Google glass

“Necessity is the mother of all invention” What might be the necessity that led to “Project glass”? What is this Google glass? Is it something like a Google Goggles? When Google is going to release it? Will it be a vaporware? The tech world has already answered a few questions related to this “Mysterious Glass” but others are still a big question mark. Google have announced 2014 as the release date for this glass, this has ignited various questions sprouted out of curiosity about this Glass .With“Google glass” Google is attempting to produce a wearable computing machine. Google is not the pioneer in this field; companies like Xybernaut, and ViA Inc had already tested their fortune in wearable computer manufacturing. Olympus, has announced that it also has a head mounted display specs. Olympus has been working with these glasses since 2005; the glass is named as Olympus’ neato specs. The prototype is called MEG4.0. Apple had also applied for a patent for some kind of head-mounted display back in 2006. Then why “project glass” turned out to be blast in tech-world? I think such a question is a waste of time, Because Google is the one who is moving with this so called “Project glass” for developing a computing device Known as Google glass, and it must draw the attention. Google have backed this project with some of its very best people and the chance that Google glass becoming a vaporware is very less. Olympus in 2005, Apple in2006, now Google in 2011, Is this a race created out of technological innovation, or a dog fight to stand first in the market? Whatever be it, technological innovation must be embraced.

Google's Glass will probably consist of a transparent LCD or AMOLED display, placed just in front of your eyeball. Glass can locate its position with the help of camera and the GPS. The Camera is not big deal stuff but it does its job. Selection and scrolling of information displayed on the mini display can be controlled by your head movement. Google glass also function on voice commands. There is also a talk that the device will run Android, and will have motion sensors. The network connection may be provided through 3G or 4G data connections. Glass can connect to a Smartphone via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0, a direct communication with the cloud is also possible. It is amazing that this small device does cloud communication with no tension, and Microsoft is still struggling to achieve it. It is assumed that the processing system and the power back up are hidden under the frame.

Now what all a Google glass can do? It functions as small information retrieval device, you get information about everything that you see, and apart from this it does a lot of other deals for the user. This is the key difference Google glass and a Google Goggles, Google Goggles is software that can search the web based on photos. Google's glasses can provide you, directions to a destination or a text message from a friend can appear before your eyes, converse with friends in a video chat, take a photo without taking out a camera or phone or even buy a few things online as you walk around. If you watch the promo ad of Google glass, there is nothing that it can’t do. If it is providing such awesome features, what would be its price? No worries about this, its price are predicted to be around the price of a Smartphone which is likely to be between $250 and $600.Google had also announced that they will collect orders for this new Smart Glass from programmers attending its three-day Google I/O conference. The payment must be $1,500 for a pair of glasses and will receive them by early next year.

The public is annoyed with some other question. Can I wear a Google glass if   I am already wearing a glass? Don’t worry; Google is experimenting to embed the display within your existing spectacle. Will this device turn out to be an advertisement board? Can you imagine a situation where there is an advertisement board just in front of your eyeball? Answer to such question is, “let us wait and see”, various other talks are also rounding the gravity of this Glass; some are pointing out the privacy problem associated as the camera records whatever you see. Another issue pointed out is about the distraction and associated accidents that a display just in front of your eyeball can cause. This is a serious issue, but I am sure that there will not be any road accident due to driver’s distraction, as Google with Toyota has already released the Car with no driver.

Will this device mark a change in the field of wearable computer? Question like this don’t have any predefined or predicted answer, what we can do is, wait..........The tech-world still remember the day when cities like New-york and Tokyo had large queues waiting for their first glimpse over Apple’s iPhone .We have also seen HD DVD,Zipdrive, SonyRolly,Mobile ESPN etc, which came with loud enthusiastic applause and turned out to be a big failure. Let us don’t predict the future, Let us see it...