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Google Glass gets wink activated camera, iOS app in the works

 
 

For that scant handful of users that have a Google Glass to play with, Google has just released a significant update in the form of software version XE12. This update brings a number of new features, including the ability to join a Google Hangout from your Glass, but the most interesting — and controversial — feature is...

App lets you snap Google Glass photos with just a wink of your eye

 
 

After a huge amount of hype and attention, the very first public generation of Google Glass units have been shipped out to a select few — and we're already starting to see apps pop up that push the boundaries of what the device can do. One developer has created an app that does away with the voice control of Google...

Google’s new Project Glass video shows how it feels to capture video and photos with glasses

 
 

Google has released quite a few videos showcasing its much hyped Project Glass wearable multi-media glasses gadget. But a new clip, posted on YouTube today and embedded below, is the first we've seen that really demonstrates how Google's glasses might work for capturing video and photos, hands free.

And, as expected...

The future, revisited: a more realistic take on Google’s Project Glass?

Google's logo. Click here to visit the Project Glass website!A couple of days ago, I pointed readers towards Project Glass, an interesting--if perhaps a little stereotypically geeky--project from Google. Project Glass aims to create an augmented reality, heads-up display device suitable for use by the general public.

In our earlier article I linked to Google's official concept video, which suggested a variety of possible uses for a...

Smartphones? So 2011! Google gives heads-up vision of the future

One of Google's software engineers showing off the Project Glass augmented-reality glasses. Photo provided by Google.For a while now, rumors have swirled that tech giant Google was working on its first wearable computing device. Today, the company confirmed the truth in these rumors--and true it must be, because April Fool's is well and truly over--showing off an early prototype of its augmented-reality glasses, developed under the codename "Project Glass".

Although the rumor mill predicted...