The document discusses Google Glass, a wearable computer developed by Google that features an optical head-mounted display for hands-free access to information and internet interaction through voice commands. It outlines its development, technologies used, how it operates, and includes details on its specifications, features, advantages, and disadvantages. Google Glass aims to combine augmented and virtual reality for an immersive user experience while highlighting both its potential benefits and concerns regarding safety and privacy.

1. Presented by
Ajay Kumar Mahato
Kamakshya Prasad Tripathy
Project On

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CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Development
3. Technologies Used
4. How It Works ?
5. Technical Specification
6. Features
7. Advantages
8. Disadvantages
9. Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION
 Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted
display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project
Glass research and development project, with a mission of
producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer.
 Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to
develop an augmented reality Head-Mounted Display (HMD). The
intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands-free
displaying of information currently available to most smartphone
users, and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural
language voice commands

4.  The Google Glasses can use a 4G cell connection to pull in
information from Google’s mountain of data and display info
about the real world in augmented reality on the lens in front
of your eye.
 Like smartphones and tablets, the glasses will be equipped with
GPS and motion sensors. They will also contain a camera and
audio inputs and outputs.
 These glasses will have the combined features of virtual reality
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and augmented reality.

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Virtual Reality (VR)
 Virtual reality is a term that applies to computer-simulated
environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the
real world, as well as in imaginary worlds.
 Virtual reality is often used to describe a wide variety of
applications commonly associated with immersive, highly visual,
3D environments.

6.  It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in
which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished
rather than augmented) by a computer.
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DEVELOPMENT
 Glass is being developed by Google X,
which has worked on other futuristic
technologies such as driverless cars.
 The project was announced on Google+
by Project Glass lead Babak Parviz , an
electrical engineer who has also worked
on putting displays into contact lenses.
 Google has patented the design of Project
Glass. Thad Starner , an augmented
reality expert, is a technical lead/manager
on the project.
Babak Parviz

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TECHNOLOGIES USED
 Wearable Computing
 Ambient Intelligence
 Smart Clothing
 Eye Tap Technology
 Smart Grid Technology
 4G Technology
 Android Technology

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 Wearable Computing
 Wearable computers, also known as body-borne
computers are miniature electronic devices that are
worn by the bearer under, with or on top of clothing.
 One of the main features of a wearable computer is
consistency. There is a constant interaction between
the computer and user, i.e. there is no need to turn
the device on or off.

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 Another feature is the ability to multi-task. It is not
necessary to stop what you are doing to use the device; it
is augmented into all other actions.

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 Ambient Intelligence
 Electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive
to the presence of people.
 Devices work in concert to support people in carrying out
their everyday life activities.
 The technology disappears into our surroundings until
only the user interface remains perceivable by users.

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 Smart Clothing
 It is a combination of new fabric technology and digital
technology.
 The clothing is made with new signal-transfer fabric
technology installed with digital devices.

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 Eye Tap Technology
 Eye Tap is a device that is worn in front of the eye that
acts as a eye to record the scene available to the eye as
well as a display.
 Eye Tap intakes the world around it and augments the
image the user sees allowing it to overlay computer-generated
data over top of the normal world the user
would perceive.

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 Smart Grid Technology
 Smart grid is an electrical grid that uses information and
communications technologies to gather and act on
information about the behaviour of suppliers and
consumers, in an automated fashion.
 It improves the efficiency, reliability, economics, and
sustainability of the production and distribution of
electricity.

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 4G Technology
 4G is the fourth generation of cell phone
mobile communication standards.
 This system provides mobile ultra
broadband Internet access with data rates
of 300Mbps in mobility to 1Gbps while
stationary.
 The data speed can make the device run
about its purpose.

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 Android Technology
 Android is a Linux-based
operating for mobile
devices such as smart
phones and tablet
computers, developed
by Google in conjunction
with the Open handset
Alliance

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HOW IT WORKS ?
COMPONENTS
 Visual Display (Prism)
 Camera
 Speaker
 Button
 Microphone
 CPU
 Battery
 Touchpad

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Video Display
 Its features with the small video display that is used to
display the pop up hands free information.

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Camera
 It has a front facing video camera with which photos
and videos can be taken in a glimpse.

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Speaker
 Google glasses are designed to be hands free wearable
device that can be used to make or receive calls too.
So a speaker is also designed by the ear.

21. Button
 A single button on the side of the frame sophisticates
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the glasses to work with the physical touch input. It
can be used in multi-purposeful ways and it acts
according to the context.

