Have you ever wondered why technology
advances in a progressive form? Why is that we couldn’t have invented certain
things we have today twenty years ago? Does this mean we are becoming smarter
with time? But then Einstein, Newton, etc. were arguably the smartest living
souls to have graced Mother Earth, right? And they lived decades ago and still
set the standard of a lot of scientific practices today. I always wonder why
exactly certain things have to be invented in a certain period of the future
and not now. It could be most probably due to building upon trial-and-error
research and development. Or lack of certain alloys. Or simply lack of certain materials.
Who knows?
Project Glass
Innovation is out there – it will always
be. There are companies that set a mesmerizing standard for others to follow
with their incredible attention-to-detail in R&D. A few of these
corporations could be Apple, Microsoft, most Japanese vehicle manufacturers,
Samsung and maybe to a point, Sony. Another one is Google. A pioneer in search
technology, most other products they release also perform surprisingly well
with consumers. From Google Translate to Google Tracks, you name it – they
almost always set a standard for a product released.
And one product they’re going to release
is Google Glasses. Based on Augmented
Reality technology, the glasses’ lenses display information as an
AR-enabled smartphone would and it can interact with the internet using the
wearer’s voice commands. All this coupled with the Android OS. And it works
just as a smartphone using augmented reality – look at something, and a live
data feed will send digital information onto the lens’ display showing you what
you’re looking at, and where you are, if GPS is activated. Brilliant, isn’t it?
(especially considering the minimalist appearance).
Releases would take place this year and
even though it’s still in its beta stage, the stir it’s causing is sensational.
Simply sensational.
Google will most likely hit a home run
again.
I’m just wondering how in the world did
they manage to fit all these features onto a pair of glasses?
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