Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project,[3] with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer.[4] Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format,[5] that can interact with the Internet vianatural language voice commands.[6][7] While the frames do not currently have lenses fitted to them, Google is considering partnering with sunglass retailers such as Ray-Ban orWarby Parker, and may also open retail stores to allow customers to try on the device.[4]The Explorer Edition cannot be used by people who wear prescription glasses, but Google has confirmed that Glass will eventually work with frames and lenses that match the wearer's prescription; the glasses will be modular and therefore possibly attachable to normal prescription glasses.[8]
Glass is being developed by Google X Lab,[9] which has worked on other futuristic technologies such as driverless cars. The project was announced on Google+ by Project Glass lead Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses; Steve Lee, a project manager and "geolocation specialist"; andSebastian Thrun, who developed Udacity as well as worked on the self-driving car project.[10] Google has patented the design of Project Glass.[11][12] Thad Starner, an AR expert, is a technical/lead manager on the project.
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