Google Glass still fragile?

Google Glass to Hold Developer Events in Two Weeks

from All Things Digital by Liz Gannes

Google today invited the people who signed up for the $1,500 developer edition of its Project Glass wearable computing device to a set of developer events in San Francisco and New York City.

The company didn’t give a terrific amount of notice; the events are at the end of January and beginning of February, respectively. But developers will “have a device to use while on-site,” which is the real attraction.

The company said each Glass Foundry event will include “two days of full-on hacking” for people who have already signed up for the Glass Explorer Edition.

There’s still no release date for that device, nor a later product for the general public.

A Google spokesperson said of the event, “We’re looking forward to what developers will do with Glass, but we don’t have more details to share at this time.”

The Glass “Mirror API” is supposed to be a familiar environment for developers of RESTful Web services. Here’s avideo explaining a bit about that:

And here’s the email:

Join us for an early look at Glass and two full days of hacking on the upcoming Google Mirror API in San Francisco or New York. These hackathons are just for developers in the Explorer program and we’re calling them the Glass Foundry. It’s the first opportunity for a group of developers to get together and develop for Glass.


We’ll begin the first day with an introduction to Glass. You’l have a device to use while on-site. Next we’ll take a look at the Mirror API, which gives you the ability to exchange data and interact with the user over REST. We’ll then dive into development with Google engineers on site to help you at any point. At the end of the second day we’ll have a lively round of demos with some special guest judges.

If you’d like to attend this first Glass Foundry, please choose and register by Friday, January 18th at 4pm PT. There is limited space. If you are accepted, you will receive a confirmation letter with additional details and required terms after registration closes. Please don’t make any travel arrangements until your attendance is confirmed.

Glass Foundry San Francisco
January 28th & 29th at Google SF

Glass Foundry New York
February 1st & 2nd and Google NYC

Google Glass Feature Set Still in Flux Says Project Head

• Written by  Abhishek Gohel 
• Tuesday, 01 January 2013 01:26 

Babak Parviz, the founder and head of Project Glass at Google, has revealed that the feature set of Google Glass and state of apps is still in flux and that there is a lot of testing going on at the moment.

In an interview with IEEE Spectrum, Parviz provided insights into Project Glass, the reasons behind having such a gadget and what’s there for the project in near future. Parviz revealed that there were two reasons behind Project Glass – one being the need for “a device that would see the world through your eyes and allow you to share that view with other people” and the second being “to have a technology that would allow people to access information very, very quickly.”

When asked on the Project Glass and augmented reality, Parviz said that augmented reality wasn’t the ‘immediate’ goal of Project Glass but, he didn’t rule out the possibility. “…I think in the future that augmented reality will also come into the picture.”

Google’s advert about Project Glass showcases use of quite a few apps and Parviz, when asked about them, stated that they are trying out new ideas and ways in which the platform can be used while also trying to make the platform more robust. There is no specific feature set that Google has been talking about and “It is still in flux.”

Advertising and Google almost go hand in hand and one wouldn’t be wrong to assume that the search engine giant would want to earn more ad dollars from this gadget as well. But, contrary to this, Parviz revealed that there were no plans for advertising on Google Glass.

If things go as per Google’s plans, developers may expect these gadgets delivered to them early this year.