Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
Posted in: Mobile & Wireless at 23/02/2012 20:14
Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
It wasn't so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves.
On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny earpieces that connected wirelessly to their smartphones.
What's next? Perhaps throngs of people in thick-framed sunglasses lurching down the streets, cocking and twisting their heads like extras in a zombie movie.
That's because later this year, Google is expected to start selling eyeglasses that will project information, entertainment and, this being a Google product, advertisements onto the lenses. The glasses are not being designed to be worn constantly -- although Google engineers expect some users will wear them a lot -- but will be more like smartphones, used when needed, with the lenses serving as a kind of see-through computer monitor.
To read thid New York Times report in full, see:
www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/technology/google-glasses-will-be-powered-by-android.html
