Google has unveiled augmented reality glasses that display a layer of information over everything the wearer sees through them.
The company's first venture into wearable computing, dubbed Project Glass, was demonstrated in a video and post written on Google+.
In the promotional video, titled One Day, a man sends messages to his friends, gets directions for his route and a built-in camera takes pictures along the way.
The video suggests icons offering 14 different services will be offered to the user when the glasses are first put on, including information about the weather, their location and diary appointments.
It appears that several of these services are either triggered by an action taken by the user or the situation they are in.
The film shows one user being reminded he has a date that evening when he looks up at a blank wall, and then warns him that there is a 10% chance it will rain when he looks out of the window.
An alert pops up when a friend sends a text asking if he wants to meet up later in the day. When the user dictates a reply a microphone symbol is superimposed over much of his view.
Other functions include Google Maps showing a route to the wearer's destination with small arrows keeping him on track, the ability to take a photo of what he is looking at with an option to share it with friends, and a video conference service.
The glasses are also shown to allow music and other audio to be heard, although they do not appear to include earphones.
The glasses are wrap-around and feature a small clear display that sits above one eye.
They are not on sale yet but Google employees will be testing prototypes in public.
PC PAL recommend you watch the offical video here https://plus.google.com/u/0/111626127367496192147/posts and tell us what you think?
We think you will be as excited as we are here in the PC PAL office. The phrase that comes to mind is "When, where and how. I WANT ONE NOW!"
