Google released a preliminary version of the Glass Development Kit
Yesterday, Google finally published a preliminary review of the Glass Development Kit (GDK) . Anyone can use it, but there is no glasses emulator in it, so it will be impossible to test applications without having your own device.
By releasing GDK, Google turns Glass from a fun toy into a platform ready for development and open to the public. The problem holding Glass at the moment is their limited distribution: today the number of devices in use is limited to a few thousand.
Google’s approach to developers is still quite simple: take your Android apps, re-use most of the code, transfer it to Glass and optimize their interface. Thus, tying Glass to Android, the company ensures that the device will not be out of applications when ordinary users get to it.
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Just yesterday there were several applications for Glass using this GDK. Google showed them to the press, developers, and researchers of Glass.
These new applications are:
And Wordlens is amazing. The application does not just place the new text on top of the old one, it would make reading difficult. Instead, it somehow removes the original text, say, in Spanish and replaces it with text in another language of your choice. This delight! It as if removes the language barrier, as if it was not at all.
While GDK came out only in the form of a very early preview. But so far. Things that you create now can be corrupted by subsequent changes. But it normal. Google is now committed to opening the door to the Glass world for developers, so that the creative minds of the global developer community can help this technology reach its full bloom.
By releasing GDK, Google turns Glass from a fun toy into a platform ready for development and open to the public. The problem holding Glass at the moment is their limited distribution: today the number of devices in use is limited to a few thousand.
Google’s approach to developers is still quite simple: take your Android apps, re-use most of the code, transfer it to Glass and optimize their interface. Thus, tying Glass to Android, the company ensures that the device will not be out of applications when ordinary users get to it.
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Just yesterday there were several applications for Glass using this GDK. Google showed them to the press, developers, and researchers of Glass.
These new applications are:
- Allthecooks: An application that helps you read recipes without using your hands.
- Spellista: A word game.
- GolfSight: A tool for calculating distances for golfers.
- Strava: Application for running.
- Wordlens: Translates printed text to a language you understand.
And Wordlens is amazing. The application does not just place the new text on top of the old one, it would make reading difficult. Instead, it somehow removes the original text, say, in Spanish and replaces it with text in another language of your choice. This delight! It as if removes the language barrier, as if it was not at all.
While GDK came out only in the form of a very early preview. But so far. Things that you create now can be corrupted by subsequent changes. But it normal. Google is now committed to opening the door to the Glass world for developers, so that the creative minds of the global developer community can help this technology reach its full bloom.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/203006/
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