
Mini-screens in the glasses can display text messages, email or other digitized information from the Internet or mobile gadgets

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... sfeed=true"This is new technology and we really want you to shape it," Google co-founder Sergey Brin told about 6,000 attendees. "We want to get it out into the hands of passionate people as soon as possible." If all goes well, a less expensive version of the glasses is expected to go on sale for consumers in early 2014.
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Google hired skydivers to jump out of a blimp hovering 7,000 feet above downtown San Francisco. They wore the internet-connected glasses, which are equipped with a camera, to show how the product could allow people to share their most thrilling or boring moments.
As the skydivers parachuted onto the roof of the building where the conference was held, the crowd inside was able to watch the descent through the skydivers' eyes as it happened
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esides Project Glass, the Google X lab has also developed a fleet of driverless cars that cruise roads. The engineers there also dream of building elevators that could transport people into space.
While wearing Google's glasses, directions to a destination or a text message from a friend can appear literally before your eyes. You can converse with friends in a video chat, take a photo without taking out a camera or phone or even buy a few things online as you walk around.
Isabelle Olsson, one of the engineers working on the project, said the glasses were meant to interact with people's senses, without blocking them.
The display on the glasses' computer appears as a small rectangular on a rim above the right eye. During short test of the prototype glasses, a reporter for The Associated Press was able to watch a video of exploding fireworks on the tiny display screen while remaining engaged with the people around him.
The glasses seem likely to appeal to runners, bicyclists and other athletes who want to take pictures of their activities as they happen. Photos and video can be programmed to be taken at automatic intervals during any activity.