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Google Has Planned To Give Its Glass A Tiny Projector To Show A Keyboard On The User’s Arm

G oogle Has Planned To Give Its Glass A Tiny Projector To Show A Keyboard On The User’s Arm As far as we know so far Google Glass is capable of projecting the images on the human eyes directly. While asked about its uses,  the Glass project leader Babak Parvis said that is would be used as “a device that would allow for pictorial communications, to allow people to connect to others with images and video,” he also added to that Google is experimenting different ways of how a user can interact with the device. He said that, “feature set for the device is not set yet” and “is still in flux,” and that Google has “experimented a lot with using voice commands” and “with some hand gestures.” And regarding the business model of the Glass he said, it is “still being worked on,” and currently there is no plans to display ads via Glass “at the moment”.

10 Android Apps at SXSW

10 Android Apps at SXSW 1. Thread Thread aims to answer the "Which Mary is it?" or sometimes, "Who did I ever meet named Chester?" when a caller's name pops up in your smartphone display. It's kind of like a Rapportive for your phone. Download on Android 2. Augment For most, furniture is a rare and expensive purchase, which means you'll teeter between options and possibly never buy because you're "just not sure" it's the right one. Augment aims to help you make this decision with its augmented reality app, which will show you what a couch will look like in your house. Pretty nifty. Download on Android , iOS 3. GroupMe GroupMe allows people to send text messages within groups and at this year's SXSW, launched two new features: sending money and sharing photos. Other apps such as Venmo have offered something similar which goes to show how much easier managing money can be when it's digital. Do...