Project Glass, a pet project of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, is an augmented-reality lens that provides access to online data, including weather, memos and text messages. The interface is controlled via an Apple Siri-like voice engine.
Isabelle Olsson, lead designer of Google's Project Glass, talks about the glasses' design at Google's annual developer conference in San Francisco on June 27, 2012. (Credit: KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/GettyImages)
Brin recently showed off a new camera feature that allows the wearer to automatically take photos of what they can see. This image was captured using a Project Glass prototype.
Project Glass has been designed to work with people who require prescription glasses.
"We ideally want Project Glass to work for everyone, and we're experimenting with designs that are meant to be extendable to different types of frames," lead designer Isabelle Olsson said in a blog post. "Many of our team members wear glasses, too, so it’s definitely something we’re thinking about."
This image from Google's original concept video shows how the AR overlay can feed important information on the fly.
A P.O.V mock up of a Google Maps feature.
Old meets new: traditional print is likely to benefit from Project Glass via QR Codes and the like.
A Google engineer's wife recently used Project Glass to chronicle her baby's first weeks of life. You can watch the whole video here.
This image was captured with a Project Glass prototype.
Photos taken with Project Glass definitely present a unique perspective.
At Google I/O 2012, the Project Glass team showed off a video of how the glasses can be used to capture skydiving photos.
Google took some photos with the device during the Google+ Photography Conference.
Project Glass, a pet project of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, is an augmented-reality lens that provides access to online data, including weather, memos and text messages. The interface is controlled via an Apple Siri-like voice engine.