We have heard rumours that Google was working augmented reality eyeglasses that would display knowledge relevant to wearers as they go through their everyday process of Google project glass. Now Google itself has confirmed this as Google project glass, complete with a video of what they might be able to do.
The video is cold. You see someone beginning their day, Google project glass getting knowledge about subway closures, walking directions with heads-up display of turns to take, speaking to the Google project glass to make a reminder to buy concert tickets, speaking to take a picture, taking a phone call with video & more.
The reality is, well, they don’t know. The video is not showing the actual Google project glass in action but an idea of what they might be able to do. Even the images of people on the Google+ page that serves as a home for Project Glass are showing the actual.
Nick Belton from the New York Times reports there's several different prototypes actually being used & has spoken to some who have worn them. Person talks about taking a picture with them, but by using a button, not by speaking Google project glass.
So those glasses, perhaps they are prototypes or perhaps the actual functioning glasses are much more bulky.
Google project glass From the Image, perhaps of the largest questions will be, in the event that they do ever get sold, would you like them in black or white? I see both colors in the design models:
