GOOGLE’S
NEW WEARABLE INTERNET GLASS
Google co-founder Sergey Brin demonstrates
Google's new Glass, wearable internet glasses, at the Google I/O conference in
San Francisco.
Google has been granted
a new patent that could potentially be pretty huge for the company. The patent
is for automatic object recognition, which is usually quite difficult to pull
off due to the need for human input. With Google’s patent, humans don’t need to
do anything, as the system would make use of “feature vectors” to aid in the
recognition of the objects in a video or still image.
In
addition to the camera, the glasses include a compass, a gyroscope, a speaker
and a microphone, which enable voice-dictated messages. They don't include
built in phone service, connecting instead through Wi-Fi or Bluetoothto smart
phones or home networks.
Members
of the Project Glass team stressed they've taken pains to ensure the technology
doesn't disrupt people by, among other things, limiting the number and type of
messages that pop up.
ADVANTAGES:
- Fast access of maps, documents, videos, chats and much more.
- A new trend for fashion lovers together being an innovative technology.
- 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/disabled people.
DISADVANTAGES:
- Can be easily broken or damaged. Though Google wants these glasses to be as modest as achievable, they seem to be extremely breakable. Users will have a tough time taking care of it.
- These glasses show the retrieved data in front of users eyes so it will be a tough experience for them since they will focus on that data and will eventually miss the surroundings that may lead to accidents while driving.
- The resource for running these glasses is still unknown. Will there be a battery or it will run using solar energy?
- Users already wearing glasses won’t be able to wear this.
- Privacy of people may breach with new glasses
