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In early April, the Internet was a buzz with news of Project Glass, Google's camera-toting, heads-up-display vision of the future of wearable computing. A concept video showing how the device might work (which can be viewed via http://tinyurl.com/bl83lvr) fired the imagination of many, as well as inspiring more than a few parody videos. The footage revealed that Project Glass was essentially a pair of spectacles that provide an AR overlay controlled by small head movements. If the clip is to be believed, the specs will be able to do everything from take covert photos to teaching you to play the ukulele.
"We believe technology should work for you - to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't," explained Google in a statement. "A team within our Google[x] group started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment."
Only a few short weeks later, it transpired that video game titan Valve was working a similar wearable computing project, this one with a focus on gaming, While still very much in the early stages - Valve developer Michael Abrash was adamant that a product from this project might be years away -Valve was happy to admit that cult geek novel Snow Crash was a major inspiration.
"I wouldn't be at Valve doing this - in fact. Valve itself might not be here - if it weren't for Snow Crash diverting my career told [software] in the first place," said Abrash.
Abrash also had a clear vision of what he wanted to produce: "by 'wearable computing' I mean mobile computing where both computer-generated graphics and the real world are seamlessly overlaid in your view; there is no separate display that you hold in your hands".
"We believe technology should work for you - to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't," explained Google in a statement. "A team within our Google[x] group started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment."
Only a few short weeks later, it transpired that video game titan Valve was working a similar wearable computing project, this one with a focus on gaming, While still very much in the early stages - Valve developer Michael Abrash was adamant that a product from this project might be years away -Valve was happy to admit that cult geek novel Snow Crash was a major inspiration.
"I wouldn't be at Valve doing this - in fact. Valve itself might not be here - if it weren't for Snow Crash diverting my career told [software] in the first place," said Abrash.
Abrash also had a clear vision of what he wanted to produce: "by 'wearable computing' I mean mobile computing where both computer-generated graphics and the real world are seamlessly overlaid in your view; there is no separate display that you hold in your hands".
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