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Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a discontinued brand of smart glasses developed by Google's X Development (formerly Google X), [9] with a mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. [1] Google Glass displays information to the wearer using a head-up display. [10] Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands. [11] [12]
Google product manager Shailesh Nalawadi indicated that Google wanted Goggles to be an application platform, much like Google Maps, not just a single product. [2] On October 5, 2010, Google announced availability of Google Goggles for devices running iOS 4.0. [3] In a May 2014 update to Google Mobile for iOS, the Google Goggles feature was removed.
The goggles were curved to fit the user's face and had a large groove cut in the back to allow for the nose. A long thin slit was cut through the goggles to allow in a small amount of light, diminishing subsequent ultraviolet rays. The goggles were held to the head by a cord made of caribou sinew.
A US airman tests AN/AVS-10 panoramic night-vision goggles in March 2006. Member of the U.S. Marine Corps testing out the GPNVG-18. Night vision devices typically have a limited field of view (FoV); the commonly used AN/PVS-14 has a FoV of 40, [ 66 ] less than the 95° monocular horizontal FoV and humans' 190° binocular horizontal FoV. [ 67 ]
Amazon Go is a chain of convenience stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, operated by the online retailer Amazon.The stores are cashierless, thus partially automated (having an added option in some locations to manually checkout if desired), with customers having the ability to purchase products without being checked out by a cashier or using a self-checkout station.
The ENVG-B was reported to be in development as early as 2018, intended to give soldiers better depth perception than the monocular AN/PVS-14 and AN/PSQ-20. [5] Initial production (Directed Requirements Contract) goggles were produced with a black housing, while full rate production (Program of Record Contract) goggles are now produced in a Tan 499 housing.
Google's Street View program in Argentina began with the filming of streets and roads in October 2013. On September 25, 2014, most of the country's cities were made available online, including Buenos Aires , Córdoba , Rosario and Mendoza .
The application, named Google Glass Breastfeeding app trial, allows mothers to nurse their baby while viewing instructions about common breastfeeding issues (latching on, posture etc.) or call a lactation consultant via a secure Google Hangout, who can view the issue through the mother's Google Glass camera. [34]