Google Glasses car Use report

"Developer version" of Google Glasses shipments, the industry has mixed comments on it. The paper is the first time an editor of the tech Media, The Verge, wears Google glasses on his way to the road, after which he says there are plenty of places to improve on Google glasses, but the potential of the device is enormous. At the same time he also told the first use of Google glasses, lack of experience caused some trouble. Here is the full text summary:

I drove to Google's headquarters and learned how to use Google Glasses, and the result was that, less than a mile from the destination, the traffic became very slow and stopped. It was 9 O ' time, but I couldn't catch up. I'm worried that I might miss out on this very rare opportunity to call and postpone my time, but it's really hard to make a phone call while driving slowly. "If I had already put on my Google glasses, it would be much easier," he said. "I thought to myself.

When I was about 9:30, I went to Google headquarters, a friendly beard took me into the new planning of the Google Park "glasses building." He was going to spend one hours detailing all aspects of Google's glasses and slowly nurturing my "New Age citizen" consciousness, but I didn't have the time, 10:25 I had to rush to San Jose Airport to interview Sir Richard Branson, the media major Henrichard Branson. Unable to hear the long introduction of me, decided to test the field to become Google Glasses Warriors how easy.

It's not hard to see from the way you wear it. You can press the power button on the back of the handset and put the Google glasses on your head. If this is the first time you wear this device, you will need to take it down to adjust your nose pads or something. In short, it took me about three minutes to finish the adjustment I needed to wear it for the first time, and then it was all right, no more tweaking. You can also add a special pair of sunglasses to your Google glasses: put it on the frame.

Then you can touch (TAP) the part of the glasses at your right temple, saying "OK Glass" and giving voice commands. It's easy, isn't it? The problem is that the current version of Google Glasses, if not connected to Wi-Fi on the basic do not do anything serious. Now that I'm going to wear it and drive to see Sir Branson--I want to show it to him, I'm wearing the coolest, hottest new device I've ever had--I had to put my smartphone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot (which also consumes too much power) and paired it with Bluetooth. You also need to set something else, for example, if you don't use MyGlass, you can't connect your Google glasses to WiFi; If you want to call or text someone, you must first add a contact person from Gmail to Google glasses on a separate computer, otherwise you can't dial the phone.

I finally got WiFi, and then spent a few minutes experimenting with the touchpad interface. Everything you see on the Google Glasses screen is a "card" that appears in the form of a virtual rotating chuck. Starting with the "OK Glass" screen, slide backwards on the trackpad, you'll go back to the Setup page, slide forward, and you'll see every interaction that you've made, including your search, the photos you've taken, the messages you send and receive, the routes you've planned. Touch can see some options, but a small number (such as a touch of a picture, you can only choose to delete or share it), slide down to cancel the operation or turn off the display. The corner of the eyeglass frame also has a pretty good physical button that allows you to snap the photos immediately.

After taking a few photos and trying the search function quickly, I found that 20 minutes had passed. I immediately let Google glasses tell me to go to the San Jose Airport route, only to find that I forgot to turn on the phone's GPS function. After quickly correcting the problem (or using a cell phone), I started the car. The time has come to test the ability of Google glasses.

Verizon LTE has a very good signal in San Jose, especially on the highway, and I've never had a line. But I also realised that Google glasses were far from the "safe driving, completely hands-free" solution I had dreamed of for years. It's great to take photos and 10-second video clips on the road, but it's very dangerous ... You have to look directly at what you're shooting, so you can't shoot anything safely unless you're taking the road. More importantly, the current Google glasses at any time to obtain important information ability is still very limited, such as search "Sir Branson", you can only get very simple basic information, I also searched some other things, found that Google glasses can identify the relevant site, but will not really read the substantive content. And this is just the first of many limitations I've found in Google glasses.

Although I like the guided navigation of Google Maps, but the Google glasses display is not bright enough, I can't see it in the background of normal light-I have to look up at the ceiling of the car, or put my hand behind the screen to block the light. It was too late for me to call the PR manager of Sir Richard, who couldn't link her phone number to Google glasses, and I didn't want to use my cell phone when I was driving 65 miles an hour. But in the course of driving someone to call me, I easily use Google glasses to pick up the phone, but the bone conduction speaker voice is not loud enough to hear the other side of the car noise. And to make Google glasses correctly understand my voice search commands, I also have to speak very clearly and loudly. When I arrived at San Jose Airport, it was less than one hours before I arrived at Google's headquarters that morning, but the power of Google glasses was already one-third.

The other thing is that I missed an email on my way to the airport: Sir Branson's PR manager emailed me about the change in interview time ... If I were to connect my personal email account to Google glasses before I started my Google headquarters, I wouldn't have to rush.

Please don't get me wrong, I mean actually, when I was in the driver's seat, Google glasses were exactly the kind of tool I wanted: a hands-free device that could tell or show me what I need to know before I get to my destination.

For now, 1500 dollars (about 9237 yuan) of Google glasses provide too little functionality, but even to provide such a small amount of things, it is also very dependent on smart phones. I hope that Google glasses can be integrated into the cellular modem, and provide more practical features, in general, Google glasses still have a lot of potential to dig.