Overview
As
per many reports, Google is expected to start selling eyeglasses that will
project information, entertainment and, this being a Google product,
advertisements onto the lenses. These glasses will have the combined features
of virtual reality and augmented reality.
The Google Glasses can use a 4G cell
connection to pull in information from Google’s mountain of data and display
info about the real world in augmented reality on the lens in front of your
eye. As you turn your head you’ll get information about your surroundings and
nearby objects from Google Goggles, info on buildings and establishments from
Google Maps, even your friends’ nearby check-ins from Latitude. The company has
no plans to sell ads into your newly augmented view of the world, but will
consider it if the product really catches on.
Abstract
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. These glasses will have the combined features of
virtual reality and augmented reality. Google glasses are basically wearable
computers that will use the same Android software that powers Android
smartphones and tablets.
Introduction
Virtual
reality (VR):
Virtual reality is a term that applies to computer-simulated
environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world,
as well as in imaginary worlds. It covers remote communication environments
which provide virtual presence of users with the concepts of telepresence and
telexistence or a virtual artifact (VA). The simulated environment can be
similar to the real world in order to create a life like experience.
The device will probably communicate with
mobile phones through Wi-Fi and display contents on the video screen as well as
respond to the voice commands of the user.Google put together a short video
demonstrating the features and apps of Google glasses. It mainly concentrates
on the social networking, navigation and communication.The video camera senses
the environment and recognizes the objects and people around. The whole working
of the Google glasses depends upon the user voice commands itself.
Disadvantages
1) Can be easily broken or damaged.
Though Google wants these glasses to be as modest as achievable, they seem to be
extremely breakable. Users will have a tough time taking care of it.
Benefits
1) Easy to wear
and use.
Conclusion
Google glasses are basically wearable
computers that use the evolving familiar technologies that brings the
sophistication and ease of communication and information access even for the
physically challenged class of people those literally could not use general way
of palmtops and mobiles.