2013

SEMINAR REPORT

By Athul Santhosh CHM s5 Model polytechnic college Mala, Kallettumkara

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Google GLSS

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Chapter no.

GOOGLE GLASS

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OVERVIEW OF GOOGLE GLASS

2 3 DESIGN

TECHNICAL SPCIFICATIONS

DISPLAY OF GOOGLE GLASS SPEAKER OF GOOGLE GLASS PROCESSOR TOUCH PAD CAMERA&MICROPHONE

OVERALL WORKING

SOME FIELDS THAT MAY CHANGE WITH GOOGLE GLASS

CONCLUSION

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About GLASS:
Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD). It is part of the Google X Lab, which works on other futuristic technologies. The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands-free displaying of information currently available to most smart phone users, and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands. The functionality and physical appearance (minimalist design of the aluminium strip with 2 nose pads) makes this device Glass is an attempt to free data from desktop computers and portable devices like phones and tablets, and place it right in front of your eyes. Essentially, Google Glass is a camera, display, touchpad, battery and microphone built into spectacle frames so that you can perch a display in your field of vision, film, take pictures, search and translate on the go.

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GOOGLE GLASS : OVERVIEW

entertainment and, this being a Google product, may be advertisements too onto the lenses. These glasses have the combined features of virtual reality and augmented reality. The Google Glasses can use a 4G cell connection to pull in information from Googles mountain of data and display info about the real world in augmented reality on the lens in front of your eye. As you turn your head youll get information about your surroundings and nearby objects from Google Goggles, info on buildings and establishments from Google Maps, even your friends nearby check-ins from Latitude. The company has no plans to sell ads into your newly augmented view of the world, but will consider it if the product really catches on.

Figure : Overview of Google Glass The glasses are not being designed to be worn constantly although Google engineers expect some users will wear them a lot but will be more like smart phones, used when needed, with the lenses serving as a kind of see-through computer monitor. Google glasses are basically wearable computers that works with the help of Android phones and tablets (or simply a bluetooth enabled phone) . Unlike smart phones and tablets, the glasses are not equipped with GPS, they pair up with any android device for the purpose. They contain a camera and audio inputs and output systems .Several people who have seen the glasses, said that the location information was a major feature of the glasses. Through the built-in camera on the glasses, Google will be able to stream images to its rack computers and return augmented reality information to the person wearing them. For instance, a person looking at a landmark could see detailed historical information and comments about it. If facial recognition software becomes accurate enough, the glasses could remind a wearer of when and how he met the vaguely familiar person standing in front of him at a party. They might also be used for virtual reality games that use the real world as the playground.

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SPECIFICATIONS OF GOOGLE GLASS explorer edition

Also known as project Glass

Developer: Google Manufacturer : Foxconn USA

Type : Augmented reality (AR),head-mounted display (HMD),Wearable technology, Wearable computer Release date : Developers (US): February 2013 Developer version: $1,500 USD Android(4.0.4)

Introductory price : Operating system : Power

: Rechargeable battery

CPU: OMAP 4430 SoC, dual-core Storage capacity: 16 GB Flash total (12 GB of usable memory) Memory: 1GB RAM (682MB available to developers) Display : Prism projector (equivalent of a 25 in. screen from 8 ft. away) Sound : Bone conduction transducer

Input : Voice command through microphone Controller input : Touchpad, MyGlass phone app Camera : Photos - 5 MP, videos - 720p Connectivity : Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, micro USB Backward Compatibility : Any Bluetooth-capable phone; MyGlassApp requires Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher Website : google.com/glass

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DESIGN

Display of Glasss

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Google Glass uses display technology that puts data in front of your vision courtesy of a prism screen This is designed to be easily seen without obstructing your view(visual overlaying). According to Google, the display is equivalent of a 25 inch high definition screen eight feet away. Overlaying data to users field of vision has obvious benefits, Directions become more intuitive (although there is no GPS on board so you will have to pair it with your phone) User can view realtime translations or transcriptions, and you can scroll through and reply to messages

Speaker of Glass
Speaker of glass is a bone conduction headphone

Figure : comparison between traditional headphones and bone conduction transducer Traditional headphones vibrates the air inside the air and the air induces vibrations on the ear drum and one is able to hear the sound but the technology used in google glass is different , google glass uses bone conduction technology to produce sound. Bone conduction headphone vibrates the cranial bones to make the user hear sound. This technology wasnt introduced by google , bone

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conduction headphones already exist . google adapted this because it has the following benefits Induces vibrations on the cranial bones directly unlike traditional headphones Does not block external noise Maintains sound clarity in very noisy environment

Processor
Processor used in google glass is OMAP SoC 4430 dual core . OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Platform) is a series of image/video processors developed by Texas Instruments. . OMAP 4430 is the 4th generation OMAP. It runs at clock speed of 1.2GHz. OMAP has Integrated 3D graphics accelerator. It also uses a dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller compared to Nvidia Tegra 2's single-channel memory controller.

Controller Touch pad

Touch pad is also an important part of glass , length is from users temple to ear. Just a tap is required to wake up the glass (google glass will wake up to its home screen , a clock ) . then the timeline will be displayed. Scroll to the cards of the time line and tap to select one. Swipe down anywhere to go back.

Camera ,microphone
Google glass consists of a camera which can take photos of 5 MP and record videos upto 720p. Microphone is inbuilt , for voice commands and text input.Voice command or button can be used to take pictures& videos

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WORKING

Google glass requires a phone to work Android device with o.s version 4.0.3 or above (or any blue tooth enabled phone) for using navigation glass needs android phone . It pairs up with phone to establish a connection to internet. User can communicate with the device via voice commands (Natural language) Eg. Ok glass, now take a picture for taking photo

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FIELDS THAT MAY CHANGE

Online distance education Whether it's cooking, auto mechanics or beauty tips, Google Glass will make distance learning more fun, interactive and accessible.

Aviation Imagine pilots using Google Glass to receive turn-by-turn directions to their destination or nearest airport. With Glass as the ultimate heads-up display, coordinates and descriptions of nearby landmarks would be visible at all times, No need to look down at the control panel.

Healthcare Experts believe augmented reality will have many uses in the medical field, especially during complicated surgery.

Law Enforcement/Armed Forces Google Glass could make law enforcement professionals could document suspicious or criminal activity in progress and potentially use the video footage as evidence

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CONCLUSION
Exciting device with data and network integration

Costly for individuals Great business, learning, data and services Boon for many professionals like Doctors & police officers Assistance to disabled individuals The best navigation experience