Google Glass is a brand of sunglasses - an optical head-mounted screen designed in the form of a pair of glasses. It was developed by X (formerly Google X) with the mission of producing computers everywhere. Google Glass displays information in a hands-free format like a smartphone. Users communicate with the Internet through natural language voice commands.
Google began selling Google Glass prototypes to eligible "Glass Explorers" in the US on April 15, 2013, for a limited period of $ 1,500, before being available to the public on May 15, 2014. It has a 5 Megapixel integral still/720p video camera. The headset receives a lot of criticism and legislative action due to privacy and safety issues.
On January 15, 2015, Google announced that it would stop producing Google Glass prototypes, which will resume in 2017 temporarily. In July 2017, it was announced that Google Glass Enterprise Edition will be released.
Video Google Glass
Development
Google Glass was developed by Google X, a facility at Google devoted to technological advancements such as cars without drivers.
The Google Glass prototype resembles the standard glasses with the lens replaced with a head-up screen. In mid-2011, Google designed a prototype that weighed  £ 8 (3.6 kg); in 2013 they are lighter than average sunglasses.
In April 2013, the Explorer Edition was made available to Google I/O developers in the United States for $ 1,500.
This product was announced publicly in April 2012. Sergey Brin wears a Glass prototype on April 5, 2012, the Foundation Fighting Blindness event in San Francisco. In May 2012, Google demonstrated for the first time how Google Glass can be used to record video.
Google provides a choice of four prescription frames for $ 225 and free with the purchase of a new Glass unit. Google enters into partnership with Italian lens company Luxottica, owner of Ray-Ban, Oakley, and other brands, to offer additional frame designs. In June 2014, the Nepalese government adopted Google Glass to tackle wildlife and plant hunters from Chitwan International Park and other parks listed under the world heritage site. In January 2015, Google ended the Glass beta period (the "Google Glass Explorer" program).
Release date
In early 2013, potential users interested in Glass are invited to use Twitter messages, with hashtag #IfIHadGlass, to qualify as an initial user of the product. Qualification, dubbed "Glass Explorers" and totaling 8,000 individuals, announced in March 2013, and then invited to pay $ 1,500 and visit Google offices in Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco, to pick up their units after "fitting" and training from the guides Google Glass. On May 13, 2014, Google announced a move to a "more open beta", via the Google Plus page.
In February 2015, The New York Times reported that Google Glass was being redesigned by former Apple executive Tony Fadell, and it would not be released until he considered it "perfect".
In July 2017 it was announced that the second iteration, Google Glass Enterprise Edition, will be released in the US for companies like Boeing. Google Glass Enterprise Edition has been successfully used by Dr. Ned Sahin to help autistic children to learn social skills.
Maps Google Glass
Features
- Touchpad: Touchpad is located on the Google Glass side, allowing users to control the device by swiping through the interface like a timeline displayed on the screen. Sliding backwards shows current events, like weather, and slide forward shows past events, like phone calls, photos, circle updates, etc.
- Camera: Google Glass has the ability to take 5 Mp photos and 720p HD video recording.
- Views: Google Glass Explorer Version uses liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) (based on LCoS chip from Himax), color field sequence system, LED illuminated screen. LED illumination is first-P-polarized display and then shines through in-coupling polarizing beam splitter (PBS) to LCoS panel. The panel reflects light and converts it to S-polarization on the site of the active pixel sensor. The PBS-coupling then reflects the S-polarized light field at 45 Â ° through an out-coupling ray splitter to a collaborating reflector at the other end. Finally, the out-coupling beam splitter (which is a partial reflecting mirror, not a polarizing beam splitter) reflects another collimated light 45 Â ° and into the wearer's eyes.
Software
Apps
The Google Glass app is a free app created by third-party developers. Glass also uses many of the existing Google apps, such as Google Now, Google Maps, Google, and Gmail. Many developers and companies have built applications for Glass, including news apps, facial recognition, sports, photo manipulation, translation, and sharing to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Third-party apps announced at South by Southwest (SXSW) include Evernote, Skitch, The New York Times , and Path.
On March 23, 2013, Google released the Mirror API, allowing developers to start creating apps for Glass. Under terms of service, it is stated that developers may not place ads in their apps or charge fees; Google representatives told The Verge that this might change in the future.
