Google Glasses: Internet At Your 'Eye'Tips!
Imagine a computer on your glasses that knows exactly where you are (using a GPS), and exactly where you're looking.
The computer is talking to a powerful server computer through wireless Internet. If you're looking at a street, the computer sends the GPS location to the server, downloads the street name (Madison Avenue, say). Then it displays the name on the transparent glasses in front of your eyes!
Science Fiction or Reality?
Google was not kidding when it unveiled Project Glass last year. And now this science fiction is closer to reality. The company announced recently that its internet-enabled glasses will be available by the end of 2013 for under $1,500 and it is beginning to take early orders.
The glasses will be able to connect to your iPhone or Android phone using Bluetooth wireless technology. There will be no radio receiver on the glasses themselves, and can only be enabled when your phone connects to a local WiFi in a coffee shop, or to the 3G and 4G offered by your cell phone provider like Verizon or ATT.
With these glasses, you can instantly take a picture or video of what you are seeing. In the future, the glasses may even be able to recognize the people you are looking at by comparing with millions of pictures of those who live in the city, and tell you about them! This technology is called augmented reality.
What is Augmented Reality?
"Augmented" reality refers to technology that adds to (or augments) your real-world view with computer-generated text, graphics, video or audio. This is different from virtual reality, where your real-world view is completely replaced by a computer-generated view.
One famous example of augmented reality is Superbowl TV broadcasts, where the yellow "first down" line is actually generated by a computer for the TV audience, and is not really there on the ground. Another example is mobile phone apps that allow you to take a picture of products in a store, and automatically bring up information and prices about that product on your mobile phone.
Google will certainly face privacy concerns as people will not want their pictures or videos taken without their permission. How the company will work around these restrictions remains to be seen.
wow!! I really want some of those glasses
I think that's so cool,but needs a lower price
I think this is super cool but need to be like half of what they cost now like $510.00....but I still like the idea
Cool
wow!!!!
People are so smart these days.
I want some!
honestly i think this is a terrible idea we americans rely on computers way to much these glasses are an ambitious idea usually i like ambitious ideas but when the world begins to mingle with technology this much we might as well just submit ourselves to hal 9000
I think it's a horrible idea
i am loving it.
I've heard about these!
Ma too!
In class of course!
WE ALMOST HAVE THE SAME NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is so cool!!
Awesome!
these glasses cost wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to much for my likings they need to cost 50 cents
at least $200
I love these glasses they seem pretty cool lol.
it should cost around $600 to $700. the google glasses is awesome. there is something similar which is called an IM watch.
Wow u got money for that? I sure dont Im poor. Love
IM as in instant messaging?
things are turning way to modern i mean i think its cool but alls we needs somthing esle that could kill sombody driving
you forgot your comma after else and before that
no affense but i think that is kinda a bad idea because if you think about it yeah its cool but what if that person googles something while he/she is driving then it would be dangerous and another thing is it allowed? because we arent allowed to use our phone while driving so that couldnt be any different...... just stating my opinion plz dont get mad......
thanks
Thats a really good point kristinas. Thats a good thing to think about.
offense is spelled with an o not an a
that would be cool to have
Pretty cool. I think the design could be perfected. The side camera thing is kind've large.
Cool but why? This will affect mapmakers
i want!!!!!
what do you want
thats awesome i cant wait till i get some.
That's so amazing. I saw that video on youtube a couple of days ago.
This is so late, I saw this on the news months before this
You are right Ridah. Last year, Google introduced the idea known as Project Glass and we wrote about it then. At that time, it was a concept. This article is an update from Gogole that the real thing will be out in the market soon!
what will they think of next?
i don't think that is respecting people's privacy. they shouldn't do it!
Wierd-ish. If I was going to be wearing those everywhere, I would want them to look a little bit cuter.
interesting, but I would not use it.
Pretty cool!
Sounds awesome . . . and kind of creepy.
That is awesomely amazing!
super awesomely cool amazing!