Is This The Next Big Thing?
Google’s electronic eyewear gets ‘OK Glass’ voice commands
Hoping to carve out a new type of personal computing, Google shows off how to use its computerized eyewear to search, navigate, chat, and take photos.
This Google Glass video, taken without the need to hold a camera, is part of a video-chat hangout.
(Credit: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)”OK Glass.”
Those are the two words that Google showed today will initiate a variety of commands for its Glass computerized eyewear.
In the Google Glass “How it Feels” video, people speak the words “OK Glass” and then pick from a list of featured voice commands to send a message, record a video, take a photo, launch a video-chat hangout, conduct a search, check the weather, or get driving directions.
The demo is a concrete illustration of how Google is evolving its technology from a mere search engine to a constant personal companion that augments your mind.
When Microsoft introduced Windows 95, its Start menu became the gateway for just about anything you could do with the operating system. Google — expecting to advance computing beyond the era of PCs and even smartphones — no doubt hopes that “OK Glass” will become as familiar.