Engineer Proposes Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Eye-Controlled

Posted by brennanjp on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @02:34PM
from the bostinno.com dept.

http://bostinno.com/2013/03/13/google-glass-app-to-make-wheelchairs-eye-controlled-proposed-by-engineer/

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Re:Engineer Proposes Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Ey... by eclipxe on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @03:08PM (#5370432)

Except, the Glass UI isn't an overlay over your entire field of vision as this mockup shows.

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Re:Engineer Proposes Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Ey... by simcop2387 on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @03:10PM (#5370450)

Doesn't necessarily have to be, but I think this kind of application for it would be fairly nice. It'd let the whole thing look unobtrusive and if done correctly could be a very easy way to do it for people who have little to no other control over themselves (ALS is in my mind mostly).

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Re:Engineer Proposes Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Ey... by mayank on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @03:11PM (#5370451)

Also, it doesn't have eye tracking.

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Re:Engineer Proposes Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Ey... by chriskelley on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @03:15PM (#5370479)

The article cites a Google patent[1] for eye tracking within a wearable computing device. Hopefully it's still coming down the pipeline for Glass at some point.

[1] http://www.google.com/patents/US8235529

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Re:Engineer Proposes Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Ey... by sir_charles804 on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @04:56PM (#5371057)

This should be tested by Stephen Hawking first.

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