So what do you do when you can’t get your hands on Google’s Project Glass ‘Wingman’ AR glasses? You build your own, like software developer William Powell.
Coincidentally called ‘Project Glass’ (not sure if the name was trademarked), William designed his version using a pair of Vuzix AR (Augmented Reality) glasses as the platform for his project. As his details of what specific technology was used is almost nonexistent, he appears to use Vuzix’s Wrap 920 VR edition that can connect to PC’s or mobile devices equipped with a video-out port. His system uses a couple of Microsoft HD webcams to send a live video feed to the glasses which is combined with a specialized overlay application that provides the glasses AR software.
His AR, designed using Adobe AIR, is more akin to phone apps that are shown through the glasses instead of the phone. His system also uses voice recognition to access the various apps using a microphone headset (replacing the headset from the Vuzix 920 VR’s?) and Dragon Naturally Speaking software, which enables him to check the weather, appointments and share photo’s (among other things) by using voice commands alone. While I’m not sure that his system is actually portable (replacing the HD webcams with smaller glasses-mounted ones?), it is still pretty impressive to say the least.
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