Build Your Own Google Glass

Last April, Google announced Project Glass . Its goal is to build a wearable computer that records your perspective of the world and unobtrusively delivers information to you through a head-up display. With Glass, not only might I share fleeting moments with the people I love, I’d eventually be able to search my external visual memory to find my misplaced car keys. Sadly, there is no release date yet. A developer edition is planned for early this year at the disagreeable price of US $1500, for what is probably going to be an unfinished product. The final version isn’t due until 2014 at the earliest [see “Google Gets in Your Face ,” in this issue]. Illustrations: Jason Lee CREATIVE CANNIBALISM: The critical component for any Glass-type wearable computer is the microdisplay, which feeds information to the eye. I found a discontinued head-mounted display online and carefully ...

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@ogawa_tter » 25 Jan '13, 5am
"Build Your Own Google Glass", Jan 2013, IEEE Spectrum [link] A wearable computer that displays information and records video
@Rich_Kolb » 23 Jan '13, 1am
I heard Lucas was getting a set of these so he could record his life & then go back and remaster it. [link] #Georgeshotfirst
@dejager » 23 Jan '13, 12am
@merhl This was a pretty good article on it. Finding a Myvu might be tricky though. [link]
@01101O10 » 23 Jan '13, 12am
RT @element14: Build Your OWN Google Glass [link] Via @IEEESpectrum
@ronpadz » 20 Jan '13, 9pm
A brain prosthesis for augmented cognition is exactly what I need for my waning short term memory. #AR [link]
@pmaril » 17 Jan '13, 3pm
@Bonora echale el ojo. “@bilinkis: Cómo fabricar tu propio "Google Glass" por mi compañero de Singularity Rod Furlan: [link]”
@Aerealtwit » 17 Jan '13, 2pm
"Imagine being able 2 call up everything you ever seen", con los Google Glasses y un prototipo casero en [link] via @bilinkis
@nachomanz » 17 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @bilinkis: Cómo fabricar tu propio "Google Glass" por mi compañero de Singularity Rod Furlan: [link]
@bilinkis » 17 Jan '13, 1pm
Cómo fabricar tu propio "Google Glass" por mi compañero de Singularity Rod Furlan: [link]
@goldengrape » 17 Jan '13, 5am
自制google glass [link]
@ar_fr » 13 Jan '13, 9am
[Veille] Build Your Own Google Glass - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@ui_hero » 10 Jan '13, 9pm
You know, Google's Project Glass isn't that futuristic. You can build something similar yourself today. [link]
@GovLab » 09 Jan '13, 6pm
RT @chinchilla3000: DIY #AugmentedReality #AR by @rfurlan #creativecanibalism [link]
@mikethenerd » 08 Jan '13, 11pm
Build Your Own Google Glass [link] #NerdsOnSite #yyc
@Merxer » 08 Jan '13, 9pm
[link] need this...
@pkfactor » 08 Jan '13, 5am
Build Your Own Google Glass [link] superlike / superlove / "augmented cognition" / "brain prosthesis" / now thats a beginning!
@Gamifier1 » 07 Jan '13, 8pm
User experience story. Build Your Own Google Glass - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@mhohner » 07 Jan '13, 5pm
Build Your Own Google Glass - IEEE Spectrum [link] ...POV specs still a little ways away but think of the possibilities
@Ira_Feldman » 07 Jan '13, 4pm
Progress on #Google #Glass [link] development and how to build your own [link] #IEEE #Spectrum
@villepeltola » 07 Jan '13, 3pm
RT @joepine: "My world changed the day I first wore my prototype" of Google Glass-like AR [link] via @AugmentedX #AugmentedReality
@joepine » 07 Jan '13, 3pm
"My world changed the day I first wore my prototype" of Google Glass-like AR [link] via @AugmentedX #AugmentedReality
@sergiobrotons » 07 Jan '13, 1pm
Build your own Google Glass #DIY #project not cheap or easy but really #cool [link]
@ARherald » 07 Jan '13, 4am
#ARNews DIY #AugmentedReality #AR by @rfurlan #creativecanibalism [link] [link]
@chinchilla3000 » 07 Jan '13, 3am
DIY #AugmentedReality #AR by @rfurlan #creativecanibalism [link]
@wahyunuryanto » 07 Jan '13, 3am
RT @magikid: Build Your Own Google Glass - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@Letizia_LE » 06 Jan '13, 10pm
RT @stefanozecchi: Così, tanto per cambiare look ... [link]
@chibiauthor » 06 Jan '13, 5pm
New weekend project. Build your own "Google Glass." [link]
@mcassi » 05 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @AugmentedAdvert: Build Your Own Google Glass - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@nuclearfossil » 05 Jan '13, 4pm
Hey, cool! One of my old students' work on wearable computing: [link]
@MMudassir » 05 Jan '13, 8am
Build Your Own Google Glass - IEEE Spectrum [link] #Design #Hack
@kingkenn2513 » 05 Jan '13, 4am
When I have more money [link] [link]
@LaptopDoctorsUK » 05 Jan '13, 1am
@Jinxsshah Check this out. I think you'll like it: [link]
@STEMGeorgia » 05 Jan '13, 1am
RT @iEducator: Build Your Own Google Glass [link]
@grandemaazinga » 04 Jan '13, 9pm
Google Glass fai da te: oltre la semplice realtà aumentata [link]
@markomanka » 04 Jan '13, 8pm
Build Your Own Google Glass. A wearable computer that displays information and records video [link] #hacking #makers
@Didou » 04 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @EliseAckerman: How to build your own Google Glass [link]
@likealiiime » 04 Jan '13, 6pm
@bensykes Build your own Google Glass: [link]
@carla_gannis » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
RT @ARstories: When the #AR glasses came off: "I had a feeling of loss. It was as if one of my senses had been taken away from me." [link]
@Mathysc » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
RT @FabienDeglise: À quoi bon attendre 2014 pour s'acheter des lunettes Google quand on peut les fabriquer nous même aujourd'hui? [link]
@YellowJKT » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
A day in the life of @rfurlan's #AugmentedReality computing. [link] ht @MMiddleton
@FabienDeglise » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
À quoi bon attendre 2014 pour s'acheter des lunettes Google quand on peut les fabriquer nous même aujourd'hui? [link]
@ARstories » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
When the #AR glasses came off: "I had a feeling of loss. It was as if one of my senses had been taken away from me." [link]
@ARstories » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
Will we feel naked w/o our #AugmentedReality glasses? [link] Build Your Own Google Glass via @IEEESpectrum
@CharlesOakesCo » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
Don't want to wait for or wont be able to afford google glasses? Why not try and make your own? [link] #DIY #thefutureishere
@DataStorm » 04 Jan '13, 2pm
I do plan on buying Google Glass later on once they perfect it and get the price sub $1K (explorer editions cost... [link]
@stavanja » 04 Jan '13, 2pm
Reading: "Build Your Own #GoogleGlass" on @IEEESpectrum - [link] #DIY
@ramonreig » 04 Jan '13, 10am
RT @dreig: Cómo hacerse unas Google Glass :) - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@dreig » 04 Jan '13, 10am
Cómo hacerse unas Google Glass :) - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@idealabs_BE » 04 Jan '13, 9am
Someone up for the challenge? Build your own Google Glass [link]
@jorence » 04 Jan '13, 8am
Interesting, both as a DIY Google Glass-esque project and for the DIYer's reflection on having an always on feed [link]