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This is clearly more advanced than what Google is aiming for immediately, but is the direction that makes this technology exciting, and is what it should mature
by realize 14y ago
This is clearly more advanced than what Google is aiming for immediately, but is the direction that makes this technology exciting, and is what it should mature into once feasible.
What is really missing at the moment is a method of controlling the display. Waving your hands in front of the camera is not an attractive option to me, but there are other possibilities once the tech gets there that seem much more seamless:
* Controls on the glasses themselves - not much better than waving hands.
* Some other sort of control device you can hold, like an apple remote with more buttons - could be very flexible, but again ties up your hands.
* A wearable device like a watch or wrist-band - could be quite unintrusive and should be possible fairly quickly.
* Embedded sensors on the body or the fingertips - obviously a way out but these could give great control simply by tapping on the leg or arm. Even typing is conceivable.
* Subvocalisation, sensors near the throat or head that can pick up subvocalised or whispered commands - speaking is pretty slow for control commands, but could be great for dictating messages.
* Brain control, sensors that can pick up thought patterns - this seems futuristic, but some advanced tech can already move a cursor and even dictate some words using this. Shouldn't be hard to choose from a HUD menu if designed well.
Ok, maybe I got carried away, but I'm pretty excited by what this sort of tech will be like in 10 years, especially if we can use contacts instead of glasses.
- Lockyy 14y agoWell the glasses do have a touch-pad just below the right temple. Sergey showed it off in that interview where he let the interviewer wear his pair for a minute.
- jakeonthemove 14y agoI'd be pleased if I could just use my smartphone to control the glasses. The touch screen would act as a touchpad/keyboard, and the glasses as the display. For that reason, I also like the Lumus glasses more than Google Glass, at least at the moment: it seems like they'll provide a better experience (also I don't care for the camera feature, which Glass is pushing)...
- tresta 14y agoPersonally I think that the control will be a mix of things, but the obvious primary control system is using your eyes - there already exists technology for having a computer mouse tracking your eyes, with gestures (e.g. extra long stare) to click. It's mainly used for making it possible for paraplegics to control computers at the moment. The technique uses either a camera or a low-intensity laser directed at the eyes to determine the direction of the users gaze, and then trigonometry to determine where at the screen the user is looking. https://www.pcworld.com/article/47604/use_your_head_eye_control_device_replaces_mouse.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/47604/use_your_head_eye_cont...
- realize 14y agoYes, that is one of the more obvious methods of control, whoops.
- tlear 14y agoBig issue with brain wave controls is that they do not work too well when you doing anything physical like running or biking for example. Apparently field generated by working muscles jams the sensor