On May 16, 2013, Google announced the release of seven new programs, including reminders from Evernote, fashion news from Elle , and news alerts from CNN. After the update of Google XE7 Glass Explorer Edition in early July 2013, evidence of "Glass Boutique", a store that will allow sync to Glass of Glassware and APKs, is recorded.
The XE8 version makes its debut for Google Glass on August 12, 2013. It delivers an integrated video player with playback controls, the ability to send updates to Path, and lets users save notes to Evernote. Some other minute enhancements include volume control, voice recognition enhancement, and some new Google Now cards.
On November 19, 2013, Google launched the Glass Development Kit, featuring a Word Lens translation tool, AllTheCooks cooking program, and Strava training program among others as a successful example. Google announced three news programs in May 2014 - TripIt, FourSquare, and OpenTable - to attract tourists. On June 25, 2014, Google announces that notifications from Android Wear will be sent to Glass.
The European University Press published the first book to be read with Google Glass on October 8, 2014, as introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This book can be read as a plain paper book or - enriched with multimedia elements - with Google Glass, Kindle, on Smartphones and Pads on iOS and Android platforms.
MyGlass
Google offers an Android app and iOS companion called MyGlass, which allows users to configure and manage devices.
Voice activation
In addition to the touchpad, Google Glass can be controlled simply by using "voice action". To enable Glass, the user tilts his head 30 Â ° up (which can be changed for preference) or just tap the touchpad, and say "Okay, Glass." After Glass is enabled, the user can say actions, such as "Take picture", "Record video", "Hangout with [person/Google circle]", "Google" What year Wikipedia was established? '"," Give me directions to Eiffel Tower " , and "Send a message to John" (many of these commands can be seen in product videos released in February 2013). For search results read back to the user, the voice response is relayed using bone conduction through a transducer that is on the side of the ear, so the sound rendering is barely audible to others.
Health Care Benefits
Hospital Utilization
Augmedix develops applications for wearable devices that allow doctors to stream live patient visits and claim to eliminate electronic medical record issues, possibly saving it up to 15 hours a week and improve the recording quality. The video stream is passed to the remote scribe in the HIPAA safe room where a physician-patient interaction is transcribed. Ultimately, it allows the doctor to focus on the patient. Hundreds of users are evaluating apps by mid 2015.
In July 2013, Lucien Engelen began research on the usefulness and impact of Google Glass on health care. In August 2013, Engelen, based at Singularity University and in Europe at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, is the first health care professional in Europe to participate in the Glass Explorer program. His research at Google Glass (starting August 9, 2013) was conducted in the operating room, ambulance, trauma helicopter, general practice, and home care as well as the use of public transport for visual or physical impairments. Research includes taking pictures, streaming video to another location, dictating operation logs, asking students to view the procedures and consultations through Hangouts. Engelen documents his findings on blogs, videos, pictures, on Twitter, and on Google, with ongoing research on that date.
In June 2014, Google Glass's ability to obtain patient retinal images ("Glass Fundoscopy") was openly demonstrated for the first time at the Wilmer Clinical Meeting at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Aaron Wang and Dr. Allen Eghrari. This technique is featured on the cover of the Journal for Mobile Technology in Medicine for January 2015. Doctors Phil Haslam and Sebastian Mafeld demonstrated Google Glass's first application in the field of interventional radiology. They show how Google Glass can help with liver biopsy and fistulaplasti, and the couple states that Google Glass has the potential to improve patient safety, operator comfort, and procedure efficiency in the field of interventional radiology.
Operations and Procedures
On 20 June 2013, Rafael J. Grossmann, a Venezuelan doctor trained in the US, was the first surgeon to demonstrate the use of Google Glass during a direct surgical procedure. In August 2013, Google Glass was used at Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University. Surgeon Dr Christopher Kaeding uses Google Glass to consult with distant colleagues in Columbus, Ohio. A group of students at Ohio State University College of Medicine also observed surgery on their laptop computers. Following the procedure, Kaeding stated, "Honestly, once we get into the operating room, I often forget that the device is there, it just seems very intuitive and fitting."
On June 21, 2013, Spanish physician Pedro Guillen, head of the ClÃÆ'nica CEMTRO Madrid trauma service, also broadcasts operations using Google Glass. In July 2014, the Academy of Surgical startup company, in Milan, Italy, launched a remote training platform for medical students. The platform is MOOC that allows students to join any operating theater thanks to Google Glass worn by surgeons. Also in July 2014, This place released an app, MindRDR, to connect Glass to Neurosky EEG monitors to allow people to take photos and share them to Twitter or Facebook using brain signals. It is hoped this will enable people with severe physical disabilities to engage with social media.
