Google Glass Is Watching-Now What?
Products like Glass are sparking a discussion about what is possible with technologies such as facial recognition, and whether governments need to intercede. While several members of Congress pressed Google on Thursday for answers about how its technology works, some business owners like bars or casinos are already banning it. What would this then mean for the online variants within the same sort of industries? For example, if someone were to own Google Glass, then they might to see how their Glass product could better their online gambling chances! Would Google Glass actually be of any benefit, making online casino operators having to somehow ban the product, or would they be rendered useless online anyway?
Right now, Google Glass, which places a small computer screen above one eye and has a built-in motion sensor, camera and microphones, acts like an extension of a person’s smartphone.
It lets the user take photos and record videos by touching the side of the device or speaking commands aloud, as well as allowing them to give Web users access to the device’s camera so they can “see” what the wearer is looking at. People also can use Glass to make phone calls, access Google’s Web search, get turn-by-turn navigation information and receive text messages on the screen, as well as send texts using their voice.
The device isn’t widely available, but Google plans to publicly launch it next year.
More at the Wall Street Journal website.