google glasses. how far we’ve come how far we’ve come (demo video)
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Google Glasses
How Far We’ve Come
How Far We’ve Come
How Far We’ve Come(Demo Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE
How it Works
Small projector in
glasses frame
projects an image
This image is projected
into a prism
The prism displays the image as a layer over
your regular line of vision
Who gets the glass?Examples of Winning Submissions
Username Followers Winning TweetActuallyNPH(Neil Patrick Harris)Hollywoodland
5530053 I’d show what it’s like to act on the set of HIMYM all day! #ifihadglass
Alyssa_Milano(Alyssa Milano)Los Angeles
2390561 #IfIHadGlass I'd take all of you on my humanitarian missions with @unicefusa so we can affect positive change together!
MCMichelsen(Matt Michelsen)California
20589 #ifihadglass it would be half full
capriottisjason(Jason Smylie, CFE)Las Vegas, NV
15513 #ifihadglass my baby son would some day see himself through my eyes
C00lKlD(Cool Kid)Bellingham
1556 #ifihadglass I would record my class lectures and take notes with my glasses then study for midterms and finals!! Visual!
1pedalpusher(Leslie Gilbert Dove)Germantown, TN
18 #ifihadglass you could see the world of Autism thru my eyes
Pros and Cons
Pros Hands-free Opportunities for new
apps Can be used by people
who are excluded from use of technology like it
Cons Encourages laziness Potential privacy invasion Not practical Not convenient
Future for Google glasses Inspiring idea!
Too many kinks?
Works Cited"How It Feels [through Glass]." YouTube. YouTube, 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE>.
LIEDTKE, MICHAEL. "Google Picks 8,000 Winners of 'Glass' Contest." Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, 26 Mar. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2013. <http://news.yahoo.com/google-picks-8-000-winners-glass-contest-220221488.html>.
Rivington, James. "Google Glass: What You Need to Know." TechRadar. N.p., 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2013. http://www.techradar.com/us/news/video/google-glass-what-you-need-to-know-1078114.
Wilson, Mark. "4 Problems Google Glasses Have To Solve Before Becoming A Hit." Co.Design. N.p., 05 Apr. 2012. Web. 7 Apr. 2013. <http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669455/4-problems-google-glasses-have-to-solve-before-becoming-a-hit>.