Google’s augemented reality glasses, known as ‘Project Glass’, could be available in the market as early as next year, according to its founder.
Speaking to Current TV, Google co-founder Sergei Brin said”I have some hopes to maybe get it out sometime next year. The project is a heck of a lot further along than people have imagined.”
Last week, Google showed off the first video taken with its ‘Project Glass’ techno-glasses – hi-tech specs that ‘layer’ computer information over the world.
The glasses also have a camera built into the arm, and the glasses are starting to be seen increasingly outside the Google offices, with co-founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin both wearing the devices at public events.
The glasses feature a miniature display that sits above one eye, allowing users to surf the internet, make video calls, listen to music and update their diary without lifting a finger.
The screen is controlled by voice and by tilting your head, the report said.
The technology is known as ‘wearable computing’ and is expected to launch a new generation of gadgets, which display a layer of information over everything the wearer sees, bringing together the search engine, GPS tracking, a phone and a camera.
Watch the first published video taken from a Google Glasses device here:
