Google Glass: New Amazing Technology Coming Soon In India

According to a Press Release, Rosen Optometry, an eye care provider in Saint Louis, has completed their training and is now a preferred provider. In the press release, Dr. Steven Rosen, one of the doctors at Rosen Optometry, explained why they pursued the Google Glass certification.

“What really drew us to complete the training and receive the certification was the knowledge of how life-changing the technology has the potential to be for our patients, particularly those with more serious conditions and rapidly deteriorating eyesight”, said Dr. Steven Rosen. “By combining vision and computing technology as Google Glass does, it will enable them to perform everyday tasks that they previously would not have been able to consider without assistance.”

Google Glass isn’t something you see often in Saint Louis. Right now, there are only about three preferred providers in Saint Louis. The three preferred providers in Saint Louis include Rosen Optometry, University of Missouri College of Optometry, and Lucas Optometry. Three is a very small number of providers when compared to San Francisco, where there are a ton of preferred providers. With that said, there are definitely other cities who are in worse condition when it comes to having preferred providers.

Google Glass is a brand of smart glasses – an optical head-mounted display designed in the shape of a pair of eyeglasses. It was developed by X (previously Google X) with the mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displayed information in a smartphone-like, hands-free format. Wearers communicated with the Internet via natural language voice commands.

Google started selling a prototype of Google Glass to qualified "Glass Explorers" in the US on April 15, 2013, for a limited period for $1,500, before it became available to the public on May 15, 2014. It had an integral 5 Megapixel still/720p video camera. The headset received a great deal of criticism and legislative action due to privacy and safety concerns.

On January 15, 2015, Google announced that it would stop producing the Google Glass prototype, to be continued in 2017 tentatively. In July 2017, it was announced that the Google Glass Enterprise Edition would be released.

Development

Google Glass was developed by Google X, the facility within Google devoted to technological advancements such as driverless cars.

The Google Glass prototype resembled standard eyeglasses with the lens replaced by a head-up display. In mid-2011, Google engineered a prototype that weighed 8 pounds (3.6 kg); by 2013 they were lighter than the average pair of sunglasses.

In April 2013, the Explorer Edition was made available to Google I/O developers in the United States for $1,500.

A Glass prototype was seen at Google I/O in June 2012

The product was publicly announced in April 2012. Sergey Brin wore a prototype of the Glass to April 5, 2012, Foundation Fighting Blindness event in San Francisco. In May 2012, Google demonstrated for the first time how Google Glass could be used to shoot videos.

Google provided four prescription frame choices for $225 and free with the purchase of any new Glass unit. Google entered into a partnership with the Italian eyewear company Luxottica, owners of the Ray-Ban, Oakley, and other brands, to offer additional frame designs. In June 2014, Nepal government adopted Google Glass for tackling poachers of wild animals and herbs of Chitwan International Park and other parks listed under World heritage sites. In January 2015, Google ended the beta period of Glass (the "Google Glass Explorer" program).

Release date

In early 2013, interested potential Glass users were invited to use a Twitter message, with hashtag #IfIHadGlass, to qualify as an early user of the product. The qualifiers, dubbed "Glass Explorers" and numbering 8,000 individuals, were notified in March 2013 and were later invited to pay $1,500 and visit a Google office in Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco, to pick up their unit following "fitting" and training from Google Glass Guides. On May 13, 2014, Google announced a move to a "more open beta", via its Google Plus page.

In February 2015, The New York Times reported that Google Glass was being redesigned by former Apple executive Tony Fadell and that it would not be released until he deemed it to be "perfect".

In July 2017 it was announced that the second iteration, the Google Glass Enterprise Edition, would be released in the US for companies such as Boeing. Google Glass Enterprise Edition has already been successfully used by Dr. Ned Sahin to help children with autism learn social skills.