Smart Glasses Zach Ceneviva and Nick Dacosta EDSGN 100, Section 023 What’s to come?
● What Smart Glasses are ● Who invented Smart Glasses and when ● How Smart Glasses work ● Application ● Availability ● Success ● Ethical considerations ● Augmented Reality vs. Virtual Reality ● Conclusion Smart glasses are a form of augmented reality.
● Augmented Reality: Adds senses to the
existing, real environment.
● Integration of virtuality into the tangible world
● Wearable computer in the form of glasses
● Not currently designed for full time wear
● Human Computer Interface control Smart Glasses are a young piece of technology.
● First prototyped in late 2012 ● APX Labs has prototyped many Smart Glasses, including the first ever ● Google Glass was a breakthrough for Smart Glasses ○ Manufactured by Foxconn Technology Group Smart Glasses integrates a computer, cameras, and sensors in order to deliver the augmented reality experience. ● Similar to the components of a smartphone ○ Cameras, sensors, GPS, speakers, microphones, CPU ● Eye tracking helps to determine what the user is looking at ● Mini projectors help to cast virtual 3D objects into the real world ● Access information through apps ● Display on a single eye ● Onboard computer processes all of this information Smart Glasses were created for many purposes.
● Capture personal experiences from the POV of the user ● Navigate the user on roads or indicate speeding ● Universal remote control with compatible devices through hand gestures ● Sighted companion for blind people by giving them information through vibrations ● Students can view textbooks and virtual 3D worlds ● Promotes playing outside and interaction with others ● Can display performance measurement and comparison Smart Glasses Technology is becoming increasingly more available. ● There are many units out there already, but very basic in comparison to what is coming ● Many companies have set 2016/2017 as their anticipated release dates ● Prototypes are looking very promising ● Examples: Google Glass, Meta, Atheer One, Vuzix M-100 ($300-$1600) Smart Glasses have seen little success thus far.
● Google Glass went out of production less than a year after becoming commercially available ● Many laws and legislation surrounding smart glasses have restricted their application ● Not attractive looking ● Technology is not optimized yet Smart Glasses come with several ethical concerns.
● Privacy issues
● Potential threat of cheating on exams
● Distracting Augmented Reality vs. Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality:
● Surroundings enhanced by the use of virtual objects ● User can see the real world along with the virtual one ● User can interact with the virtual objects
Virtual Reality:
● Creates a virtual world where the user can immerse themselves in ● See the virtual world only ● Direct movements affect the virtual world Conclusion
● Smart Glasses are a form of augmented reality ● Promising technology that comes with many ethical dilemmas ● Hasn’t been extraordinarily successful so far ● Not the same as virtual reality ● Learned what augmented reality is and more behind the application and technology of Smart Glasses References
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