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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.