Google Glass Study

Tony Lee (tonylee@motherapp.com)

Hardware• Photos: 5MP, Video: 720p

• WiFi/Bluetooth

• Free Storage: 12GB

• Battery: <1 day

• Gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer

• Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor

Software & Other

• Software

• OS: Android 4.0

• MyGlass app (for GPS & SMS): Android 4.0.3+

• Price (USD): $1,500 for explorer

Type of interaction

Cards?

Cards?

Inputs

• Touch Gestures

• Voice Input

• Location & Sensors

• Camera

Touch Gestures

• Swipe forward & back

• Swipe down: back / turn display off

• Tap: activate glass / select a card

Voice Input

• “OK glass, …”

• Question: Can I customize it for internal use?

Location

• Must work with Android phone or tablet

Unsupported

• Orientation

• Ambient Temperature

• Pressure

• Proximity

• Relative Humidity

• Temperature

SensorsSupported

• Accelerometer

• Gravity

• Gyroscope

• Light

• Linear Acceleration

• Magnetic Field

• Rotation Vector

Camera

• Photo taking triggered by

• photo taking button

• or “intent” (software-triggered)

• Question: Is preview necessary to take picture?

Outputs

• Display

• Audio

• Vibration

Display

• One side only

• Equivalent to 25 inch display from 8 feet away

Audio

• Bone Conduction Transducer

• Almost inaudible to others

Applications

Interactive AR

QR Scanner

• Show cards when QR code detected

iBeacon

• Question: iBeacon in Google Glass?

• wait until Android 4.3 on Google Glass

More…

• Any other?

Limitations

• Cannot “forbid” people from escaping the app

• Costly

• Limited supply

• Don’t know how the glass handles apps (e.g. how to force-close?)