Hasta La Gadget!

Google I/O 2013 is entering day two in San Francisco and a Google Glass developer session is happening right now. The focus is on the current Mirror API, which allows for online, web services-based apps that push simple content to the headset. This enables current apps like the New York Times. But, the Mirror API is quite limited, allowing only online apps and not providing any direct access to the Glass hardware. That’s changing, though, with Google announcing the Glass Developer Kit, or GDK. This will allow for Android apps that run directly on the Glass hardware, providing much greater functionality and offline access. When is it coming? “Sometime in the future” is the best we’re able to get.

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Source: Google “Developing for Glass” session

It’s been a little while since I last checked in with Glass, but it’s time to file another report and let you know how Glass is fitting in with my life — or, increasingly, how it isn’t. We’re on the eve of Google I/O, where Glass, in its near-current state, was unveiled to the world last year. I figure that by the end of this week the Glass landscape will have shifted, so before anything tilts too drastically, let’s take a final look at where we stand now.

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We’ve seen a few interesting apps built specifically for Google’s new headset but, to our knowledge MedRef for Glass is the first that recognize people’s faces. The basic functions aren’t anything terribly ground breaking: you can create and search patient files, and even add voice or photo notes. What makes Lance Nanek’s creation unique is its support for facial recognition. A user can snap a picture of a subject and upload it to the cloud, where it will search patient records for a match using the Betaface API. All of this can be done, relatively hands-free leaving a doctors well-trained mitts available to perform other necessary medical duties. There’s still a lot of work to do, and Nanek hopes that with more powerful hardware the facial recognition feature could be left running constantly, removing the need to snap and upload photos. In the meantime, if you’re one of the lucky few to have an Explorer edition of Google Glass you can install the package at the source link. Otherwise, you’ll have to make do with the demo video after the break.

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Via: SlashGear

Source: MedRef for Glass, NeatoCode

What’s better than a single pair of Glass Explorer Editions, you say? How about five? Well, that’s exactly what Mr. Adib Towfiq has done, mounting a few of these bizarre frames to his head and, luckily for us, he took to Mountain View’s social network to share it with the world. Now, he asks, “Am I doing it right?” If anything, we’d say this is certainly a step in the right direction.

Edgar: “You stay Glassy, San Diego”
Billy: “What? I’m just multi-tasking!”
Brad: “This is the best way to solve the battery life problem.”
Ben Gilbert: “Adib Towfiq is … THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN.”
Jamie: “Google Glass… Baller Edition”
Tim: “Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Take a picture. Take a picture. Take a picture. Take a picture. Take a picture.”
Richard Lai: “I’m four times cooler than Tim Stevens.”
Jon Fingas: “Augment all the realities!”
Andy: “Am I the man? Yes. Can I walk a straight line? Maybe.”
Darren: “Goooooooooogle Glass”
Terrence: “So I says to myself, ‘I can completely pay off my student loans or buy five Google Glass headsets.’ I have no regrets.”
Mark: ” I see dead people!”
Myriam: “Google glass, now with 10 cores.”

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Source: Adib Towfiq (Google+)

Sure, Glass Explorers can post photos to Google+ with the high-tech headsets straight out of the box, but sharing to other sites requires additional glassware. While Facebook has yet to out its own app for Glass, an unofficial application dubbed Glass To Facebook has just arrived, allowing Google’s adventurers to post images to the social network. Hooking up the the app appears to be an easy affair, consisting of granting the software access to a user’s Google and Facebook accounts, and enabling it with Zuckerberg’s crew. After that, Mountain View’s headgear guinea pigs will be able to snap pictures and shoot them to Facebook. Count yourself as a lucky Google Glass owner? Hit the link below to grab Glass To Facebook.

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Via: TechCrunch

Source: Glass To Facebook