Researchers in Madrid develop a system that helps professors and students exchange feedback on class lectures in real time– and this could point the way toward an interesting use case Google Glass. Read more »
Wearable devices will offer practical, novel and fun usefulness but will also be able to influence our behavior in ways good and bad, creating ethical dilemmas for designers. Read more »
Here’s an RSS reader app for Google Glass. Users can save articles to Pocket or email them to themselves to read later. Read more »
Google Glass isn’t aimed at the masses. But since its release, the divide between would-be users and everyone else seems to widening. Read more »
San Francisco digital health accelerator Rock Health’s newest class includes startups developing apps for Google Glass, creating wearable sensors and building systems for self-diagnosis. Read more »
The next wave of computing will require new user interfaces, and gesture has proven to be a hot bet. Thalmic Labs, a Canadian startup, just scored $14.5M for its Myo armband. Read more »
A startup called Atheer unveiled a platform for superimposing the information form the web on the real world using the cloud and a gesture-interface. But the Atheer glasses raises question about the future of design. Read more »
Google Glass can’t deliver on the promises that most excite me, and the functionality it does achieve can just as well be delivered in a less embarrassing smart watch form factor. Read more »
A developer in Atlanta has made an unofficial Nest app for Google Glass. Nest goes wearable! Read more »
Microsoft’s new Xbox One is listening to every word uttered in your living room. But it’s only interested in very few of them . Read more »
Google Glass is still leagues short having the thriving developer community of Android, but at I/O Google began seeding that app ecosystems with the help of six big-name web and media brands. Read more »
Three former Microsoft employees believe clothing will be the computer, and to that end they invested three years of their lives building a sensor-infused material that they promptly turned into … a pair of socks. Read more »
Until I tried them on, I had no interest in wearing Google Glass around town. But the simple snap of a photo with Google Glass on Wednesday without moving my head or hands gave me a new understanding of Glass. Read more »
Here you’ll find all our coverage of Google I/O 2013, Google’s annual showcase of its technology prowess. Read more »
Plenty of haters have taken Google Glass to the woodshed, but they’re missing the bigger picture: Google solved the big technical problems, and even made wearable tech look cool. Glass’s transition to the mainstream is a when not an if. Read more »
Looking to get in early on a potentially disruptive technology, Silicon Valley’s top investors have teamed up to form the Glass Collective, committing to the technology and supporting developers building for it. Read more »
A second generation of wearable computing is emerging that focuses on design and a so-called glanceable UI. Valley startup Misfit Wearables is leading the charge, and trying to create a new type of user experience. Read more »
Many of the first apps for Google Glass will be about consuming and sharing content on the go. But what if Google Glass could unlock control over the world of the Internet of Things both inside and outside the home? Read more »
Now that we’ve finally landed the holy grail of do-it-all, convergent smartphones, it turns out many of us are far happier with dedicated devices that do one thing well. Read more »
Internet giants, investors and web and mobile startups are placing even more emphasis on design and user experience in 2013. Read more »
Devices like Google Glass are going to change the way that we consume the news and other information — how will media companies have to change the way they think about the news and how it is constructed? Read more at paidContent »
This is the year that wearables are breaking out into the mainstream. Whether it’s connected wrists, eyes, feet or ears, we take a look at the devices that are sitting on your body, and collecting and crunching data. Read more »
Google is showing off samples of the first apps made by companies for its new augmented reality device Google Glass, including apps to read headlines, email and see photos. But this is the app I really want: augmented reality to overlay carbon emissions data. Read more »
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason fired, Google CEO Sergey Brin feels emasculated by phones but not by nerd glasses and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is putting an end to remote work. Plus Oscars & Fashion. Here is our take on the week that was! Read more »
Metaio’s chip, which will be built into ST-Ericsson’s upcoming smartphone chipsets, offers a lot of help in making AR more battery-friendly. But its ideal application is in smart glasses, not smartphones. Read more »
The emergence of wearables — connected devices you wear on your body — is sweeping big tech companies like Google and Apple, as well as startups like Misfit Wearables. But if the devices are just plain dorky-looking they’re going to struggle to break into the mainstream. Read more »
Google announced Wednesday that it’s making Google Glass, its augmented reality smart glasses, available to a lucky few U.S. residents. But they’ll need good social networking skills, $1500 and possibly a plane ticket. Read more »
Five finalists have been chosen in 20 different categories for the 2012 Crunchies awards, and we’re proud to release the worthy nominees today. Voting for the winners starts today, and the winners will be announced January 31st. Read more »
Apple and Google still dominate the smartphone space, but look out for Microsoft, which finally has some muscle behind its mobile strategy. Meanwhile mobile-browser developers went head-to-head with native apps, and Facebook continued to buy mobile expertise via acquisition. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Swedish startup 13th Lab has just raised $700,000 from Nordic investors Creandum to help build its augmented reality browser and developer tools for iOS. But forget about tacky versions of AR: this team is trying to build a real interface between the digital and the physical. Read more »
