Google Glass is a new piece of technology that “has a camera, it speaks to you (and you to it), and gives contextual information about what’s in front of your eyes – in effect, an audio-visual information filter between you and the world.” Ultimately it is a wearable computer like in all the sci-fi films. It shows a small screen in the corner of your vision, telling you what’s in front of you or whatever you want it to show you…
This is how it works:
Google Glass is some new technology that will become widely available in 2014. It was sold to a few people at $1,500 so they could get feedback on how to improve the product. A BBC news report says that “Google has consulted disabled people when developing their much talked about hands-free technology.” As it has the potential to help people with many different disabilities including quadriplegics as shown in this video that was included on the BBC story.
This nifty little piece of technology can take photos and upload them to social network. It lets you read your email and dictate responses. According to TechRadar you can have your “flight details beamed to you.” You can also conference call and connect it to your mobile phone if you have the right add-ons! It can tell you the time, record what you see, share what you see, give you directions and it can answer the questions on your mind. All you have to do is speak, completely hands free!! It can also translate what you say into another language!!! Amazing, right?!
The questions is: how do you get one? Google don’t seem to have confirmed when these will be released to the consumer market but they are getting people involved to find out how they can improve it to make it better. To be one of these people you have to be sent an invitation and you can sign up for one here.