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Microphone
 A microphone is also put in, that can take the voice
commands of the wearer of user. This microphone is
also used for having telephonic communication.

23. Voice Activation
 Other than the touchpad, Google Glass can be controlled using
"voice actions". To activate Glass, wearers tilt their heads 30°
upward (which can be altered for preference) or tap the
touchpad, and say "O.K., Glass." Once Glass is activated, wearers
can say an action, such as "Take a picture", "Record a video",
"Hangout with [person/Google+ circle]", "Google 'What year was
Wikipedia founded?'", "Give me directions to the Eiffel Tower",
and "Send a message to John"(many of these commands can be
seen in a product video released in February 2013). For search
results that are read back to the user, the voice response is
relayed using bone conduction through a transducer that sits
beside the ear, thereby rendering the sound almost inaudible to
other people.
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CPU
 It includes a dual-core TI OMAP 4430 processor, the
same CPU as the original Kindle Fire and DROID
RAZR.

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Battery
 It uses Lithium Polymer battery (2.1 Wh ).

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Touchpad
 A touchpad is located on the side of Google Glass, allowing
users to control the device by swiping through a timeline-like
interface displayed on the screen. Sliding backward shows
current events, such as weather, and sliding forward shows
past events, such as phone calls, photos, circle updates, etc.

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TECHINCAL SPECIFICATION
Manufacturer Faxconn
Operating System Android 4.0.4
Power Lithium Polymer
Battery (2.1Wh)
CPU OMAP 4430 SoC, Dual
Core
Storage Capacity 16GB Flash total,
12GB of usable memory
RAM 1GB(682MB usable)
Display Prism Projector,
640*360 pixels
Sound Bone Conduction
Transducer

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Input Voice command through
microphone,Accelerometer,
Gyroscope, magnetometer,
Ambient light sensor,
proximity sensor
Controller Input Touchpad , MyGlass phone
app
Camera Photos-5MP,Videos-720p
Connectivity Wifi-802.11b/g, Bluetooth,
micro USB
Weight 50g

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FEATURES
Record videos, take pictures
 Just say the word and Google Glass will take a picture or
record a video – you will never have to touch the hardware.
The photos and videos will be stored on the 4GB flash
memory of the device, and can also be shared on social
networking websites or emailed.

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Show messages
 Google Glass will show you text messages as well as emails
you receive and allow you to reply to them via voice
commands.

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Find information
 If you are in the habit of Googling things a lot, you will find
that your task has been made easier by the new Glass. You
simply need to ask a question and the device will pull the
answer from the internet.

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Show maps
 The widely used Google Maps are integrated into Glass, so
that users will be able to chart the course of their journey or
look up locations or establishments via voice commands.

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Live video sharing
 Google Glass can show the world what you are seeing – live!
If you are attending a family function, your child’s school play
or a concert, you can share the feed with your friends and
family in real-time and make them a part of the experience.

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Integrates Google Now
 Google Now, the digital voice assistant from the search giant,
has been integrated in this device. It will keep track of your
daily habits, such as when you leave for office or the route
you take. It will give you alternate routes if there is traffic on
the way or give you weather updates periodically, among
various other functions.

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Translate
 This is a neat feature that may come in handy when you
travel abroad. You simply need to ask Google Glass to
translate a phrase or sentence from one language to another
and it will speak that out.

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ADVANTAGES
 Easy to wear and use.
 Sensitive and responsive to the presence of people.
 Fast access of maps, documents, videos, chats and much
more.
 A new trend for fashion lovers together being an innovative
technology.
 A spectacle based computer to reside directly on your eyes
rather than in your pouch or pocket.
 A useful technology for all kinds of handicapped/disabled
people.

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DISADVANTAGES
 Can be easily broken or damaged. Users will have a tough
time taking care of it.
 It may lead to accidents while driving.
 The resource for running these glasses is still unknown. Will
there be a battery or it will run using solar energy?
 Privacy of people may breach with new glasses.
 Can be used only in metro cities.

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CONCLUSION
 Google Glass is as futuristic a gadget we’ve seen in recent
times. It’s limited in scope right now, but the future, Google
believes, is bright and the device itself is “incredibly
compelling”.
 Google glasses are basically wearable computers that use the
evolving familiar technologies that brings the sophistication
and ease of communication and information access even for
the physically challenged class of people those literally could
not use general way of palmtops and mobiles.

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