Camera:
Google
Glass has the ability to take photos and record 720p HD video. While video is
recording, the screen stays on.
Touch pad:
A man
controls Google Glass using the touch pad built into the side of the device.A
touch-pad is located on the side of Google Glass, allowing users to control the
device by swiping through a timeline-like interface displayed on the
screen.[51] Sliding backward shows current events, such as weather, and sliding
forward shows past events, such as phone calls, photos, circle updates, etc.
developer Explorer units:
Android 4.0.4 and higher
640×360 display
5-megapixel camera, capable of 720p video
recording
WI-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth
16GB storage (12 GB available)
Texas Instruments O MAP 4430 Soc 1.2Ghz Dual
(ARMv7)
682MB RAM "pros".
3 axis gyroscope
3 axis accelerometer
3 axis magnetometer (compass)
Ambient light sensing and proximity sensor
Bone
conduction transducer
Applications:
Google
Glass applications are free applications built by third-party developers. Glass
also uses many existing Google applications, such as Google Now, Google Maps,
Google+, and G mail.
Third-party
applications announced at South by Southwest include Ever note, Kitsch, The New
York Times, and Path.
Google
released the Mirror API, allowing developers to start making apps for Glass. In
the terms of service, it is stated that developers may not put ads in their
apps or charge fees; a Google representative told The Verge that this might
change in the future.Many developers and companies have built applications for
Glass, including news apps, facial recognition, exercise, photo manipulation,
translation, and sharing to social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.
My Glass:
Google offers a
companion Android and iOS app called My Glass, which allows you to configure
and manage your device.
Voice activation
Other than the
touchpad, Google Glass can be controlled using "voice actions". To
activate Glass, wearers tilt their heads 30° upward (which can be altered for
preference) or tap the touchpad, and say "O.K., Glass." Once Glass is
activated, wearers can say an action, such as "Take a picture",
"Record a video", "Hangout with [person/Google+ circle]",
"Google 'What year was Wikipedia founded?'", "Give me directions
to the Eiffel Tower", and "Send a message to John"(many of these
commands can be seen in a product video released in February 2013).For search
results that are read back to the user, the voice response is relayed using jawbone conduction
through a transducer that sits beside the ear, thereby rendering the sound
almost inaudible to other people
The
quality of pictures and video are usable for healthcare education, reference, and
remote consultation. The camera needs to be tilted to different angle for most
of the operative procedures
Tel-consultation
is possible—depending on the available bandwidth—during operative procedures.
A
stabilizer should be added to the video function to prevent choppy transmission
when a surgeon looks to screens or colleagues.
Battery
life can be easily extended with the use of an external battery. Controlling
the device and/or programs from another device is needed for some features
because of sterile environment.
Text-to-speech
("Take a Note" to Ever-note) exhibited a correction rate of 60
percent, without the addition of a medical thesaurus.
A
protocol or checklist displayed on the screen of Glass can be helpful during
proceduresPrivacy concerns Steve Mann, inventor of Eye Tap, wearing several
developments of his device which has been compared with Google Glass.
The eye
wear's functionality and minimalist appearance have been compared to Steve
Man's Eye Tap, also known as "Glass" or "Digital Eye
Glass", although Google Glass is a "Generation-1 Glass" compared
to Eye Tap, which is a "Generation-4 Glass". According to Mann, both
devices affect both privacy and secrecy by introducing a two-sided surveillance
and surveillance.
Concerns
have been raised by various sources regarding the intrusion of privacy, and the
etiquette and ethics of using the device in public and recording people without
their permission, even though many artists practicing street photography or
life reportage, including Henri Cartier-Bronson, have made history[peacock
term] taking pictures of people in public without their consent or
knowledge[citation needed], and today there are web services such as Google
Street View doing the same on a massive scale[citation needed]. There is
controversy that Google Glass would violate privacy rights due to security
problems and others.