Through a Glass, darkly? The impact of Google's new specs

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- - Through a Glass, darkly? The impact of Google's new specs
  - 16/07/2012
  - Debbi Evans
I can see the future
Google (2012) ©

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Google's Project Glass involves a lightweight pair of spectacles with a context-aware heads-up display that beams all your data (mobile, social, search) onto your peripheral vision, as and when you need it. Its purpose, claims Sergey Brin, is to make people forget about technology and start living again.

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Industry Behaviour Technology

Location United States

Keywords Context We Are All Media Simple Interfaces Augmented Reality Google

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