At a conference in San Francisco in April 2012, Google demonstrated its new development - augmented reality glasses, which impose a virtual layer on what people see in reality.
Glasses, in fact, are a frame without glasses, which is a support for the display. It is located just above the right eye so as not to interfere with the real view. There is also a built-in miniature video camera capable of transmitting an image to the Internet, which is now visible to the user.
A presentation video about a new product called Project Glass shows the practical possibilities of augmented reality glasses. When looking at the window, the user receives information on the outdoor temperature on the display. If a person gets lost, glasses will show him the correct route, etc. They can largely replace a mobile phone, since they allow you to receive and send SMS, send voice messages.
Most likely, when the product appears in its final form, it will use the Android operating system and in the initial versions will be paired with a smartphone. While in secret laboratories near the headquarters of Google, work is in full swing, led by Steve Lee, Babak Parviz and Sebastian Tran. Each of them has original and very talented developments behind them. They have yet to announce a timeline for the final implementation of the project, although it has already been announced in the press that the bulk sale of Project Glass will open by Christmas. But the level of complexity and the thousands of gadget possibilities opening up could mean that the work may take longer than planned.
In the meantime, augmented reality glasses could be purchased for $ 1,500 by the conference participants, where they were stunningly presented. The huge screen of the conference hall showed pictures from cameras of paratroopers who landed on the roof of the building in which the forum was held. There they handed the glasses to the cyclists, who, to thunderous applause, brought them into the hall. The broadcast was met with a bang.
