Google Glasses Project: Features of Android Augmented Reality Goggles

Google Glasses Project is an effort to launch Augmented Reality Goggles in the consumer market, a gadgets once though to be a purely Sci-Fi or Spy movies' stuff.

Google SmartGlasses Gadget will run its Android smartphone operating system software. The new SmartGlasses can integrate with smartphones and other bluetooth enabled devices, aimed to be a revolutionary future technology personal gadget next to the invention of PC and smartphone.

This concept of smart goggles has been kicked around for a long time, but despite of horrible privacy concerns, now it seems to be a near future reality, perhaps even closer than it was thought.

Our of all Google Glasses rumors, speculation, technological exaggeration and internet whizzes; here under is a Google Glasses information rundown covering most of the things you might need to know about this upcoming class of gadgets:

Google Project Glass is expected to give a new meaning to information finding by making mobile apps more useful with the help of Augmented Reality Apps. As a replacement for using a smartphone to find information about something, translating text, getting directions, comparing prices, one will use some Smart Google Goggles that augment the reality, helping user to understand more about things around by proving useful information. In this way Google Glass with the help of Android based Augmented Reality apps could be even more valuable than Apple iPhone Siri app.

Google Glasses Project Features and Specs

Google Glasses will be running Android operating system with camera(s), speakers, microphone and a network connection to access internet in order to receive real time data from server. The interface will be neat and simple with only relevant information.

According to NYT, Smart Google Goggles will include a small screen that will place a few inches from user’s eye. The Google Augmented Reality Glasses will also have a 3G or 4G data connection coupled with a number of sensors including motion and GPS. The head tilting movements will be use to navigation system and to scroll and click. Input/Output devices on the Google Glasses will include voice input and output. Rest of hardware specs, including CPU, RAM and memory will be same as the modern smartphones are using today.

Other than typical use of Camera for image capturing, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Face Recognition Google Project Glasses are intended to much more that what today’s smartphones are delivering.

During giving product demonstration Google Goggles was able to control slide advance, show the current slide and include ongoing voice conversation on a teleprompter that then automatically scrolled to the speaking speed. Another feature reported to be on-board is something in Google Goggles to like handling real-time video streaming.










One of the persons who has got a chance to use the smart Google Glasses prototype, during presentation, described her experience as:

They let technology get out of your way. If I want to take a picture I don't have to reach into my pocket and take out my phone; I just press a button at the top of the glasses and that's it.

Google Glasses Release Date

Sources close to Google are claiming that the new Google Goggles are about to launched with a release date as close as by the end of this year 2013 or more probably 2014 Q1. However, it will be very challenging if Google will be actually able sell these smart glasses in the consumer market, this sooner.

Because there are a number of issues that need to be addressed before releasing a commercial product, from battery life to FCC approval and from shipping to making other software hardware venders prepared to bring compatible application.

We are sure it will take a while for major software and hardware vendors to provide compatibility and interfacing with Google Smart Glasses.

While Google Project Glass prepares its Google Augmented Reality Goggles for the market, here under is a video for you, to learn how Google Project Glass will look like and how android based Google Augmented Reality Apps glasses could be helpful: