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
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"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
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Thank you!
Questions are welcome