Google glasses and Apple Watches are all the way to the goods

Over the past two months, news and rumors about two new hardware have begun to fly, with Google glasses and Apple Watches iwatch. Google glasses of news has not been "hearsay" category, and its specifications and shape is quite clear, we all know it will be released at the end of this year, some media people even have the opportunity to try it himself.

By contrast, the iwatch project has much less information. Whether it exists has not yet been officially confirmed. However, given that Apple has long attached importance to project secrecy, it is not surprising that this has happened.

So why are Google and Apple now doing such a project?

Partner devices for Smartphones

If you attend a recent MWC conference in Barcelona, you may find that smartphone technology has reached a high platform stage. Companies like Huawei and ZTE are offering devices that are functionally comparable to Apple and Samsung. The so-called new changes are nothing more than the adoption of a larger display, or some incremental improvements. Currently, the important features that can be added to the phone seem to be NFC-only. The smart phone sector needs real innovation!

In addition, the focus of the mobile phone has shifted from hardware to services, such as information inquiries, personal assistants and maps. Google now and Siri are examples of this. To be successful in the future, you have to simplify the way these technologies are accessed.

Finally, the rush to use Twitter and Facebook on smartphones has been elevated to a new level. Obviously, this situation has had a certain impact on people's behavior, many people now have time to use the smartphone brush update.

The problem with devices like Google glasses and Apple Watches is to give you quick access to relevant information in a stylish, unobtrusive way.

So the key point is that the two devices are used the same way: they can all be connected to the Internet via smartphones, where smartphones function as "brain" and "Gateway." Google glasses and Apple Watches the only difference is that the shape is different, and because the shape is not the same, their specific functions are not the same.

Some of the core features, such as the screen that displays current information, and the voice input feature, are available for both Google glasses and Apple Watches. But what about the other sensors?

Appearance and visual recognition

Google glasses have a camera, you just say "OK glasses, take a picture" can start taking pictures, no need to open the application on the phone. At the 2012 CVPR (computer vision and Pattern recognition) Conference, Sebastian Slang (Sebastian Thrun, a member of the Google Unmanned Car project team) talked about Google glasses, saying it could promote people to shoot and share more photos ( It seems as if there are not enough 300 million photos uploaded to Facebook every day.

This means that digital companion hardware, if it has a camera, may further advance the visual identity solution. Of course, it's hard to imagine a iwatch with a webcam, but you never know what Apple is thinking. So, let's just wait and see.