Google Glass, the web giant's augmented reality spectacles, create sound by sending vibrations directly through the wearer's skull, it's been revealed.
Sergey Brin on the New York subway in his Google Glass Photo: Noah Zerkin
Documents filed with American regulators show the hardware, due to be
introduced in later this year in an experimental form, uses "bone
conduction" to create sound instead of a traditional speaker.
The technology, which sends vibrations to the inner ear through the skull, is
not new but has not been widely adopted. Panasonic introduced a prototype
set of bone conduction headphones at this year's Consumer
Electronics show, however.
A major advantage of bone conduction audio is that it allows the listeners to
hear the noise in the environment too. For a Google Glass wearer crossing a
busy street the technology could be a life saver.
Google filed a patent for bone conduction spectacles last month, and the
Federal Communication Commission this week published it approval for Google
Glass, including "integral vibrating element that provides audio to the
user via contact with the user's head".
Google's co-founder Sergey Brin, who is leading the development, has already
been pictured
testing Google Glass on the New York subway.
As well as unusual audio, the spectacles feature Wifi and Bluetooth
connectivity, and a small screen that appears in the wearer's normal field
of vision. The tiny computer inside Google Glass runs the Android mobile
operating system and responds to voice commands.
It is planned that wearers will be able to summon up maps and other useful data from the web with having to look at a smartphone or other mobile device.
The first complete Google Glass hardware will be sent to developers who have paid $1,500 to help the firm refine the technology. Google has said it hopes to introduce Google Glass commercially in 2014.
It is planned that wearers will be able to summon up maps and other useful data from the web with having to look at a smartphone or other mobile device.
The first complete Google Glass hardware will be sent to developers who have paid $1,500 to help the firm refine the technology. Google has said it hopes to introduce Google Glass commercially in 2014.
As well as unusual audio, the spectacles feature Wifi and Bluetooth
connectivity, and a small screen that appears in the wearer's normal field
of vision. The tiny computer inside Google Glass runs the Android mobile
operating system and responds to voice commands.
It is planned that wearers will be able to summon up maps and other useful data from the web with having to look at a smartphone or other mobile device.
The first complete Google Glass hardware will be sent to developers who have paid $1,500 to help the firm refine the technology. Google has said it hopes to introduce Google Glass commercially in 2014.
It is planned that wearers will be able to summon up maps and other useful data from the web with having to look at a smartphone or other mobile device.
The first complete Google Glass hardware will be sent to developers who have paid $1,500 to help the firm refine the technology. Google has said it hopes to introduce Google Glass commercially in 2014.
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