Re:Google Glass API Documentation
by jimrandomh on Monday April 15, 2013 @10:17PM
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This is... pretty seriously disappointing, if it's supposed to be the whole thing (or close to the whole thing). I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they're going to publish the rest later, and not deliberately hobbling it to prevent the public from getting creeped out by the hardware's capabilities.
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Keep in mind this is Google Mirror API documentation not Google Glass apps API.
Google Mirror API is for puting stuff in front of user eye. As far as I know you can not get information from Google Glass with this API.
you can get location information and interact with any media (text, photo, video) along with contacts via the api.
Re:Google Glass API Documentation
by cloudwalking on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @12:16AM
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Glass is an entirely new kind of device; to have good ideas I think we need to wear it and experience the world through it. The API is fairly constrained, but so is the device (eg always in the field of view). And strict constraints, when enforced for good reason, often lead to interesting products (eg Twitter).
See the work of Prof. Steve Mann, specifically "EyeTap". I understand one of his ex-students is on the Glass team, however "an entirely new kind of device" it is not. It has a heritage of ideas and implementations that are around 30 years old.
It would be easier to take Steve Mann seriously if he would just release more/any schematics.
Check his book "Intelligent Image Processing" for info on the EyeTap, plus lots of other interesting stuff.
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Re:Google Glass API Documentation
by awaythrowme on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @10:33AM
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Take him seriously about what? That he has built the devices he claims to have built? That he actually wants widespread wearable computing?
That's true, but Glass is the first time something like this has been mass-produced. It's clearly a version 1 product, even though there have been other people doing similar stuff before glass.
Plenty of the awesome things you can do with android weren't available when it came out. Everything new needs to start small.
There's no augmented reality, but from the docs it looks like you can stream audio and video to and from a service, maintain awareness of the users location whether they're using the app or not, and push interactive notifications. About all it's missing is a HUD, which will no doubt come as soon as the batteries can handle it.