A Computer on your Face!

Yes, that is exactly what the Google Glass is. It is a wearable computer that you can mount just like eye glasses and use all the advantages of computing without having to touch or type on it. You know, I’ve probably been working in the application development industry since the time it was all started ( no I am not old or ancient, just experienced) and still every time something new hits the block, I feel like a teenage boy all over again!

It’s so exciting to have a new piece of technology to work with. I mean, it’s almost like you get to do the whole mind racking creative exercises all over again and create an application masterpiece for the world to uphold and cherish.

But who likes to slap a computer on their face when they walk outdoors?

Well apparently with a design and finish like Google Glass, everyone wants a piece of it. Just like marmite. You either hate it or you love it. There are no middle grounds for it. I mean, on the one hand you will hear about people going all crazy about the glass and associate Google glassware and on the other hand you will be completely shocked by getting reports of Google glass wearers being attacked in public (I know, it was so funny)!

So, basically what we are saying is that the Glass is a device with a lot of utility and provided there is a good deal of Google Glass web development handled in the right direction, there is no way that it can go wrong.

In fact a lot of experts these days are associating the Glass with a digital personal secretary. With the right glassware to go with your device, your Glass can do just about everything from giving you information about particular things, making notes, giving reminders, taking down minutes of meeting and so on and so forth.

Google Glass web development

Now that the device has rightfully become so popular, it is evident that developers all over the world must be going absolutely crazy over how to develop the next big app which becomes the technological revolution all by itself.

Of course, development is a course that is easier said than done. I mean, if you are an entrepreneur who is just going through articles and blogs over the net to find out how you will employ the best developer, then my advice is step back.

There is no way any blog or article can tell you what development is really all about. I mean, hello, we sweat and scratch our brains all day and night to come up with multiple ideas of which only one is feasible. But most entrepreneurs’ would just put a price on all that effort and give a deadline (wow I almost got emotional here!)

If you really want your applications to

be successful, you have to come to terms with the kind of efforts that are put into developing it. For this reason, make sure that instead of looking for tips to hire a Google glass application developer, you look for articles that will explain the intricacies that are involved in developing a unique and beautiful app.

That will help you in understanding the investment behind it is justified or not apart from showing you the nature and scope of your app. Also, you will be able to be realistic about the timelines involved in creating a useful and genuine app.

The darker side

Obviously there is a flip side to everything and not just technology. I mean, I may be a tech fanatic, but I am not as far out as Sheldon Cooper to not be able to admit that even the greatest and the best inventions have flaws. The glass although has one too many:

Battery no joy

The most irritating thing about any device is the weak battery. I mean, seriously, if you don’t plan on coming home every two hours, it’s going to get kind of impossible for you to use the glass effectively. Basically the glass gets connected to your device via Bluetooth and then it draws the internet from it. So, the battery gets consumed at a rather outrageous rate.

Storage and handling

Not only is the glass a wearable computer, but it is also in the shape of a normal eye glass. However, the big trouble with the glass is that storing it is enormously difficult. It doesn’t fold in like other eye glasses so; you really have to be wearing all the time.

Tap a doodle do

This is actually a little on the funnier side. The controls of the glass are either through voice commands or you’d have to tap your temple! The funny bit here is that the glass (in order to save on battery) tends to sleep very easily, so to spring it back to life you have to keep on tapping at your temple.

Well, if you don’t find it funny, ask the person standing in front of you. What’s more, if you have been giving commands to your glass, you’d expect it to know when you are speaking and when someone else is. But unfortunately it doesn’t. So if the person standing next to you says loud and clear, chances are he’d take your glass just as easily!

Whatever said and done

No matter how many problems there are with this cool device, none of them are so complicated or big that they can be solved easily with the help of a few minor tweaks which I am sure that Google is working on. However, with some great apps and open minds (for those people who attack glass users) the Google glass is quite honestly set to revolutionize the way we look at technology.

And to come to think of it, this is just the beginning. As Google continues to throw automatic cars and other technologically advanced devices, iRobot is just a prediction waiting to happen!