Spy Glasses: No Longer Just For Spies

Ever seen a spy movie where the spy has goggles with an interface that pops up and scans the crowd or has built-in GPS showing him the way to his destination? By the end of this year Google will release glasses that seem to come right out of a nerd's fantasy. These glasses will look something like Oakley Thumps and cost somewhere between $250 and $600. These glasses will be Android based and have a unique navigation system consisting of head tilting to scroll and click. According to designers, these actions become almost instinctive through practice and almost unnoticeable to observers. The glasses will allow you to access GPS as well as having a low resolution camera that allows use of Google Goggles, which searches the web for what you're looking at and tells you what it is. They will also be connected to other Google features. Walking down the street you might look at the house to your right and the glasses could tell you one of your friends on Google Plus lives there. However, some privacy issues come along with these cool glasses. The Google team is making an effort so people know when the camera is being used on the glasses. I know that this will be one cool gadget that is definitely worth checking out when released later this year.

For more information, visit this New York Times article.
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