Australian Breastmilk Association
In Australia, during January 2014, technology startup at Melbourne Small World Social collaborated with the Australian ASI Association to create the first Google Glass breastfeeding application for new mothers. The app, named Google Glass Breastfeeding app trial, allows mothers to breastfeed their babies when they see instructions on common breastfeeding problems (sticking, postures etc.) or contact a lactation consultant through a secure Google Hangout who can see the problem through Google Glass Camera. The trial was successfully concluded in Melbourne in April 2014, with 100% of participants breast-feeding with confidence.
Autism
Brain Power
There are several groups that are developing Google Glass-based technology to help children with autism learn about emotions and facial expressions. The first was developed by Brain Power who published the first academic paper on the use of Google Glass technology in children with autism. Brain Power launched a clinical trail in 2017 known as "Be Yourself." Brain Power is founded by Dr. Ned T. Sahin. Dr. Ned T. Sahin based his entire clinical footprint on the concept that every child or adult with autism is different. To collect this research he traveled to the neighborhood and visited schools. By traveling to the community, he is able to develop a more visual understanding of some of the daily challenges of children with autistic faces. Dr Ned T. Sahin stated that he "does not anticipate that children will use the 24/7 solution.Conversely, as parents and children can read together for an hour, they will spend an hour each day interacting with each other while the child is using Google Customized Glass ". The foundation of Brain Power is to create a usable classroom, which will utilize the Empower Me software. This trail is based on self-sufficiency and focuses on "skills including emotional decoding, eye contact, speech, conversational skills, behavior and self-regulation, avoiding stress and destruction". There is a category-forming tool on this device, which rewards autistic individuals for labeling images shown to them correctly. This could include images such as apples or various animals. Other tools for these images can be consistent images that represent calm or soothing emotions, while they can lead to lower stress levels. Many families have had positive experiences with this technology, but have not proven to be a permanent solution for each member of the trial.
Google Glass Project
Recently Stanford Research has developed the Google Glass Project, there are teams working to find ways to leverage Google Glass as a tool for behavioral therapy for individuals with autism. As team manager Dennis Wall stated, "We have developed systems using machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate the recognition of facial expressions that run on wearable glasses and provide real-time social cues." The outward-facing camera visually displays facial expressions and develops systems to calculate eye contact. Catalin Voss, founder of the Autism Glass Project stated how flashcards are used, "But that does not always translate into real life situations," he said. "Our idea is to try to build a more holistic relief that allows users to recognize social cues when they really need to receive the instructions right away." Currently the test is only testing the theory of facial expression identification. Two participants have been publicly identified in the media where they have expressed some positive and encouraging experiences. Gabby Warner is a fourteen-year-old girl from Campbell, California. Gabby participated in this research because he wanted to validate that technology is a reliable source for educational and emotional purposes. Gabby states, "It helps me to understand some of my emotions, I can tell when a friend is angry better than before.
Beginning in February 2018, Google Glass released a public statement about the newly designed program schedule. This statement states "for four months, their children and their families will participate in the therapy.For three sessions of 20 minutes per day, whatever the child sees when wearing Glass is recorded and stored into a smart phone application developed by the lab. and parents can then review the recordings together, and parents can show the emotions they feel at certain moments. When this happens, the corresponding color-coded bar at the bottom of the screen is tied to the feeling that at the bottom of the screen means someone angry, for example, and yellow bars show that they are happy... This color-coded video helps children remember what emotions they see and in what context. "Overall, this statement highlights that Google Glass travel is very family-oriented, which in many cases leads to the best results. Google's glass proves to be a powerful tool for enhancing social interaction due to its powerful technology and versatile presentation of either smartphones or eyeglasses.
Public Mass Media Appearance
Journalism
In 2014, Voice of America Television Correspondent Carolyn Presutti and VOA Electronics Engineer Jose Vega started a web project called "VOA & Google Glass," which explores the potential use of technology in journalism. These news series examine the application of direct reporting technology, including conducting interviews and covering news from a reporter's perspective. On March 29, 2014, the American a cappella Pentatonix group partnered with Voice of America when vocalist Scott Hoying wore Glass in a band performance at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC during the band's first world tour of Glass by the lead singer in a professional concert.
In the fall of 2014, The University of Southern California held a course called "Glass Journalism," which explores the application of tools in journalism.
