Getting to Know Google Glass

With applications and browsers like “Google” and “Yahoo”, you get a wealth of knowledge with just the touch of a button. This is very beneficial for people like students, who no longer need to carry around heavy textbooks. Students can search the internet for the information that they need. Ease of access to this abundance of information is also a huge asset of having a cell phone. If you have a burning question that you need the answer to right away, you can look it up on the internet. Before cell phones you would have had to go to the library or find an encyclopedia to find the

“My awkward Week in Google Glass” by Hayley T¬sukayama is an evaluation on the product of Google Glass. This report basically goes through her experience wearing Google Glass. She describes through her writing how she felt during this period of time. She was a part of a beta or demo program for Google Glass so Google can receive her feedback on the product and also to receive feedback for improvements. Throughout the writing she speaks about how us readers can receive a behind the scenes look at what it is like to walk in society and experience the product of Google Glass. It made us feel as if we were a part of the

The Google Glass is one of the most popular new examples of wearable technology [19]. The Google Glass is a pair of glasses, prescription or non-prescription, that has a camera, touchpad and a display that can do multiple technological tasks: search, navigation, Gmail, Calendar, Now cards, phone calls, text messages, photos, videos, and video calls [17]. Glass has yet to be released to the public, but has been available for developers since February 2013 [9]. Although the Google Glass is still a relatively new piece of technology [17], it certainly hasn’t been lacking debates on the legality and privacy concerns of the device.

Usually the use of navigation technology and leisure activities go hand and hand. Say I wanted to go to the Science Museum but didn’t know how to get there, I could use my GPS software on my phone to get directions, and also know how long it would take to arrive at the museum. Once I get to the museum tons of technology is being used to educate the visitors about the museum and its exhibits. Most museums now have a button that you can press at exhibits that will explain what the exhibit is about, so there is no need for a tour guide, and this is also beneficial for someone who is blind. You could also use the navigation technology to plan out a road trip and be able to see what routes would be the fastest to take. Using technology while doing a leisurely activity could enhance the moment, just as Dikerson said “You can live in the moment and capture it.” (256). Some people may be using technology at inappropriate times and places; such as, in a classroom, playing video games on a smart phone. Knowing when it is appropriate to use the technology and what technology to use is key.

Read the case Google Glass: Augment My Reality in your Lesson 2 reading from Laudon & Traver (pp. 65–67 in your e-text) then answer the following questions.

Despite being a potentially lifesaving device, there have been some concerns from people inside and outside the medical field’s community. These concerns include privacy concerns, fear of users being distracted, HIPAA compliance, and network issues, but Google Glass has the ability to overcome each of these obstacles. With the correct applications, proper training, and the correct network, along with the current rules already enforced in the medical field, these hurdles can easily be conquered.

This can serve a dual purpose in improving the health status of their citizens. The government is making Wi-Fi accessibility an important feature of this network. Due to the extreme poverty in the rural areas, many individuals have smart phones the also serve as their computers, which they can use as their internet servers. Citizens can then use this ability to get information and stay in contact with their healthcare providers.

Google makes the list of ethical companies for their long, continued support, and their minimalist design language and extensive services. Their services are mostly internet-based, with examples such as Google Search, Google Maps, Google Translate, Gmail, Youtube, Google Drive, Google Plus, and many more. They also sell hardware with their own operating systems on them, as well. Their hardware ranges from cell phones, laptops, and tablets, to television upgrades, and wifi routers. Recently, they have also created a pair of wearable

In the beginning of the novel, the telescreen is introduced. The telescreen is essentially like a television, but instead of watching it, it watches you. The telescreen also constantly spews out propaganda and cannot be powered off. One can compare this to a new piece of technology that is supposed to grace one’s life in the near future, the corning glass. Corning glass can basically turn one’s entire house into a computer. In the “Made of Glass” video this new piece of technology is portrayed in a positive

Imagine being in a room of a virtual representation of a friend, loved one, or even strangers from across the world who is also wearing the headset. According to Vivian Chazen, one of the best aspects of this technology is the way it connects us to people beyond texting, phone, or even video calling. She

Google helps make the lives of others more efficient by creating a hands-free product, Google Home. By being hands-free, others can proceed to accomplish more tasks throughout the day and have more time to spend with family and friends. The goal Google is trying to portray is to help unite

Understanding and estimating human attention in different interactive scenarios is an important part of User Centered Design. With the arrival of Victoria viewers, a wearable eye-tracking glass, monitoring of human visual attention will soon become ubiquitous thanks to this barrier breaking new technology and all of its astonishing capabilities and potentials. Victoria viewers, developed by a team of software engineers at Victoria university of wellington is a wearable technology that comes in a form of glasses, which has an optical head mounted display or simply known as OHMD. Victoria viewers has the ability to display information that a user requests for via voice commands in a hands free format, the Victoria viewers is able to communicate with the internet to find the most relevant information for the user requests. The project team at Victoria university are on a mission of producing a mass market ubiquitous computer. The team plans to find the different kind of potential audience Victoria Viewers can have in order to design a user friendly interface and also to create a set of killer apps that will put Victoria Viewers in the list of the must have devices of our generation. In this essay I plan to talk about how we would go about trying to identify the users and their goals, the challenges that would arise in successfully identifying these users and goals and how the personas, goals and scenarios created here will be used in later stages of software

Google has had many controversial projects that concern people who are worried about maintaining their privacy. Google Glass, Google Maps, and Google Street View are some examples of such Projects. Google Street View, for instance, “is a feature … that allows users to explore the world through 360-degree street-level imagery” ("What is Street View? How can I see it?”, n.d.). This technology allows Google to display faces, license plates, publicly visible private properties, and

Google Glass is a revolutionary new wearable computer communication product. The Google Glass includes most of what a smart phone can function, for example “Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, speakers, a camera, microphone, touchpad”(Brian Voo 1. Tiny (But Powerful) Hardware). Best of all it is compatible with IOS (i.e iPhone) and

Google Glass has been described as “a personal assistant whereby it allows users to direct connect to the Web via WiFi, or tethers to a 3G or 4G mobile devices via Bluetooth. Its weight is less than a pair of sunglasses ( approximately nine pounds ) and it basically operated by touch and voice.” (Tuffley,2013) Since Google Glass comes with the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, you could connect your Google Glass with your mobile devices such a smart phone, via Bluetooth. Google Glass also able to translate your speech to text, with it connected to your mobile devices, you can now chat instantly with your friends on Chat Room or Instant Messaging without looking down on your smart phones, instead, you just have to “talk” to them. Google Glass is said to be an almost “hands free device”, the propose of it is to create a more active lifestyle with our advanced technology, it is enough for us seeing people meeting up in a café, meanwhile all they do is just looking down on their smart phones instead of talking to each other, and they could call that a “gathering”, yet it is actually just a group of people sitting together looking at their smart phones separately. The Google Glass is currently still on it’s “Trial and Error” journey, where Google make the Google Glass available for developers, the price stated in the meantime was $1,500. A few lucky developers