Google Glass Final Version and What I want from it.

Google Glass final version is out with tons of future and invasions. Finally, Google start selling Google Glass on April 15th but only in US. I summarised four main points you should know about Google Glass.

1. Technology

               We can say that Google Glass is designed almost exclusively for gamers, the goggles immerse the wearer into a 3D VR fantasy that allows them to navigate games and other experiences with just the movement of their heads.
               The ski-like-goggles, codenamed Crystal Cove, have sensors and a camera designed to track the position of both your head and body, and provide a more accurate simulated movement.
             On the other hand, the concept of Google Glass is more like a smartphone with augmented reality possibilities, but everything is delivered directly to the eyes. For example, it can record video, access email, and retrieve information from the web by connecting wirelessly to a user's mobile phone.

2. Design

             Google Glass has the latest version of Oculus's 3D headset has a 960x 1,080 OLED display, which Oculus says is larger than a smartphone but smaller than a tablet, while Glass's display has a 640X360 pixel resolution, which Google claims that it provides the equivalent to that of a 25-inch HD display when viewed from eight feet away.
             The goggles come with optical tracking tools, allowing users to lean in and out, and look at objects from multiple angles. According to Oculus, the design tries to cut down on motion blur and nausea induced side effects, while other features include a USB port, invisible IR LEDs and a power button.
             Other Google Glass specs, which Google revealed in April 2013, include a bone conduction transducer that provides audio, a 5-megapixel camera with 720p video capture and 16GB of flash memory.
             It also supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection, and has a 'Listen' and 'Capture' button, a touch-sensitive area, and a USB port for charging.

3. Applications

           "We're going to make Google Glass a platform for many other experiences," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said on March 25.
"Imagine enjoying a courtside seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face - just by putting on goggles in your home."
According to online site Live Science, the VR goggles are also being explored for PTSD therapy, helping people who have lost an arm or leg, to controlling robots avatars and soldiers.

In comparison, real-life examples of Google Glass is to go into action range from sentiment analysis that detects human feelings based on expressions of the face, fitness reality games and an app to help fire fighters to work faster.

4. Price

The price of Google Glass is currently $1,500, which doesn't include tax. However the real price, which is expected to be announced later this year, might be cheaper, possibly costing as much as a smart phone.

     I had been writing about Google Glass for almost a year. What I think the world would be if Google Glass come out is that World would be much safer, more useful. However, on the other hand, it might also cause some accidents due to the concentration of the game. What I expect more from the Google is the ability of controlling what users can do. For example, when users are on the street, they should not be playing games on Glass so it should automatically prohibits users from playing the game.
     Overall, Google Glass would be a good product in the future and would be a necessary tools for our daily life.

I was finally able to try Google Glass!!

      As I wait for 1 year, I was finally able to get a chance to see and use Google's innovative invention, Google Glass. Just a reminder, it is still in a beta version so that when the time comes for Google Glass to sit on the store, it might change a little bit.  When I first wore the Glass, I thought that it was just normal because of its capability as a portable device. However, once I turned on the power of Glass, the world had changed.

           Google promotes the Google Glass with a phrase "Welcome to the world through glasses". It was true. When I wear the glasses, one blur transplant window pops up in the middle of my sight. It disappears in a second so that it does not disturb you from looking at objects. When you want to ask Google Glass to do something, you can just say "Ok Glass". It is easy, isn't it?

            One of the feature of Glass which surprised is its camera, which takes point-of-view photos and HD video when the wearer says "Ok Glass, take a picture/video." However, it has also drawn criticism for probability of invading one's privacy. For example, if wearer loose the Glasses, that person's photo or video might be seen by third person. But there is a solution to find your lost Glasses. I found that even though there is nothing to stop someone taking the device and accessing your personal info rations, the My Glass Android app can locate a lost or stolen Glass and let the user reset it remotely, removing all content. I hope it would be in probed in the future.

       In terms of features, Google Glass is able to do quite a lot more than we had expected. Able to take photos, direct you, answer Google Search questions and even send text messages and read emails, it's a very impressive device.

     

Google begins testing new technology with Glasses!!

         If you venture into a coffee shop in the coming months and see someone with strange glasses that look like one of the materials used in a SF movie, don't worry. Google is just testing its new inventive glasses.

         Today, Google gave people a clearer picture of its secret project called Google Glass. The glasses are the Google's first venture into wearable computing.

The glasses are not yet for sale. Google just started testing.

In a post shared by Google, workers in the company laboratory known as Google X, asked people for input about the prototype of Google Glass. Mr. Lee, a Google product manager and originally worked on Google mapping software and mobile maps, is responsible for the software and the location-based aspects of the glasses.

Google Glass is one of some projects currently being built inside the Google X offices, a secretive laboratory where engineers and scientists are also working on robots and space elevators.

I subscribed to a Google Glass beta test so that in a close moment, I would be able to check how it works.