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Could Dekko be the killer app for Google Glass?
Dekko claims to turn the real world into an operating system, bringing images, information, and animations into the world using augmented reality through Google Glass.
It’s hard to explain exactly, so check out the video!
Google I/O day one highlights.
Google’s I/O developer conference got underway Wednesday without anything like the headline grabbing demonstration of Glass at last years Day One keynote, but there were still a few interesting points:
- New-look Google Maps
- Google Play Music All Access
- Google Play Game Services
- Google Now voice search coming to desktop PC’s
- Three-columned new look for Google+
- You can now send money via Gmail
Also announced were some statistics: 900 million Android activations worldwide to date, and 48 billion apps downloaded from Google Play. That compares to 50 billion app downloads on iOS, which was reached earlier this week.
Timelapse lets you view Google Maps over time.
Google have worked with the US Geological Survey, NASA, and TIME to release more than 25 years of satellite imagery, compiled into a global time-lapse map able to be viewed and navigated in your browser.
Check out how your town’s changed over time by looking it up here.
Video: Google Glass app shows off facial recognition features.
MedRef for Glass is a new “Glassware” app designed for doctors to allow them to quickly identify a patient through facial recognition and pull up relevant files and information on that person. The app also allows users to add photos and voice notes taken with Glass to a patients file.
The video here also gives a good insight into how it looks to see someone using Glass itself. He looks freakin ridiculous, staring off into space and stroking the side of his glasses like Dr Evil stroking Mr Bigglesworth. Damn I wish that was me.
Google celebrates 37 years of breakout.
Google has slipped a small easter egg into their Image Search page in the form of a playable Breakout game, which was originally released in 1976.
To get access to the game, navigate to the Image Search page and type in “Atari Breakout”
Click below for an interesting backstory (tl;dr - Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak originally produced the prototype Pong game):
Photos: Samsung Galaxy S4 Teardown.
Check out the full gallery here.
Google Glass specs confirmed, App released.
Google have released the Android App for their upcoming Glass device, and confirmed the specs on their website. As rumored, the device won’t have a traditional speaker for audio playback, instead using a bone conduction transducer. Battery life is said to last ‘one full day of typical use’.
The full specs:
Chrome feature transforms any web page into a playable game.
World Wide Maze is a ‘Chrome Experiment’ that transforms a given website into a 3D playable map, which can then be controlled by a smartphone (or keyboard).
Check it out at www.chrome.com/maze
Seven Summits becoming available on Google Street View.
Some of the most famous mountains in the world have been captured with Street View cameras and are available to check out now. Included in the list is Aconcagua (South America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe) and Everest Base Camp (Asia).
Find them on Google Maps yourself of go check out this gallery.
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