It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel. Search engine giant Google is developing a pair of electronic glasses that can stream information directly to the user’s eyes in real time.
The glasses, to be launched by the end of the year, will be more like smartphones with the lenses serving as a kind of see-through computer monitor.
Loaded with a low-resolution, built-in camera, the Google glasses “will be able to monitor the world in real time and overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings and friends who might be nearby,” a New York Times report said.
“You will be able to check in to locations with your friends through the glasses,” a Google employee told the Times. Google would not confirm whether the ultra-modern eyewear is in development.
The report also says that the state-of-the-art spectacles, not designed for constant wear, will display information via a heads-up display “in an augmented reality view, rather than as a Web browser page like those that people see on smartphones.”
The glasses will be integrated with other Google products, like Google Latitude to share location, Google Maps to search for nearby places and Google Goggles to search images and identify what is being looked at.
For instance, a person looking at a landmark could see detailed historical information and comments about it left by friends. The glasses might also be used for virtual reality games that use the real world as the playground.
According to the report, the glasses are expected to start selling at the end of the year at a price of between $250 and $600 — about the cost of a smartphone.
The glasses, will be Android based, and will include a display that will sit inches from the wearer’s eye, streaming real-time info about his surroundings, similar to the various augmented reality applications seen on smartphones.
The data will be fetched through a 3G/4G data connection, and the glasses will retrieve information about their surroundings through GPS and several sensors.
Keywords: Google glasses, Google eyewear, smartphone
This seems like a perfect gadget. I used Google GOGGLES app on my mobile and the results were impressive.
Of course, this is a great scientific advancement. But have you ever thought of the consequences? This technology is/will no longer be limited to use by google. Others may develop similar or much more sofisticated one. After all these simple equipments will end up creating innumorous problems infringing on personal/private lives. Nobody will like to be watched or monitered even for a day for good or bad reasons. Seems like world shrinking to micro levels. These are sure signs of eventual disasters that the great people predicted long long ago. Science ofcourse.
What abt the health hazards...??
This looks suspiciously like Google's upcoming April Fools' gag! Keep a
lookout for news related to these glasses on 1st April 2012.
Google if you can hear me....
Please invest your energy in creating something in non polluted
vehicles. and find some way to convert existing vehicle to pollution
less vehicle.. that will really be appreciated.
I read a report recently that the planned expansion of Google's central office included a high tech optical lab for some unknown project - perhaps these glasses are the project in question?
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