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Google Glass was a talking point even before the product was officially confirmed in April 2012, when a prototype was first shown off.

The interactive smart glasses have been suggested to be for sale in 2013, but this is certainly not it.

product is likely to become available for general consumers in a year’s time, that next spring. It reveals Google Chairman Eric Schmidt in a radio interview with the BBC.

company picked last month some thousand developers, as against to pay $ 1,500 – almost 9,000 million – will be test pilots. A limited range receives a so-called Explorer Edition of glasses these days.

These are, however, strictly forbidden to give away or resell. Each unit is linked to a Google account. The Company reserves the right to disable the glasses for violations of the rules.

Explorer version may soon prove to be the final product. Schmidt says that they are considering changes based on test customer feedback.

Specifications
Recently revealed the search giant product’s technical specifications. The frame has a built in camera with support for video recording in 720p HD. It can also snap photos with five megapixel resolution.

Glass falls under a new category of portable electronics (“wearable computing”) that has recently received tremendous attention. The device has a small screen with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, which according to Google should equal a 25 inch HD screen viewed from a distance of 2.5 meters.

glasses, at least they sent out to the pilot users, comes with 16 gigabytes of storage space, with 4 gigs taken up by the system. Synchronisation with Google’s cloud services allow for additional space. The device has sound transmitted to the ear through vibrations in the skull, with a technology called “bone conduction transducer.”

network connection is ensured through support for WiF 802.11b / g or Bluetooth. By pairing the glasses against a corresponding mobile application called “MyGlass companionship” opens for GPS support and text messages, but this will be to work only with phones with Android 4.0.3 or later.

built-in battery is claimed to keep to one day use and glasses charged with an included micro-USB cable.

See also:

• [12/04/2013] a crazy idea to Google Glass?
• [03.01.2013] Revealing more about google glasses
• [23/11/2012] Here is Microsoft’s “smart glasses”
• [28/06/2012] Google sells online glasses
• [05/04/2012] Google shows off glasses with augmented reality

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