Welcome to a World through Glass

Posted on by Jeff Riegel, Producer/Editor

March 20, 2013

by Google GLASS

Want to see how Glass actually feels? It’s surprisingly simple. Say “take a picture” to take a picture. Record what you see, hands free. Even share what you see, live.

Ask whatever’s on your mind.

Google Glass (stylized simply as GLASS) is an augmented reality wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project.[3] It takes a step further toward ubiquitous computing, which is the idea that the Internet and computers will be accessible anywhere at any time without having to use one’s hands.[4] Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like format hands-free,[5] can interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands,[6] and uses Google’s Android operating system.[7] 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.[4]

Glass is being developed by Google X Lab,[8] 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.[9] Google has patented the design of Project Glass.

 

In general, reception for Google Glass has been positive in the technology industry.

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Say “take a picture” to take a picture.

Photography and video

Google Glass has the ability to take photos and record 720p HD video. While video is recording, a recording light is displayed above the eye, which is unnoticeable to the wearer.[33]

Google applications

Glass will utilize many already-existing Google applications, such as Google Now and Google Maps. The device will also be able to display the weather.[2]

Voice commands

Multiple features of Glass can be seen in a product video released in February 2013:[30]

Feature Voice activation text
Record video “ok glass, record a video.”
Take picture “ok glass, take a picture.”
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 [search query].”
Use Google Now “ok glass, [34]
Send message “ok glass, send a message to “[name]”.”
Give flight details unknown

Translate your voice.

In November 2012, Glass received recognition by Time Magazine as one of the “Best Inventions of the Year 2012”

See lots more on this cool device here…

 

 

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For two decades, Jeff Riegel was a senior level Producer/Editor for the Department of Defense and various government contractors in Northern Virginia. Outside of the workplace, Jeff keeps himself busy with the creation of festival worthy documentaries "Tori Nelson: Fighting for Her Future" and the once nominated and two-time Emmy award winning "A Journey of Education and Remembrance." His short film "The Great Realisation" captured the eyes at 18 international film festivals with various winning honors; a poem that takes on heavy themes such as fevered capitalism, man-made ecological issues, digital addiction during the global Covid blight. Jeff is looking for funding investors and co-producing "The Lost Clipper," a two+ decades project about the first hijacking in U.S. history and the search for those 15 lost souls abducted in 1938, the true first act of war with Japan. Filming takes him to Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Canada, and locations across the U.S. (see www.LostClipper.com) He enjoys creating media-marketing social networking campaign for personalities such as 13-time world boxing champion Tori Nelson, Netflix's "Narcos" personalities Steve Murphy and Javier Pena, and renowned landscape photographer Frank Lee Ruggles. Jeff is eager to attack any project head-on. Jeff's Motto: think beyond convention...and consider it done!