glass wear
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A quick slide deck about the development options for Google Glass and Android WearTRANSCRIPT
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Android Wear and GlassOr how I got sucked into Googles ooh shiny trap
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Wearable Computing: The past
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Wearable Computing:The Present
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Introducing Wearable Google
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• Already in the wild
• Invite only at the moment
• Controversial
• Glass Holes
• Currently costs upwards of $1500 USD
Google Glass
• Heads up display
• Camera - Records and takes photos
• Works with both Android and iOS devices
• On board storage
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• No hardware at the moment
• Preview SDK Released
• Envisioned as a general “wearable” OS
• Initial release all about the notifications
• Future releases introduce more functionality
Android Wear
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So you want to see what you can do with the new shiny?
First off a couple of things:
1) Without an actual Glass device you’re going to be limited to using the Mirror API
2) The Wear API is going to be a moving target
Playing With Shiny New Toys
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• Cloud hosted apps
• Available in Go, Java, Ruby, PHP, Python and .Net
• Cards form the core of the Mirror API service
• Act as containers for text, HTML, Video or Images
• Mirror API can also be location aware
• Playground is available for testing
Google Glass: Mirror API
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• First iteration
• Extension of current Android development setup
• Requires an app to be installed on your Android device
• Extends notifications, allows user to interact with phone via the Wear device
• Emulators available for round and square form factors
Android Wear: Notifications
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Glass:
Developer Page - https://developers.google.com/glass/
Android Wear:
Developer Page - http://developer.android.com/wear/preview/start.html
Where To Find Things