last around 3-4 days.
Connectivity : Built-in Wi-fi/Bluetooth
Google Glass can be connected to any bluetooth activated mobile phone. In order to use the "My Glass" companion app you need to have Android 4.0.3 installed in it which also allows you to use services like SMS and GPS too.
Google offers this Google Glass in total 5 colors. You can choose your favorite color from Charcoal, Tangerine, Shale, Cotton and Sky. 

Voice commands

Multiple features of Glass can be seen in a product video released in February 2013
FeatureVoice activation text
Record video"ok, glass, record a video."
Take picture"ok, glass, take a picture."
Use Google Now"ok, glass, [question].
Start Google+ hangout"ok, glass, hang out with [person/circle]."
Search"ok, glass, google [search query]."
Search photos"ok, glass, google photos of [search query]."
Translate"ok, glass, say [text] in [language]."
Give directions"ok, glass, give directions to [place]."
Send message"ok, glass, send a message to [name]."
"ok, glass, send [name] that [message]."
"ok, glass, send [message] to [name]."
Display weathernone/automatically (Google Now)
"ok, glass, how is the weather in [location]?"
"ok, glass, do I need an umbrella today?"
Give flight detailsnone/automatically (Google Now)
"ok, glass, when does flight [flight number] depart from [airport]?"

Price : The price of the Glass would costing you $1500.
For further info pls do visit the Google Glass website  : Google Glass


Some of the inforamtion was taken from Wikipedia and techsnapper blog.

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