O1 - Project Glass

Google is on its way to another money booming creation, and this time it’s something that you may not have even thought possible. It is called, Project Glass.

The basic concept of the project is a type of eyewear that you can put on just like glasses, but there are many things you can do while wearing these ‘glasses’. It’s almost as if they have a mind of their own, doing things such as automatically checking the weather when you look out the window, or reminding you to do things when you stare at a blank wall. There have been rumors that the technology will come out before the end of the year, with a price range of $250-$600. Experts are saying that this may not be true, since the technology may need to be worked on for quite some time.

It would be another step, if not leap, into the technology world. There are other things that you could do on these glasses that may wipe out other companies. You can send and receive text messages, along with participating in video chats.

Recently, there as a video on YouTube that was released showing what you would experience if you were to wear the glasses. It starts off with a man waking up and putting the glasses on. He then proceeded to look out the window, which showed him the current weather, and the highs and lows for the day. As he was on his way to the subway to reach his destination, the glasses notified him that the subway services were down for the day, and then proceeded to give him walking directions to his destination. As he made his way to the store, he said out loud, “Where is the music section?” The glasses the pulled up a mini map of the layout of the store, and gave him to directions to the music section. He got a book on Learning Ukulele, and went on with his day. At the end of the video, it shows him at the top of a tall building, and his girlfriend video calls him. She pops up on the bottom of the glasses, and all she can see if the city that he is looking at. He then pulls out a ukulele and plays a song for his girlfriend.

The point of the video is to show how convenient these glasses can make your day, but I believe there are many disadvantages to these glasses. One being that random things can just pop up in front of you while you are walking or driving, and it could be very distracting. That could easily result in serious injury or even death. Also, some are comparing this technology to the movie, “WALL-E”. If you haven’t seen it, the basic premise is a futuristic view of people and how technology is going to bring us down. In the movie, people sit in hovering chairs that they can control with their hands, and anything that they would ever need is available right in front of them due to holographic technology. Things such as eating, socializing, and basic everyday procedures. Project Glass may bring humans to the epitome of laziness, and it could very well make us much less motivated to try and help the world for the better.

It seems as if technology is getting too convenient these days. Who knows what the future has to bring us?