Project Glass: Google unveils its geeky augmented reality glasses
[Philip Lelyveld comment: why do journalists feel compelled to call any piece of tech-related eyewear "geeky"?]
...Dubbed Project Glass, the glasses will allow you to do many of the same things you do with your smartphone without whipping out a separate device. It’s still unclear when the glasses will be for sale, but Google says employees will begin testing them in public.
In a concept video released today, Google showed how the glasses could take pictures, give you directions, check-in to locations, and even perform video chats.
“We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input,” Google’s Babak Parviz, Steve Lee, and Sebastian Thrun wrote on a new Google+ page for the project. “So we took a few design photos to show what this technology could look like and created a video to demonstrate what it might enable you to do.” ...
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