We already know that the Explorer Edition of Google Glasses is about to make its public debut shortly, but not before it makes a trip through the FCC first in order to get approval for public sale. An application for Google Glasses was spotted at the FCC, and we're now getting a closer look at the details of the HUD-equipped glasses before they get handed out to developers.
Read The Full Story
- Acer Aspire R7 Hands-on: Spock’s Choice
- Verizon Samsung GALAXY S 4 Unboxing and Hands-on
- Google Glass gains ClockworkMod Recovery for future hacks: have a peek!
- Solar Impulse: interviewing a man on an 18-hour solar-powered flight
- Chrome 27 brings desktop features to Android, we go hands-on
- Verizon invites Jennifer Lopez on stage for Viva Movil team-up
- Google Glass team talks hardware principles: Lightness, Simplicity, Scalability
‘Project Glass’ Stories
Google Glasses make an appearance at the FCC
Meta plans true augmented reality with Epson-powered wearable
The augmented reality scene is hotting up, with the promise of full computer-mediated vision for the mainstream and another hint that Google won’t have the Glass market all to itself thanks to an incoming headset from startup Meta. The wearable project actually goes one step further than Project Glass, putting a full twin-display digital environment – controlled by two hand 3D tracking – in front of the user, rather than floating notifications and prompts in the corner of their eye as Google’s system does.
Google places strict NDA on Project Glass Hackathon events
There's understandably a huge amount of buzz surrounding Google's Project Glass, and the fact that the company is holding two developer events at the end of the month isn't helping to quell the excitement. Sadly, if you were waiting for all kinds of details to come out of these developer events, we've got some sour news for you. Google has placed a rather strict non-disclosure agreement on the event, and everyone who attends will have to sign one.
Read The Full Story
Google Glass bone-conduction increasingly possible with indirect audio patent
Signs that Google is using bone-conduction for private audio from its Project Glass headset continue to mount, with a new patent application from the company describing exactly how the surreptitious system might work. The patent filing, a "Wearable computing device with indirect bone-conduction speaker" uses the same basic Google Glass diagrams as we've seen in other recent wearables patents, but this time details "at least one vibration transducer" the movements of which are passed through the headset and into the wearer's bone structure.
Read The Full Story
Brin: Google Glass Explorer Edition will ship “in a couple of months”
Google's Project Glass Explorer Edition, the $1,500 limited-edition developer version of the wearable computer, will ship "in a couple of months" Sergey Brin has confirmed, after being spotted wearing a prototype headset in NYC this week. Brin, who has been a significant motivator for Google's augmented reality and wearables R&D, revealed the rough timescale to Noah Zerkin, who recognized the Google co-founder on the NYC subway. The exec also touched upon how many Glass prototypes are in the wild.
Read The Full Story
Will Wearables Fuel – or Fracture – Convergence?
The candid snapshot of Google exec Sergey Brin, riding the subway on a $2.25 fare while sporting a Glass prototype worth thousands of dollars, has reignited questions around ubiquitous computing. That sighting of Brin is a timely one. Not only is Google’s Glass Foundry developer schedule kicking off at the end of January, but several other wearables projects have reached milestones this month; Vuzix brought out prototypes of its Glass rival a few weeks back, while Kickstarter success Memoto applied some extra-sensor balm to the sting of an unexpected hardware delay today.
As each project tracks toward release, however, the ecosystem of more straightforward body-worn gadgetry such as activity monitors like Jawbone’s UP picks up for what’s predicted to be a bumper year of sales. Still, among sensor ubiquity and the specter of power paucity, the fledgling wearables industry hasn’t apparently decided whether it’ll face this brave new augmented world hand-in-hand, or jealously guarding its data.
Sergey Brin spotted on NYC subway rocking Google Glass
When you’re Sergey Brin, you can afford to take a limo through the streets of NYC, though the photo opportunities for your Google Glass headset are probably more plentiful on the subway. Augmented reality enthusiast Noah Zerkin spotted Brin on the downtown 3 train, complete with a surprisingly discrete black Glass wearable, in the latest in-the-wild sighting of Google’s head-worn computer.
Google Glass sees laser-projected keyboard possibilities
This week a patent has been revealed as filed by Google for what very much appears to be a laser-projected set of controls emanating from a pair of smart glasses. This of course could mean that Google's Project Glass is about to see some amazing virtual reality controls as their two upcoming developer events come to fruition at the start of next month. And this isn't the first time we've seen wild, futuristic control possibilities for Google's Glass, either!
Read The Full Story
Google Glass team developer outreach leaves international coders sour
Google has begun courting developers hoping to cook up apps for its Glass wearable headset, kicking off a series of Developer Update videos, but frustrating many with its decision to make the Foundry program US-only. Billed as introducing the Mirror API which Glass uses to bridge its wearable with web apps, the new video touches briefly on what languages the headset will play nicely with, as well as highlighting the upcoming developer events in New York and San Francisco. It's that US focus which has many coders annoyed, however, given the appetite for Glass elsewhere in the world.
Read The Full Story
Wearables surge by 2017 predicted as Google Glass and more weigh in
Sales of smart wearable devices will reach nearly 70m by 2017, new research claims, though not all of the body-worn gadgets will be augmented reality eyewear such as Google’s Project Glass. Smart glasses will only make up a part of the overall smart wearable industry, Juniper Research predicts, with health and fitness devices such as Jawbone’s UP and Fitbit’s Flex dominating the segment until the price of more advanced technology falls to consumer-friendly points.
Google Glass announces two upcoming developer events
Last summer, Google offered a $1,500 pre-order for its Google Glass at the I/O conference. Now, a little less than six months later, the company has invited those who signed up to attend one of two developer events it has planned at the end of the month. The two events are being held in New York City and San Francisco.
Read The Full Story
DIY Google Glass puts iOS in front of your eyes
Google may be beavering away on the last stages of Project Glass before the Explorer version arrives with developers, but meanwhile DIY wearable computers are springing up, some with Apple’s iOS at their core. A straightforward combination of an iPod touch, off-the-shelf wearable display, Bluetooth camera and a set of safety goggles was enough for AI researcher Rod Furlan to get a glimpse at the benefits of augmented reality, he writes at IEEE Spectrum, though the headset raised as many questions as it provided answers.
REVIEWS
![JH Audio JH16 Pro with Freqphase Custom In-Ear Monitor Review [2013]](http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/P2111170-sg-320x80.jpg)
- POPULAR STORIES THIS WEEK
- Xbox One release date "later this year"
- Verizon HTC One tipped for today's press event [UPDATE: Nope]
- Xbox 720 prototype secrets leak: TV, DVR, streaming, AR and more
- Verizon HTC One speculation returns as DROID DNA offer arrives
- Big Xbox Dashboard update tipped to pave Xbox 720 transition
- Verizon HTC One Google Edition tipped for summer
- Xbox 720: what's to be expected at tomorrow's announcement
- iOS 7 UI overhaul monochrome, flat, and tipped for iPhone first
- RECENT COMMENTS