WWF in mid-2014 uses Google Glass and UAV to track various animals and birds in the forest, which may be the first use of the device by non-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
Public Events
In 2014, the Young Reporter International Olympic Committee's program brings Google Glass to the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics and puts them in a number of athletes from different disciplines to explore new perspectives of film making.
A blind dancer, Benjamin Yonattan, uses Google Glass to cope with his chronic vision condition. In 2015, Yonattan appeared on reality television show America's Got Talent.
Criticism
Privacy issues
Concerns have been raised by various sources of privacy intrusions, and etiquette and ethics use the device in public and record people without their permission. Google founder Sergey Brin claims that Glass can be seen as a way to become more publicly isolated, but the opposite is true: Brin's view checks social media as a constant "tension act", which is why Glass can notify users about notifications and updates important and not blocking the line of sight.
In addition, there is controversy that Google Glass will cause security problems and violate the privacy rights. Organizations such as the FTC's Fair Information Practice work to uphold the right of privacy through the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPS), which are guidelines that represent concepts concerning fair information practices in the electronics market.
The privacy advocate is worried that the person wearing the glasses may be able to identify the stranger in public using facial recognition, or secretly record and broadcast a private conversation. The "Find my Face" feature in Google works to create models of your face, and people you know, to simplify tagging photos. However, the only current application that can identify foreigners is called MORIS (Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System), and is a $ 3,000 iPhone application used by police officers.
Some companies in the US have posted anti-Google Glass signs in their companies. In July 2013, prior to the official release of the product, Stephen Balaban, founder of the Lambda Labs software company, evaded the block of Google face recognition apps by building its own Google-approved operating system. Balaban then puts up a face scanner that creates a summary of the similarities shared by scanned people and Glass users, such as friends and shared interests. Also created is Winky, a program that allows Google Glass users to take photos with a wink, while Marc Rogers, the lead security researcher at Lookout, found that Glass could be hijacked if users could be tricked into taking malicious QR code images, suggesting potential for use as a weapon in cyberwarfare.
In February 2013, Google users see legal issues with Glass and post in the Glass Explorers community on the issue, stating that the device may be illegal to use in accordance with current legislation in Russia and Ukraine, which prohibits the use of spy gadgets that may record video, audio or take photos in an unattractive way.
Concerns also arise in connection with the privacy and security of Glass users if the device is stolen or lost, an issue put forward by the US congressional committee. As part of its response to the committee, Google stated that the locking system for the device is under development. Google also reminds users that Glass can be reset remotely. Police in various states also warned glass users to be on guard against street robbers and robbers.
Lisa A. Goldstein, a deaf-born freelance journalist, tests products on behalf of the disabled and publishes reviews on August 6, 2013. In his review, Goldstein stated that Google Glass does not accommodate hearing aids and is not suitable for people who can not understand speech. Goldstein also explained the limited choice of customer support, since telephone contact is the only means of communication.
Some facilities have prohibited the use of Google Glass before it is released to the general public, citing concerns about potential privacy violations. Other facilities, such as the Las Vegas casino, prohibit Google Glass, citing their desire to comply with Nevada state laws and general game rules that prohibit the use of tape recorders near the gambling area. On October 29, 2014, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) announced a ban on wearable technologies including Google Glass, placing it under the same rules as mobile phones and video cameras.
There is also concern over potential eye pain caused by new users to Glass. This concern was validated by Google's optometry advisor, Dr. Eli Peli from Harvard, although he later retired because of the controversy that came from his statement.
Concern has been raised by cyber forensic experts at the University of Massachusetts who have developed a way to steal smartphone and tablet passwords using Google Glass. Experts develop software programs that use Google Glass to track the shadow of a finger as the type of person in his password. Their program then converts contact points into keys that they touch, allowing them to capture a passcode.
Other concerns about camera apps cause a privacy controversy. Some people worry about how the product has the ability to record during events such as conversations. The device turns on the light to indicate that it is recording but many are speculating that there will be an app to disable this.
Security considerations
Concerns also arise in the operation of motor vehicles while using the device. On July 31, 2013, it was reported that driving while using Google Glass is likely to be banned in the UK, as it is considered to be driving carelessly, therefore constituting a permanent penalty, following a decision by the Department of Transport.
