Post on 16-Aug-2015
Overview
Google Glass is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD).
Google Glass displays information in a smartphone like hands-free format.
Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands.
It is also known as project glass.
It was developed by Google X-lab.
Technologies used
4-G Technology
Smart clothing
Eye tap technology
Android operating system
Wearable computing
Android technology
Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google.
Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV).
4-G technology
4G short for fourth generation, is the fourth generation of mobile telecommunications technology, succeeding 3G and preceding 5G.
A 4G system, in addition to the usual voice and other services of 3G, provides mobile broadband Internet access, for example to laptops with wireless modems, to smartphones, and to other mobile devices
Smart clothing & eye tap technology
Smart clothing is a combination of new fabric technology and digital technology.
Eye tap is the technology that is worn in front of the eye that acts as an eye to record the scenes available on the screen as well as to eye
Button
A single button on the side of the frame sophisticates the glasses to work with physical touch input
Microphone
A microphone is also put in , that can take voice command of user.
Microphone is also used for telephonic communication.
Advantages
Fast access of documents,videos,images,chats and much more.
Easy to wear and use. A spectacle based computer to reside directly on
your eyes rather than in your pouch or pocket. A useful technology for all kinds of handicapped and
disabled people.
Disadvantages
Can be easily broken or damged. Users may have tough time taking care of it. It may leads to accidents while driving. Privacy people may break with new glasses.
Conclusion
Google glasses are basically wearable computers that use the evolving familiar technologies that brings the sophistication and the ease of communication and information access even for physically challenged class of people those literally could not use the genral way of laptops and mobiles.