Google Glass is not dead, at SXSW Google demoed some apps for their Android glasses. Timothy Jordan went into detail on the goals for the glass experience like providing timely content and function to integrate the users daily life without anything obtrusive.
The first app that was demoed for Google’s Glass was the New York Times which showed an article headline, picture and authors name. If the user decides they want to read the article Google Glasses will actually read the article to you by simply selecting it. One of the more useful features is the breaking news feature that will alert the wearer of news as it happens.
Of course this could not be a Google or Android product without Gmail. When wearing the glasses emails will show up with a picture of the sender and subject in the form of a small popup. If you choose to read an email you can dictate to respond, which is very useful for those on the go and mandatory since there is no keyboard.
When you take a picture with Google Glass you can easily edit and share them as we were shown using Evernote and Skitch. Besides these other apps were shown like Path (social network for friends and family) with limited functionality. The few features that seemed to work are making comments and sharing cards with other users.
We are excited to get our hands on a pair and test them out for ourselves although there is still no set date for market release. Seeing 3rd party developers supporting the new device is a positive for a release and with its one of a kind platform we will likely see developers create some interesting apps in the near future.
Source: Engadget