In the US, West Virginia state representative Gary G. Howell introduced the March 2013 amendment to state laws against SMS while driving that would include a ban on "wearable computer usage with a screen mounted on the head." In an interview, Howell stated, "The main thing is the security issue, it [glass headset] can project text or video into your field of vision.I think there is a lot of potential for distractions."
In October 2013, a driver in California was ticketed for "driving with a monitor seen by the driver (Google Glass)" after being withdrawn for being accelerated by San Diego Police Department officers. The driver was reportedly the first to be fined for driving while using Google Glass. While the judge noted that "Google Glass falls under the 'scope and intent' of the ban driving with monitors", the case was thrown out of court due to lack of device evidence at the time.
In November 2014, Sawyer et al., From the University of Central Florida and the US Air Force Research Laboratory, published the results of a comparative study in a driving simulator. Subjects are requested to use Google Glass messaging interface or smartphone-based interface and then interrupt with emergency events. Glass-delivered messages serve to moderate but do not eliminate the annoying cognitive demands. Passive cost potential for drivers wearing Glass is also observed. Messaging using one of the disturbed driving devices compared to driving without multi-tasking.
In February 2014, a woman using Google Glass claimed she was verbally and physically assaulted in a bar in San Francisco after a patron approached her as she flaunted the device, allegedly leading a man who accompanied her to retaliate physically. Witnesses gave the impression that customers were upset over the possibility of being recorded.
Terms of service
Under the terms of the Google Glass service for the Glass Explorer pre-public release program, specifically states, "You may not resell, lend, transfer or otherwise grant your device to others If you resell, lend, transfer, You to another person without Google authorization, Google reserves the right to disable the device, and neither you nor any unauthorized person using the device will be entitled to a refund, product support or product warranty. " Wired commented on company policy who claimed ownership of his product after it was sold, said: "Welcome to the New World, where companies hold back control of their products even after consumers buy it." Others indicate that Glass is not for public sale at all, but rather in private testing for specific developers , and it does not allow developers in closed beta to sell to the public does the same as forbidding consumers to resell devices that are released publicly.
Technical specifications
For Explorer 1 developer unit:
- Android 4.4
- 640ÃÆ' â € "360 Himax HX7309 LCoS screen
- 5-megapixel camera, capable of recording 720p video
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth Storage
- 16Ã, GB (available 12 GB)
- Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 SoC 1.2Ghz Dual (ARMv7)
- 1Ã, GB RAM
- 3-axis gyroscope
- 3-axis accelerometer
- 3 axis magnetometer (compass)
- Sensing ambient light and proximity sensor
- Bone conduction audio transducer
For the Explorer 2 version of the developer unit, RAM is expanded to 2 GB and a recipe frame is made available:
- all the features of Explorer version 1 plus:
- 2 GB RAM
- Prescription frames available
The new Google Glass Enterprise Edition enhances the previous edition with the following
- Intel Atom Processor
- Dual-band 802.11n/ac wifi
- GPS & amp; GLONASS
- Barometer
- 32GB of storage memory
- 780 mAh battery
See also
- WearOS
- Apple Watch
- Google Contacts Lenses
- Google Cardboard
- Microsoft HoloLens
- Project Tango
- Q-Soldiers
- Samsung Gear VR
- Speech recognition
- Snow Crash
- Google Goggles
- Smartglasses
- EyeTapÃ, - an in-front camera and head-up display (HUD)
- Gold-iÃ, - computer mounted on the head
- Microsoft HoloLensÃ, - a Windows 10 AR-based unit, with a high-mounted optical head-mounted view and spatial sound
- LooxcieÃ, - an in-ear video streaming camera
- Oculus Rift - the broad field of view of virtual reality glasses (VR) with low latency head tracking
- Pristine - enterprise video collaboration and support software
- SixthSense - a wearable AR tool
- Eyeglasses (products) - Snapchat sunglasses
- Virtual retinal display - display technology that projects images directly into the retina
- VuzixÃ, - augmented reality smart glasses
- Epson Moverio BT-200 - another smart mirror, with AR
- GazerG - Google Glass Battery pack with second micro-USB port
References
Additional readings
- "Doctor among Early Google Glass Users," Canadian Medical Association Journal, 30 September 2013. Web. October 11, 2014.
- "Evaluation of Google Glass Technical Restrictions on Integration in Medical Systems", 'Sensors' 2016, 16 (12), 2142; doi: 10.3390/s16122142
External links
- Google Glass - the official site
- Google Glass on Google
- Google Glass Apps - comprehensive list of apps
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