BACKGROUND • YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, Android, and many more services • Creativity and innovation • Indexed over 1 trillion pages of information on their search engine, launched their new internet browser Google Chrome, and has gained 97% of their revenue from new advertisements • Pushing for the next “big thing” WHAT IS GLASS? Everyday glasses as useful as a smartphone • integrated screen display, camera, and hidden battery inside the frame DESIGN OF GLASS HOW DOES IT WORK? VOICE CONTROL • Screen display is slightly above the normal vision line • GPS, camera, messaging, calling, and video chatting • Apps in development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE How does it compare? PRODUCT DIFFERENCE USERS PRICE GOOGLE GLASS • Small, lightweight design • Hands free • Many colors • Music • Millions of apps • Panoramic camera Not yet sold in stores; ~1000 Google Explorers 47.8 million sold ~$750 iPhone 5 ~$650-900 Concerns • Piracy • Cheating • Distraction/bad for eyes • Resistance to Concerns: o http://www.forbes.com/sites/eliseackerman/2013/03/04/could-googleglass-hurt-your-eyes-a-harvard-vision-scientist-and-project-glassadvisor-responds/ Opinion • Popular in industries and for companies that have a lot of video conferencing • It will sell, but skeptical popularity • Would change everyday life 8:00 AM Good Morning Georgia, time for breakfast Works Cited • • • • • "Google Glass Already Banned In Many Places Months Ahead Of Release [Video] NASDAQ.com." NASDAQ Stock Market - Stock Quotes - Stock Exchange News NASDAQ.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.nasdaq.com/video/google-glass-already-banned-in-many-placesmonths-ahead-of-release-517745143. " Google Glass - What It Does ." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/. Leonard, Tom. "Google Glass: Google's sinister glasses will turn the whole world into search giant's spies | Mail Online."Home | Mail Online. N.p., 17 Mar. 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295004/Google-GlassGoogles-sinister-glasses-turn-world-search-giants-spies.html. Pingdom. "Google facts and figures (massive infographic)." Royal Pingdom » Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team. N.p., 24 Feb. 2010. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/02/24/google-facts-and-figures-massiveinfographic/>. Rivington , James. "Google Glass: what you need to know | News | TechRadar."TechRadar | Technology News And Reviews. N.p., 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.techradar.com/us/news/video/google-glass-what-youneed-to-know-1078114. Pictures Cited • • • • • http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzAyLzIxLzc4L2dvb2dsZWdsY XNzLmQ2MzIwLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/12068c3f /5c6/google-glass-guy.jpg http://bloggerspath.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Google-Glass.jpg http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2215649/GoogleGlass_15.jpg http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18h9qnj4p1sucjpg/original.jpg https://www.google.com/search?q=google+icons&tbm=isch&tbo=u&so urce=univ&sa=X&ei=e8NsUdDDIuLgiAKMiICACw&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1 008&bih=558#imgrc=j6NKUzyLutNCqM%3A%3BwJGRumJNRaB3xM%3Bhtt p%253A%252F%252Fcdn1.iconfinder.com%252Fdata%252Ficons%252Fyooi cons_set01_socialbookmarks%252F512%252Fsocial_google_box.png%3Bht tp%253A%252F%252Fwww.iconfinder.com%252Ficondetails%252F60830%2 52F128%252F%3B512%3B512 Thank you! Questions are welcome