You’re on vacation, in an unfamiliar city, thousands of miles from home.
What’s the weather going to be like today? Just look straight ahead.
Made a reservation for dinner, but can’t remember where? Just look straight ahead.
What time is it? Your watch is in the other room, but just look straight ahead.
Need to meet up with someone? Just look straight ahead.
What about directions to that “meetup”? Just look straight ahead.
On the way you see a poster advertising a concert. Make a note of it by looking straight ahead.
You’ve arrived at your destination and you want to “check in.” Just look straight ahead.
Want to take photos and share them with you friends? Just look straight ahead.
Need to make or take a video call? Just look straight ahead.
24th Century Technology
Last week Google revealed its “Project Glass,” a plan to produce a gizmo that apparently would attach to eye glasses and give you a “heads-up” display that could guide you through your day and the world around you. Here’s what Google said abut the new technology in a Google+ post:
“We think technology should work for you—to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t.
“A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment. We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input. So we took a few design photos to show what this technology could look like and created a video to demonstrate what it might enable you to do.”
This video demonstrates how you might use these “Google goggles”:
(For another take on “Project Glass,” read “Google’s Internet glasses a window into isolation” by San Francisco Chronicle columnist James Temple.)
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