Product Review: Test Driving Heads-Up Google Glass with Sergey Brin
By Karla Robinson
September 17, 2012
September 17, 2012
- Wall Street Journal reporter Spencer E. Ante met with Google co-founder Sergey Brin to try out Project Glass, the augmented reality glasses that have drawn a lot of media attention and recently graced the runway at a Diane von Furstenberg fashion show.
- “The glasses were ultimately disappointing because the software isn’t finished,” Ante reports. “Much of the basic functionality that Google is building toward for the first commercial release later next year wasn’t working.” However, “I could see their long-term potential,” he adds. “The device fit well.”
- Google Glass uses a battery on the side of the frame to power a tiny camera and “heads-up display” that projects data into the user’s field of vision via a small screen over the right eye. “It was cool to see the information there in front of my right eye, though a little disorienting. I kept closing my left eye, which was uncomfortable,” Ante writes.
- He notes that taking pictures without pulling out his smartphone was a nice feature, one that Brin frequently uses when playing with his kids.
- “I have always disliked the feeling that with technology I am spending a lot of my time and attention managing it,” Brin told WSJ. “The notion of seamlessly having access to your digital world without disrupting the real world is very important.”
- The project still has a long way to go before it is fully functional and ready for next year’s initial release to “hard-core fans who shelled out $1,500 on pre-order.”
- In addition to lowering the cost, Ante wants to see Google make the software open to developers in order to build apps.
- “We definitely like to make things open but right now we are working hard and fast to make something reliable we can get in the hands of users and developers,” Brin said. “I expect lots and lots of people will be using technology like this in years to come.”
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Check out this 4-minute video shot entirely with Google Glass that documents Diane von Furstenberg’s runway show:
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-short-film-2012-9
Check out this 4-minute video shot entirely with Google Glass that documents Diane von Furstenberg’s runway show:
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-short-film-2012-9
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