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Ever since Google introduced its Project Glass project last year, privacy advocates have been up in arms. Some have predicted that the wearable computer -- which features a small built-in camera that can be activated simply by winking -- is the beginning of the end for any hope of privacy we might have beyond our doorstep. A future not unlike...
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...
While the new Google Glass geeky camera glasses have received a lot of press, it turns out that even before these devices are in the marketplace, a recent encounter at a Paris McDonald’s may foreshadow the unexpected legal, moral and social problems they will create.
University of Toronto professor Steve Mann developed computerized vision aiding goggles for himself back in...
The other day a couple of skydivers jumped out of a low flying aircraft and photographed the city of San Francisco as they glided down to land on the Morscone Center. Had they been ordinary parachutists under the heightened security after 9/11, they would have been plucked out of the sky or shot down, by Air Force jets long before they could exit their aircraft.
But these were...
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...
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...