{"id":657647,"date":"2013-05-13T15:39:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=229646"},"modified":"2013-05-13T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:39:59","slug":"the-future-of-google-glass-may-lie-in-911-calls-and-guitar-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/657647","title":{"rendered":"The Future Of Google Glass May Lie In 911 Calls And Guitar Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/google-glass\">Google Glass<\/a> is now in the hands of developers, and they&#8217;re already doing some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/google-glass-explorer-hangs-out-with-class-from-large-hadron-collider-2013-05\">pretty amazing<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/people-scared-of-google-glass-call-on-white-house-to-ban-the-technology-2013-05\">and scary<\/a>) things with the technology. What will it look like a year from now, however, when it&#8217;s in the hands of consumers? What will it look like five years from now? One design firm has an idea. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/playgroundinc.com\/\">Playground Inc<\/a>, a digital creative agency, has released a video with a few predictions of what will be in the next major iteration of Google Glass: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S80mE3kQTJ0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It seems strange that the designers predict Google Glass having a 911 app, but it actually makes a lot of sense. Having someone not only to talk to, but also see, would go a long way in calming people down during an emergency. <\/p>\n<p>That particular example aside, the rest of the video presents some incredibly compelling ideas that would turn Glass from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/white-and-nerdy-takes-on-a-whole-new-meaning-with-google-glass-2013-05\">device for pasty white nerds<\/a> into a mass consumer device that fulfills any and all needs. I&#8217;m particularly fond of the example where one uses Glass to keep a running tally of how much groceries are going to cost while shopping.<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/technology\/comments\/1e949h\/what_google_glass_will_look_like_in_the_near\/\">Reddit<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=_ftgxKVNdhw:lk3I5wS_1pQ:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/_ftgxKVNdhw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Glass is now in the hands of developers, and they&#8217;re already doing some pretty amazing (and scary) things with the technology. What will it look like a year from now, however, when it&#8217;s in the hands of consumers? What will it look like five years from now? One design firm has an idea. 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