World’s top two social networking websites Facebook and Twitter
both unveiled especially designed applications for Google Glass. For your information, Google is developing
Google Glass, which is basically a wearable computer with a head-mounted
display (HMD). Google Glass can show information in a smartphone like hands
free format. And it can also be able to connect with the internet via voice
commands.
Google Glass is such a product, which is first of its kind. Eventually
this Google’s product already received recognition by Times Magazine as one of
the ‘Best inventions of 2012’. Google is trying to get into partnerships with
leading Sunglass retailers like Ray-Ban, and it may also come up with its own
retails stores to allow the interested customers to own the device.
On May 2013, Google itself unveiled the grand release of seven new apps,
which are fully compatible with the Google Glass. Some of these apps are
fashion news from Elle, news alerts from CNN, and reminders from Evernote. Now
Facebook and Twitter have also decided to join the league by developing these
new apps for the users of the Google Glass.
Mr. Erick Tseng, who is the head of mobile products at Facebook, said
that the application will allow its users to easily upload photos that will be
taken by Google Glass, directly to the Facebook timeline. How cool is that? The
Facebook app will also allow the users to add description to the uploaded
collages by just speaking it.
The Engineer Manager of Twitter Mr. Shiv Ramamurthi said that the
designated Twitter app will allow the users to send and share
snapshots/pictures using the Google Glass. Not only that this app will also
help to keep an eye on the people being followed on Twitter via series of
notifications. As an added factor, a consumer will also be able to access the
general features of Twitter like favorite the tweets or images, retweet, or
reply to his/her own tweets.
One can easily access many existing Google applications like Gmail,
Google Maps, and Google Plus via Google Glass. Many well-known developers and
companies have started making applications for this device. Some of the
successfully built apps are photo manipulation, facial recognition, and news
apps. It is quite likely that LinkedIn, which recently crosses 200 million users in India, too may come up with their specialized apps
for Glass.
It has to be added here that for now Google Glass is available to a very
limited number of developers, and they have paid around $1,500 for each
eyewear. A person can easily take
pictures, send messages, record as many videos as they want, or even perform a
few specified tasks with voice-commands or by speaking phrases like ‘Okay Glass’, ‘record a video’, ‘take a picture’.
Mr. Eric Schmidt, who is the current Executive Chairman of Google,
admitted that it would take some more time before the consumer version of the
Google Glass is made available for the common people. However, the coveted
consumers can expect it later in 2013 only, as now Google is now working
specifically on models that can be accompanied with lenses that are prescribed.
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I'm hoping k Google Glass will become the best gadget ever made by mankind...bt it has some security issues too...Still am hoping for the best
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