Google’s ambitious and futuristic, augmented reality project - Google Glass
which has a pair of glasses with a (HUD) Heads Up Display is seeing
some new developments. As per reports about Google’s recent submission
of their FCC filings for the device, it has been revealed that the pair
of glasses will include bone conduction technology.
This technology will enable its users to
listen to audio without using any kind of earbuds or earphones.
Vibrations which can travel through bones near your ears are used to
transmit audio to your ears thus enabling you to listen to the sound
around you while you are also listening to audio from the glasses.
The FCC application includes information about the device having 2.4GHz
802.11 b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. There is also a description of the
device having a reference to an “integral vibrating element that
provides audio to the user via the user’s head” which points out that
Google Glass will indeed use bone conduction technology
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| Google’s patent application featuring bone-conduction technology on the glass frame |
A few weeks back, Google also filed a patent for indirect bone conduction technology based on wearable computing devices. Other manufacturers such as Panasonic
displayed their functional bone-conduction technology based headphones
at CES this year which shows that some companies are developing devices
and improving their products based on this technology at a fast-pace.
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| Panasonic’s Bone Conduction headphones |
We feel that though Google’s Glass project is a bit ahead of its time,
it will still pave the way for the future of wearable computing devices
as it has a host of innovative features and will help its users to have
all the information they need right in front of their eyes. Google has
also revealed that it will release prototypes of the Google Glass for
developers at $1,500.
