The new Google Glass are an entombment of fantastic features that are set to bedazzle the world. A touchpad is located on the side of Google Glass, allowing users to control the device by swiping through a timeline-like interface displayed on the screen. Sliding backward shows current events, such as weather, and sliding forward shows past events, such as phone calls, photos, etc. It is not possible for such a remarkable device not to have a camera with the world going on crazy with photography. Google Glass has the ability to take photos and record 720p HD video. It is more than expected for such a compact device. The next quality that is judged while evaluating a gadget is its display or resolution. The Explorer version of Google Glass uses a Liquid crystal on silicon, field-sequential color, LED illuminated display. Google offers a companion Android and iOS app called MyGlass, which allows the user to configure and manage the device. Onboard storage is 16GB, although 12GB of this is usable as 4GB is presumably taken up by the software. The device is fully synced with Google’s cloud storage. The Google Glass has moved a step further with voice control commands. It recognizes voice specifications and general commands. To activate Glass, wearers tilt their heads 30° upward (which can be altered for preference) or tap the touchpad, and say “O.K., Glass.” Once Glass is activated, wearers can say an action, such as “Take a picture”, “Record a video”, “Hangout with [person/Google+ circle]”, “Google ‘What year was Wikipedia founded?’”, “Give me directions to the Eiffel Tower”, and “Send a message to John”. Amazing! It is just like owning a mini JARVIS on your eyes. Although Google charges developers and testers $1,500 (or £1,000 in the UK) for Google Glass, the consumer model will supposedly be sold for less than this – how much less, we don’t know.
