Project Glass: See the World Through Google’s Eyes
We still know very little about Google's plan to take its services directly to the face, but from this promotional video we can determine that layabout New Yorkers need a lot of help managing their mid-afternoon jaunts.
We still know very little about Google’s plan to take its services directly to the face, but from this promotional video we can determine that layabout New Yorkers need a lot of help managing their mid-afternoon jaunts.
What the hell are we talking about? Google has a secret lab tasked with coming up with brave new concepts in technology. One of those is an augmented reality visor that sees what you see and intelligently interacts with the world around you. It all seems so magical, if a little creepy, but frankly this blogger would rather Google ironed the kinks out of his mobile phone before converting it to a face appliance. — PZS
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