I’m going to pile on with all the other bloggers pointing to The Times’ latest coverage of Google’s experimental augmented-reality eyeglasses. The article includes photos of quite chic-looking people wearing chic-looking metallic headbands that look like something out a Vernor Vinge novel. I’m not so crazy about Google’s idea for a voice interface for the eyewear (Siri can’t understand me worth a damn), but I would definitely consider purchasing something like this if I could use it during my daily commute to scan e-mail and the news. Perhaps the age of tablet computing will yield to the age of wearable computing sooner than we think.
Here’s a Google promotional video showing how such glasses could be used during an urban hipster’s typical day:
