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This is... pretty seriously disappointing, if it's supposed to be the whole thing (or close to the whole thing). I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and ass
by jimrandomh 14y ago
This is... pretty seriously disappointing, if it's supposed to be the whole thing (or close to the whole thing). I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they're going to publish the rest later, and not deliberately hobbling it to prevent the public from getting creeped out by the hardware's capabilities.
- msoad 14y agoKeep in mind this is Google Mirror API documentation not Google Glass apps API. Google Mirror API is for puting stuff in front of user eye. As far as I know you can not get information from Google Glass with this API.
- ditojim 14y agoyou can get location information and interact with any media (text, photo, video) along with contacts via the api.
- cloudwalking 14y agoGlass is an entirely new kind of device; to have good ideas I think we need to wear it and experience the world through it. The API is fairly constrained, but so is the device (eg always in the field of view). And strict constraints, when enforced for good reason, often lead to interesting products (eg Twitter).
- rasur 14y agoSee the work of Prof. Steve Mann, specifically "EyeTap". I understand one of his ex-students is on the Glass team, however "an entirely new kind of device" it is not. It has a heritage of ideas and implementations that are around 30 years old.
- kanzure 14y agoIt would be easier to take Steve Mann seriously if he would just release more/any schematics.
- awaythrowme 14y agoTake him seriously about what? That he has built the devices he claims to have built? That he actually wants widespread wearable computing?
- rasur 14y agoCheck his book "Intelligent Image Processing" for info on the EyeTap, plus lots of other interesting stuff. (edit: typo)
- DanBC 14y agoThat's true, but Glass is the first time something like this has been mass-produced. It's clearly a version 1 product, even though there have been other people doing similar stuff before glass.
- fudged71 14y agoPlenty of the awesome things you can do with android weren't available when it came out. Everything new needs to start small.
- coopdog 14y agoThere's no augmented reality, but from the docs it looks like you can stream audio and video to and from a service, maintain awareness of the users location whether they're using the app or not, and push interactive notifications. About all it's missing is a HUD, which will no doubt come as soon as the batteries can handle it.