Project Google Glass

Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD)

 

The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands free displaying of information currently available to most smartphone users, and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands, in a manner similar to the iPhone application Siri. The operating system software used in the glasses will be Google's Android.

Project Glass is part of the Google X Lab at the company, which has worked on other futuristic technologies, such as a self-driving car. The project was announced on Google+ by 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 working on the self-driving car project.

Project Glass

Imagine checking the sky in the morning and seeing the weather forecast superimposed into your field of vision, as if the window was your personal life dashboard. That's the idea behind Google's Project Glass, But instead of a window, it uses (as-yet invented) high-tech glasses that move through life as you do, providing guidance at your command.

Talk-To-Texting

While drinking your morning coffee, a friend invites you via text message to "meet up today." You say, "Sure! Bookstore in 20?" and your spoken words are captured, converted to text, and sent as a reply. You're meeting at the bookstore, but there's a problem.

Real Time Alerts

You were going to take the subway, but your Glass tells you that service is suspended at the station. Below the message, you're presented with alternative modes of transport.

Walking Directions

When the subway's out, there's always hoofing it. The Glass can present walking directions or any other travel information available online. During your walk, arrows appear at each cross street to guide you along. There are apparently no limits to this fantastic system.

Facetime

Later, you receive a call from another friend. You accept her call and realize she's sitting at a webcam. How lucky, because you just walked up to the roof of your building

Shared View

Sharing this beautiful sunset. These scenes came from a simulation video of Google Glass in action from the perspective of the person wearing the glasses. It's great to fantasize about things like this, but in reality, all the technology shown in the video could actually be done today if the software existed to implement it. That's what Google's Project Glass is all about—collecting ideas and resources for implementing this particular pie in the sky.